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Is It OK to Be Weird? (Katy Perry Thinks So)

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There’s no doubt about it: Katy Perry is weird -- and she wants everyone to know it. And while not every teenager is going to go out in the world wearing a light-up candy dress, they should find comfort in the fact that Katy Perry does. In a May interview with Entertainment Tonight, Perry equated her odd nature with being sexy. She remarked, “I think it's the weirdness [that makes me hot]. Maybe it's just that fact that I'm OK with being a geek.” And that is the secret that landed Katy Perry on Maxim’s Hot 100 List.

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Whatever makes her weird, Katy Perry fans are connecting with her message. As one webcam devotee states at the beginning of the new movie “Part of Me 3D” about her idol, "She taught me it was OK to be weird." The message of course being that everyone should be themselves. In her uniqueness, Perry extends the notion to fans that if they are true to their own spirits, they’ll be originals just like her.

But this is a time when kids are being bullied for being different and the pressure to fit in is only reinforced by the popularity contests bred by social media. So even though deep down lots of kids might want to go to school in a carousel-skirted dress, it might be easier said than done. Do you think it's OK to be odd? Do you embrace your weirdness?

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  • MarcusRP 2012/07/09 15:29:44
    Yes
    MarcusRP
    +1
    Katy Perry is not weird however. If you call yourself weird, you're not weird. You only want people to think you're weird. The same goes for "quirky". Anyone who calls themselves quirky is not quirky, but wants other people to see them as quirky. There's no such thing as weird or normal because everyone is a different human being, and there is no standard from which we can measure what is weird or normal.

    Weirdness is not what makes Katy Perry hot. It's her torpedo-sized breasts.
  • Arse-Whole MarcusRP 2012/07/09 15:54:14
    Arse-Whole
    According to these poll results, being "weird" is extraordinarilly normal. So all these jackasses calling themselves weird are actually slaves for trend.
  • MarcusRP Arse-Whole 2012/07/09 15:56:22
    MarcusRP
    Exactly. People need to just do whatever the hell they want, without any regard for who thinks they're weird or normal. Calling yourself weird is a catch-22.
  • Zambero 2012/07/09 15:21:06
    Yes
    Zambero
    So-called weirdness is one trait that makes the individual, not conforming to what your resident flock of sheep might consider "normal".
  • Saye Saye 2012/07/09 15:09:46
    Yes
    Saye Saye
    makes you unique.
  • Weronikus 2012/07/09 15:02:15
    Yes
    Weronikus
    +1
    Hey, I'm wierd, so what? I don't care, why should anyone else care?
  • ryu 2012/07/09 15:01:52
    Yes
    ryu
    she appears weird too...........but why da heck should we redefine our opinion just coz some blue haired celebrity thinks so??:)
  • opaleyes 2012/07/09 15:00:08
    Yes
    opaleyes
    +1
    Just be yourself - if yourself is weird, then so be it! :)
  • twitchy 2012/07/09 14:58:53
    Yes
    twitchy
    +1
    everyone is entitled to do wat they want i mean in a way im weird but funnily it attracts more people it just depends if your weird good or weird bad
  • james.a.peters.71 2012/07/09 14:54:41
    Yes
    james.a.peters.71
    +1
    Nothing wrong with a bit of something different.
  • AkaiKiba18 2012/07/09 14:53:13
    Yes
    AkaiKiba18
    +1
    Everyone is weird in their own way.
  • MarcusRP AkaiKiba18 2012/07/09 15:32:15
    MarcusRP
    But if everyone is weird, then is nobody weird? Hmmm...
  • AkaiKiba18 MarcusRP 2012/07/14 20:54:33
    AkaiKiba18
    But they are all weird in their own way
  • George Zook 2012/07/09 14:49:19
    Yes
    George Zook
    +1
    I think that the maturity and health of societies can be judged by the # of eccentrics and how well they are tolerated and treated ... I love the extremes
  • Gerald 2012/07/09 14:39:06
    Yes
    Gerald
    +1
    Weirdness should be banned. All non-conformers should be sent to "re-education camps"! :-P
  • R0ckN4J35u5 2012/07/09 14:27:24
    Yes
    R0ckN4J35u5
    +2
    Weird is normal!
  • Saye Saye R0ckN4J... 2012/07/09 15:10:51
    Saye Saye
    these days you are so correct.
  • bloodstainedangel 2012/07/09 14:24:20
    Yes
    bloodstainedangel
    +1
    Its better to be weird and unique than normal and boring xp I love katy n love that she shows who she truly is rather than pretending something shes not and being weird is <3my friends and I are the weird ones that always have fun(:
  • Saye Saye bloodst... 2012/07/09 15:11:10
    Saye Saye
    good statement
  • Kat 'CARROT' 2012/07/09 14:19:24
    Yes
    Kat 'CARROT'
    +1
    I'm very weird when i want to be. even my mates cant be as weird as me and they like to partyboy random people.
  • jmc07806-PWCM-JLA 2012/07/09 13:33:52
    Yes
    jmc07806-PWCM-JLA
    +2
    As long as you don't hurt anybody in the process.
  • Tella6 2012/07/09 11:25:07
    Yes
    Tella6
    +3
    If that's who you are, let your freak flag fly. What's normal anyway?
  • David (oYo) 2012/07/09 11:24:02
    Yes
    David (oYo)
    +1
    Katy Perry is entitled to be weird. She's a sexy bitch. I like it when she's got few clothes on.
  • yonatan 2012/07/09 11:16:31
    Yes
    yonatan
    +1
    sometimes yes.
  • Angel* 2012/07/09 10:17:06
  • NeutronBomb 2012/07/09 09:02:37
    Yes
    NeutronBomb
    Well she is certainly not short of ego.
  • Alexand... Neutron... 2012/07/09 16:06:36
    Alexander T Steward
    Ego is esential to being a celebrity.
  • Neutron... Alexand... 2012/07/09 16:11:07
    NeutronBomb
    I dont ever recall Jimi Hendrix telling people he was the worlds greatest guitarist
  • jabo 2012/07/09 07:03:45
    Yes
    jabo
    Must be, since there are so many weirdos out there.
  • $aga 2012/07/09 04:22:18
    Yes
    $aga
    +1
    weird is different and i love to be different !!
  • ~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2012/07/09 03:23:27
    Yes
    ~HopelessRomanticM17~
    +2
    It's not okay to be normal. If you think you are normal...you are only kidding yourself. There really is no such thing as "normal"
  • Digman14 2012/07/09 03:08:20
    Yes
    Digman14
    +1
    If it weren't for weird people like myself, then the world would be boring!
  • Kara 2012/07/09 03:01:33
    Yes
    Kara
    +2
    Being weird is amazing
  • Arse-Whole 2012/07/09 01:47:06
    No
    Arse-Whole
    +2
    Just being contrary here. I can't stand how celebrities sell their narcissism. Katie Perry is smoking hot and has plenty of musical talent. So why the hell is she saying people like her and think she's sexy because she's slutt... I mean "weird"?

    Like all pop stars trying to stand out for extra media attention, increased popularity and a bigger market in which to sell your product, dye your hair a new color every week, never wear more clothes than it takes to dress a new born baby, engage in a high profile, volatile relationship with another eccentric celebrity and constantly appear in public and in photo shoots in provocative, sexually suggestive poses (see any of the many pictures below).

    Basically just do several things that scream: NOTICE ME!!!

    Dismissing the fact that she's engaged in pretty much every pop starlet celebrity cliche as adorably "weird" is just narcissistic.
  • Skar 2012/07/09 00:53:14
    Yes
    Skar
    +1
    To a certain degree
  • BlaithinPringle 2012/07/08 23:27:25
    Yes
    BlaithinPringle
    +2
    There's no fun in everyone being the same, everyone's differet/weird regardless.. Besides, what is normal?
  • Edwardsfangirl 2012/07/08 22:44:12
  • simplex5 2012/07/08 22:34:19
    Yes
    simplex5
    Being weird is one things, but disgusting is another level!
  • cnsharp 2012/07/08 22:29:12
    Yes
    cnsharp
    +1
    Heck ya normal people are boring
  • Inquisitve Kat 2012/07/08 22:18:27
    Yes
    Inquisitve Kat
    +2
    ...Although I wouldn't be jumping up and down to call Katy Perry "weird". Hell, even Lady Gaga isn't all that weird, when you think about it... the "obscene" has been mainstream for a little while now...

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