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AskMe: How to become an eccentric (or just look like one)
Merlin Mann | Jul 13 2006
Suggest eccentricities for me to adopt | Ask MetaFilter From a fun AskMe thread:
This reminds me of that stage where teenage girls randomly start to affect a terrible british accent, or when college freshmen suddenly stop wearing shoes and take up raw foods and the shakuhachi. Of course, this is not to say that I haven't had ideas of my own. ’Fess up: what was your goofiest affectation and what made you stop it? Clarification (2006-07-15 10:20:20): The "In my quest..." portion above is a quotation from the link that is referenced; it's not actually me asking for help to (God forbid) become more eccentric. This confused some people, and, well, I regret your confusion if you have any and hope this clarification helps. -- The Management 98 Comments
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 You are never more invisible...Submitted by Karen (not verified) on July 13, 2006 - 8:50am.
You are never more invisible than when you are in the 8th or 9th grade so it's a very fertile time for the development of harmless eccentricities, born of both a yearning to be noticed and a certainty that no one's looking. That's why in the 8th grade, I decided to "become" lefthanded. As a naturally righthanded person, I felt it would be much more interesting to be lefthanded so I just began behaving as a lefthanded person. I want to tell you, this is not easy. You have to think about it all the time and, of course, eat and write and engage in a bunch of other small motor activities. This affectation went on for a few years until one day I realized that I wasn't thinking about it anymore and I had pretty much become lefthanded. THAT freaked me out. I am righthanded now. » POSTED IN:
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