One thing I've noticed with supposedly weird people is that they'll do little things to amuse themselves and not care what everyone else thinks of it. Like they may say a comment out loud that will entertain them to hear, but will offend or confuse everyone else. They may revert to this kind of behavior when they're bored or have nothing else to do. Sometimes it's almost like they have a little in-joke with themselves. At other times they get entertainment simply from acting strange. The obvious drawback is that outside of their own little world other people think they're acting odd.
Having too many esoteric thoughts, knowledge, and experiences in your head.
Sometimes people are seen as weird because they've spent hours and hours accumulating non-typical knowledge and experiences. If they're having a conversation and want to relate a point of your own, they're more likely to come up with something that seems bizarre and out of place to most people, because they don't have as much 'typical' material to draw from. For example if everyone is joking around about sex, they may mention something they read about the peculiar mating habits of barnacles. Nothing wrong with being interested in that topic, but it's a lot more random than what most people expect to hear. If your brain is pre-loaded with nothing but 'weird' things then you can't help but let it come out in conversations, like I do, always skipping around subjects, making it quite hard for a proper conversation.
Being Square or old-fashioned is fine, living like an old man but to some this behavior may seem weird. Normal* people found the ones being ideologically isolated (listening to Frank Sinatra and never heard modern music but saying new music is crap and thinking the old fashioned or stubborn way). This is mainly caused by their own experiences when they were young. I knew two brothers (One still have some hair and the another one is bald) who were frozen in time since 1959, they still trying to maintain the Elvis Presley's 50s hairstyle. No matter what times did you live through, I personally think it is important to keep up with the age. Just being different from the norm in some way.
I've never heard anyone say, "Look at that weird jock", but you'll often hear, "Look at that weird Goth kid." To a large degree Goths are seen as weird, and jocks seen as normal, because one subculture is way more common than the other. Sure, some people would argue that Goths are weird in other ways as well, but I think it's all pretty subjective. Many people will be seen as weird simply for dressing very differently, having an crazy hobby, having a unique way of looking at the world, or having opinions that aren't entirely mainstream (in this case I will explain with more detail in the following). This is the variety of weirdness that many people probably won't want to change took much, or only make slight adjustments to.
Written by Winston.
This point and the ones below cover behaviors that are more objectively problematic. People often get called weird when they make a lot of social mistakes. They're seen as strange because their behaviors is not what others are expecting. People may also assume a person's social errors are symptoms of a more core oddness.
Not making enough eye contact? Weird.
Laughing without reason?Weird.
Standing too close? Weird.
Speaking in a funny voice? Weird.
Was asked a question where people normally give a canned response and said something out of left field instead? Weird.
Disclosing too much personal information at a time when it's not so appropriate? Weird.
Brought up a gross subject during a meeting? Weird.
It's four in the morning and he switched on the music and started dancing? Weird.
Seemed really uncomfortable and stammered out two-word reply when I said hello?
Maybe just shy, possibly weird as well.
Being really quiet? Again, many people could see this behavior as a sign of shyness, but some would also label it as weird too.
I could go on and on. Of course just improving your social skills will correct this problem.
Written by Winston.
Have you ever thought to be a student again? No overtime working? No disturbance from the boss? Well, not anymore. The whole education system has changed throughly.
It’s really difficult to understand the life of a student nowadays.
Why do students study? Simply, to find a nice job to earn money in order to make a better living in the future. Doctors, lawyers, businessman, are the dream jobs of Hong Kong students. Be an athlete? Well, that’s just too toilsome. Be an artist? Well, do you think you can survive in this modern ruthless city by painting?
Just few decades ago, learning is a leisure. Play and eat in the recess with friends. Play basketball after school. Nowadays? Studying and doing homework in the recess. Supplementary after school. Weekends, fill with extra-curricular activities, music class, maths class and more. Students’ day is full, totally full. ‘I should be asleep, but there are a lot of things I should be.
Should the government revised this weird education system? Probably no, that’s the change of man’s way of life.
Written by Jason
Some guys might ask "What is your standard of living?” Well I would rather prefer asking"What is the standard of ‘everything'?" Simply the modern standard.
A week ago I walked past a bookstore in Tsim Sha Tsui and I went in in search of some new books as usual. I was looking forward to buy Alan Greenspan's newly published book The Map And The Territory, an sequel to Age Of Turbulence, published in 2007. The price was not around HKD$250 as I expected, but an astonishing $333 just for a paperback. I guess this is usual price they put on these 'senior grade' books. So what price do people want things to be (in the future)? $800 for thin paperback book (not considering those expensive reference books). $50 for a normal pen? It's just something people can't afford. How they got up to this price,this must be a long story.They usually got hooked up to it. Let us just ignore it first.
As everyone knows, usually a successful product will not cost too much and have a brilliant quality. So what price tag should they put on, which is acceptable? Also,what quality should it have?
After a research,we know that what prices people want.
BALL PEN (made in Japan) $5.50
BALL PEN (made in China) $2.00
BOOKS (published in Foreign Countries ) $110.00
BOOKS (published in simplifiedChinese,from mainland China) $65.00
BOOKS (published in traditional Chinese,from HK or Taiwan) $90.00
NOTEBOOK(good quality) $15.00
NOTEBOOK(cheap ones) $3.70
#1Note: Some of the cheaper products are not based on real product prices(Ex. Gamble notebooks(imitator of Gambol Notebooks)sold for only $4.00 for every notebook in average. Throughout the process, the company still makes a profit since their product only passes 3 channels from production to wholesale(in this case the PRC government did not secretly fund them).And each channel still made their money as like the store in Tsuen Wan sold them separately. But notice that it still makes up to some remarkable prices while degrading their paper quality.The paper they used there,is,simply terrible.
#2Note: Table from above is drawn from a $15 funded research.
#3Note:All books on the table are paperbacks.
A modern standard.Based on most of the citizen's official standard.And see what they want things to be.Note that the producers can lower the standard by offering them some below-standard stuff(if the technology reached the point that manufacturers were able to make a better specific product but they don't do so),but the scene won't last long after some visionary and powerful companies take their step forward. It'll lead the companies that produced below-standard stuff into the void.
This article may be not interest you at all,but remember make the price what the customer wants.Modern standard may be hard to archive since nothing is perfect,though establishing a regional standard is a must.So what is your modern standard for products?
So the question came back again:What's the modern standard?People from different regions have different standards for life and the price they want sellers to put on the price tag.There is no need for a globalized price for something. Localize,I would say.Even if it do so,the "game" will not be so fun.And I suppose no one wants to ruin the game that's going on well.The prices will be kept different in every place.Of course it'll always play with the economy as everyone knows.Each country or region competes with another through the overall prices.
Written by Winston.
