The weirdest things, like the funniest things, are neither intentional nor the product of conscious effort. They surface despite attempts to suppress them. I'd

The weirdest things, like the funniest things, are neither intentional nor the product of conscious effort. They surface despite attempts to suppress them. I'd also argue that weird is not necessarily synonymous with unusual. You can achieve unusual by traveling a little farther along any metric you want, including conventional cool values like athletic prowess or symmetric beauty. Weird is more than unusual. It is the irruption of some aspect of life that gives us an eery feeling. It's Blue Velvet.