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Demobrat

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26. I like weird. Weird isn't name calling.

Reply to Nictuku (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 09:09 PM

Aug 2024

It’s describing. It’s taking it to them without descending to their level.

Dork. Nerd. Those are name calling, but they can also be compliments. Computer nerd. Math nerd. Means you are knowledgeable. Weird is never a compliment, unless it’s qualified. Weird but cute. Weird but nice. And lots of things can be weird, not just people. It’s so versatile!

Creepy is descriptive, but it lacks the fun edge of weird that makes people want to be in the not-weird in crowd.

All in all, I really like weird. Does that make me weird? (Is my thinking outside the mainstream in a way that repulses people or just makes them cringe?)

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When "Weird" stops working, we can use "Dorky" to keep it going! [View all] Nictuku Aug 2024 OP

Evil babsbunny Aug 2024 #1

Creepy is another good one Nictuku Aug 2024 #3

Creepy works particularly well with abortion, women's healthcare and womens rights ms liberty Aug 2024 #33

I doubt that will drive them nuts. live love laugh Aug 2024 #2

TSF is very defensive about his intellect Nictuku Aug 2024 #5

Doubt it. live love laugh Aug 2024 #7

addlepated Celerity Aug 2024 #15

Creepy would be better, and more to the point RidinWithHarris Aug 2024 #4

You do, and I do too Nictuku Aug 2024 #8

"DORK" (adding the "y" makes it far too cutesy) hlthe2b Aug 2024 #6

There you go...Dork and Dingy! Enter stage left Aug 2024 #9

I always thought of the word dork when I saw Ron DeSantis Walleye Aug 2024 #10

Unnatural... EarthAbides Aug 2024 #11

Well lets move on quickly. Arthur_Frain Aug 2024 #12

Mr. Yankovic is apparently not too happy with all of this. Abolishinist Aug 2024 #25

I vote for creepy weird. FuzzyRabbit Aug 2024 #13

Nah, dork is not necessarily a bad connotation (IMHO)... wcmagumba Aug 2024 #14

'Dorky' just doesn't hit the mark IMO. Not in this instance, and not as a political buzzword. EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #16

He really hates... 2naSalit Aug 2024 #17

Creepy is more effective and accurate. Sky Jewels Aug 2024 #18

Trump has a first grade mind! Too bad most voters aren't in the first grade struggle4progress Aug 2024 #19

Dorks are adorkable. Republicans are creeps. meadowlander Aug 2024 #20

They are never going to stop being weird. kentuck Aug 2024 #21

If weird isn't working, dork, dorky, creepy, etc won't work either. onenote Aug 2024 #22

I don't see how dorky hits anywhere near the same. TheKentuckian Aug 2024 #23

Howzabout: Mushroom Jerkoff? PCIntern Aug 2024 #24

I like weird. Weird isn't name calling. Demobrat Aug 2024 #26

I would favor "creepy" or "strange" or "awkward" to dorky. RockRaven Aug 2024 #27

"Skeevy" seems broadly applicable... GiqueCee Aug 2024 #28

Dorky doesn't have obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2024 #29

Dork is a good word BlueInPhilly Aug 2024 #30

OK, what about Scallywag? Nictuku Aug 2024 #31

Dorks run from kinda neutral to loveable on the ick scale though ms liberty Aug 2024 #32

Treasonous Benedict Donald cpamomfromtexas Aug 2024 #34

Nah. "Evil". orthoclad Aug 2024 #35

Chicken. Hugin Aug 2024 #36

How about low testosterone? Or Incels? Nt Quixote1818 Aug 2024 #37

No. Dorky usually has one connotation ecstatic Aug 2024 #38

there's nothing criminal about being weird or dorky Skittles Aug 2024 #39

'Dysfunctional' is a good anamnua Aug 2024 #40