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Is "weird" an insult? Or is there a greater context I'm unaware of?

DiggyJohnson 5y ago
It's not. I've noticed this misunderstanding before and it's very frustrating. Not every word with a negative connotation is an insult.
- Brian_K_White 5y ago
  It is. The comment provides it's own context to show it. It is not internally consistent any other way. See my other response. I likewise am frustrated by things, like lobbing such casual insults and then playing dumb/innocent when called on it. "what's wrong with weird?" Nothing is, and they know that's a misdirected disingenuous question.
  - krageon 5y ago
    This is ascribing an incredibly negative attitude to me and frankly it is unnecessary. I don't deserve to be attacked just because I do not understand what you meant, especially because I took the time to ask you for clarification. Clearly I feel like what you have to say could have merit and I would like to know what that merit is.
Brian_K_White 5y ago
There is no other way to interpret this use of "weird hobby" than as ridicule. Otherwise what was the intended point of the comment? For instance, the part "next time someone says you have a weird hobby", why does the reader supposedly care if someone does say that to them?, and why do they need to remember anything when that happens? What is this memory bolstering them against? Is it meant to keep their heads from getting too big from the compliment? In fact I consider weird a virtue, and when someone calls me weird, I usually say "thank you" whether they meant it as a compliment or not, but in fact most people do not intend that charge as a compliment, and this comment in parficular can be trivially unpacked and can not be interpreted as either a compliment or even neutral, without ignoring the actual words and context. It doesn't hold together as a rational string of words any other way than as ridicule. And I decline to believe that you don't know that, which makes this comment disingenuous.
- jafoi 5y ago
  I read it as "quirky".
- krageon 5y ago
  You seem very emotional about all this, I must apologise - I simply don't see this. I read the comment as specifying that this is a very specific and unusual hobby, so when people think this about your hobbies you have something to relate to. It is not negative or positive, it is just providing context.
  - Brian_K_White 5y ago
    Just arguing point and responding to same.
- mlac 5y ago
  I read weird as “curious” “odd” or “interesting”. Not inherently bad or “weird” like a 3rd grader would say it.

It's not. I've noticed this misunderstanding before and it's very frustrating. Not every word with a negative connotation is an insult.

Brian_K_White 5y ago
It is. The comment provides it's own context to show it. It is not internally consistent any other way. See my other response. I likewise am frustrated by things, like lobbing such casual insults and then playing dumb/innocent when called on it. "what's wrong with weird?" Nothing is, and they know that's a misdirected disingenuous question.
- krageon 5y ago
  This is ascribing an incredibly negative attitude to me and frankly it is unnecessary. I don't deserve to be attacked just because I do not understand what you meant, especially because I took the time to ask you for clarification. Clearly I feel like what you have to say could have merit and I would like to know what that merit is.

Brian_K_White 5y ago

There is no other way to interpret this use of "weird hobby" than as ridicule. Otherwise what was the intended point of the comment? For instance, the part "next time someone says you have a weird hobby", why does the reader supposedly care if someone does say that to them?, and why do they need to remember anything when that happens? What is this memory bolstering them against? Is it meant to keep their heads from getting too big from the compliment? In fact I consider weird a virtue, and when someone calls me weird, I usually say "thank you" whether they meant it as a compliment or not, but in fact most people do not intend that charge as a compliment, and this comment in parficular can be trivially unpacked and can not be interpreted as either a compliment or even neutral, without ignoring the actual words and context. It doesn't hold together as a rational string of words any other way than as ridicule. And I decline to believe that you don't know that, which makes this comment disingenuous.

jafoi 5y ago
I read it as "quirky".
krageon 5y ago
You seem very emotional about all this, I must apologise - I simply don't see this. I read the comment as specifying that this is a very specific and unusual hobby, so when people think this about your hobbies you have something to relate to. It is not negative or positive, it is just providing context.
- Brian_K_White 5y ago
  Just arguing point and responding to same.
mlac 5y ago
I read weird as “curious” “odd” or “interesting”. Not inherently bad or “weird” like a 3rd grader would say it.