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Cartilage Head:
 I guess I am a little smarter than a lot of people my age.. I also don't do a lot of the things considered "fun" by a lot of folks at or around my age (drinking, drugs, lots o' sex).

Aztex:
If normal is what the greatest percentage of the population does, then yeah I'm pretty abnormal :P.

I'd say I like to do things differently most of the time, and it's pretty noticeable. It's fun though, and that's what counts rite?

jhocking:
I have had discussions with friends/colleagues about how I'm a lot more normal than most artists, and wondered if that'll hamper my artistic growth. The point of sharing this little anecdote is to point out that while I'm slightly odd by the standards of the majority of people, I'm pretty vanilla by the standards of artists. Moreover, the ways in which I'm odd tend to skew toward excessively nerdy, rather than what most people think of as weird or crazy.

Giving some specific examples of what I mean, I don't dress odd or have strange hobbies or anything, but I definitely have different priorities in life than most people do.

Liz:
I'm honestly pretty goddamn normal. I might be a little eccentric at times but I function properly and I've never had mental problems of any sort.

0bsessions:

--- Quote from: Slick on 03 Jul 2008, 05:18 ---Pardon me, but what the hell do you mean? I just had a discussion with my housemate about 'what is time' and found it kind of irritating. I mean, do you disbelieve in the linear flow, the application of metrics, or the concept entirely? We impose our system on time and time would pass happily without our calendars, but calendars are still incredibly useful. Is your problem with the quantification of time?
Do you not believe in time at all? Like, completely not believing in time is, as far as I see it, like trying to disbelieve a spatial dimension. Like what is motion without time? I don't understand.


I am not trying to be a dick but I really want to know what would ever make you say those words.

--- End quote ---

I actually had the same argument with someone about five years ago. She was a friend of a friend and I am pretty sure she was off her fucking nut. She refused to admit that time existed in any linear manner. In my summation, it's all just bullshit pseudo-science from wannabe intellectuals who want to look special and out-there, so they subscribe to some bullshit notion that doesn't make shit worth of sense.

The argument actually cost me a date like a year later, too. Turned out the nutbag was friends with a girl I went on a single date with who, upon hearing from her friend that I was a close minded prick, avoided me for a while.

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