Comments on: I’m Just Weird

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:40:58 +0000

In reply to Cava Supernova. A week later and your hashtags are still making me laugh!

By: Cava Supernova

Cava Supernova — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:22:29 +0000

Oh, that’s so cool, I’m really chuffed to hear that! :)
I sense a hashtag coming on… how about something like: #PervertedClothedAndProudOfIt or #PervPrudesUnite – am sure there are much better ones out there!

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:47:48 +0000

In reply to Cava Supernova. Yes! Your nudity-averse post is partly why I wrote this. I thought hang on, people have all these expectations and they'll never learn that practically nobody is really normal unless we tell them, right? Though actually, maybe that was an afterthought. I mostly just felt like I was lying. Subs do have this tendency to confess. :)

By: Cava Supernova

Cava Supernova — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:11:35 +0000

“Weird’ is in the eye of the beholder, I’d say. I spent huge chunks of my life trying to be ‘normal’ and convincing no one in the process. And also finding out that all of us are a bunch of raging idiosyncrasies underneath.
The outing bit made me laugh too. I outed myself as a nudity-averse prude to a few friends a few years back, and was stunned when some of them said ” me too” . I’d expected to have been laughed out of the room, as we’re all supposed to be huge fans of nakedness nowadays!
Three cheers for weirdness :D Long may it thrive!

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:36:32 +0000

In reply to Vivian Nyx.

“All AND nothing” is indeed a better way to put it. Your way sounds more internally consistent. But I’ve found that it is no good trying to deny my comfort levels.

And I’m delighted to hear that I’m not alone with respect to Dawkins!

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:36:11 +0000

In reply to Jaime. Flying monkey sound effects!

By: Vivian Nyx

Vivian Nyx — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:30:51 +0000

I’ve been told I’m brutally honest a lot :p I’ve learned to take it as a compliment.

I also subscribe to the “all or nothing” philosophy. Unfortunately, I tend to lean too heavily towards the “all” end of that spectrum. Although if I’m reading your post right, you seem to be more of “all and nothing” – some things are no trouble to talk about, others are kept pretty close to the chest.

Also good to know that I am not the only one Richard Dawkins has converted from atheism/agnosticism to pretty-much-Buddhism.

– Vivian Nyx

By: Jaime

Jaime — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:01:06 +0000

In reply to Xiao Yingtai. Glinda? Is that you?

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:03:38 +0000

In reply to Jaime. Weird, legless and cackling!

By: Jaime

Jaime — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 03:50:59 +0000

“What legs?”

Hmmm. Weird AND legless.

Well, that’s me on a Friday night, so … glad it’s you too.

(Weird is good. Course, we’d all say that, wouldnt we? But that’s because we’re right.)

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:41:52 +0000

In reply to Wickedjulia. Hah!

By: Wickedjulia

Wickedjulia — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:11:40 +0000

Yeah, you’re weird. So am I. Great minds and all that.

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:32:06 +0000

In reply to Lust. Thank you! I thought I was being mulishly private, but enigmatic sounds so much better!

By: Lust

Lust — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:43:24 +0000

I love how you are so blatantly honest and enigmatic at the same time. :-)

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:13:52 +0000

In reply to tamsinflowers1. Blink. Goodness, what is there to admire? But I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was starting to feel like maybe I was lying to all of you by omission whenever I airily referred to my doms in the plural.

By: tamsinflowers1

tamsinflowers1 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:31:39 +0000

I’m always fascinated by people’s idiosyncrasies and this post gives us a glimpse of the real you. As someone who’s very guarded with my online presence, I admire you for this.

By: Xiao Yingtai

Xiao Yingtai — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:18:05 +0000

In reply to Madeleine Mitchell. Thank you SO MUCH. Your comments always come in when I'm worried nobody will be interested in something that means a lot to me! And of course I am delighted to entertain. :)

By: Madeleine Mitchell

Madeleine Mitchell — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:01:49 +0000

I loved this post. You might be a bit weird, but I’m a bit weird too, just differently… except for the “you get all or nothing. Or both” bit. In that, I suspect we’re quite similar. Honestly, I confound myself sometimes, so I like the unintuitive or unexpected in other people. It’s comforting and fascinating all at once.