{"id":1692,"date":"2024-09-12T16:57:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2024-09-13T08:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T23:47:39","slug":"i-like-weird-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/i-like-weird-people\/","title":{"rendered":"I like weird people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a28727085ed2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a28727085ed2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"894\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/weird-people.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/weird-people.jpg 715w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/weird-people-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My philosophy is that you are either weird or you&#8217;re boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many years ago when I still lived in Fuji, I taught private English lessons at a dog cafe of all places. The woman who coordinated the lessons made dog outfits. When I told her &#8220;You&#8217;re either weird or boring,&#8221; She said &#8220;I&#8217;m not weird!&#8221; I replied, &#8220;Look, you make superhero outfits for pet dogs. That&#8217;s weird.&#8221; I&#8217;ve never understood why people would go out of their way to humiliate their pets by making them wear dumb clothing and such, but that was a side business for her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tend to gravitate towards eccentric people. Even those I disagree with, I can appreciate their unique point of view. People who do their own thing. People who look at things differently. It&#8217;s refreshing. That way I know they are not NPCs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My philosophy is that you are either weird or you&#8217;re boring. Many years ago when I still lived in Fuji, I taught private English lessons at a dog cafe of all places. The woman who coordinated the lessons made dog outfits. When I told her &#8220;You&#8217;re either weird or boring,&#8221; She said &#8220;I&#8217;m not weird!&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/i-like-weird-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I like weird people&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-socio-political"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1696,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}