Submitted 3 days ago by RacerX@lemm.ee to [deleted]
I’m an adult male who works downtown near a pretty nice park. Now that the weather is getting better, I’d like to get outside at lunch and work on juggling.
I’ve never done it because I don’t want to the the weirdo that’s juggling in the middle of the day, but I don’t really have any other time when I can practice in an open space.
Would it be weird if you were in a park and a grown up man was there juggling?
Nope, that is what third spaces are for. :)
Compared to other public spaces, no.
Are you even a juggler if you don’t go play in public from time to time? It’s a gift for others to see.
Juggling in the park is exactly the kind of things parks are for. Anyone who thinks it’s weird has crippling hang-ups; their opinions can be safely disregarded.
I am an adult male who goes to the park / beach to play with and practise my levitation wand (flow toy) which is way less “normal” that just juggling.
Aside from the fact that who gives a fuck, it is a public park and anyone who thinks a man juggling is weird is the one with the problem the opposite is actually true in my experience.
The majority of people ignore me and the ones that don’t are genuinely interested in what the fuck I’m doing or how it works. Some people will watch from a distance, some people will engage and ask but no one tells me it is weird.
Go practise your juggling man!
Yeah I guess I thought it might be weird because I don’t really ever see people hanging out doing flow stuff outside of clubs on specific days, but I will definitely get out there.
I’d think it be cool as heck.
There was one guy in my classes during undergrad who rode a unicycle while playing guitar. He did this everywhere he went. Cool guy. Very level headed and down to earth, just quirky.
i can assure you, if I could play the guitar while riding a unicycle, you’d never see me do anything else, ever again. and i do know how to ride one.
Thats an insane level of skill, guy’s got the right to brag.
Depends on what your jiggling
The trick there is that there’s a metal rod going up his trousers and all the way deep into his butt
I used to see whole groups of people juggle in the park.
Not at all weird where I live. Very good use of the park.
If it’s weird where you are, even better. Go for it.
We had a little used parking lot a couple blocks away from my old house and there was a guy who practiced the tall unicycle there. For 20 years, we would drive past that corner taking kids to/from school & us to/from work and it never failed to delight us when he was there.
I’d expect that people will probably look and watch, but that’s just because juggling is entertaining
Weird as in unusual? Sure
Weird in a bad way? Definitely not
It makes sense to feel uncomfortable about this because it’s probably something you haven’t seen other people do. But it’s awesome and would bring many people joy to see someone doing it. Go for it!
A public park is literally the best open space to practice juggling outside of your own backyard.
If you’re good enough at it you might make some side money, win-win imo.
I think it’d be weird if I didn’t come across an adult juggling or similar when I go to the park.
Who cares what others think? Live your life.
Why are you interested in whether a forum deems it ‘weird’?
C’mon man. Social anxiety isn’t some niche mystery. Cut OP some slack.
You juggle all you want in any park. Just don’t make it weird. Of there are tombstones in said park, it’s not for juggling.
Every morning on my way to work I see people juggling in all sorts of ways. Personally the most weird and socially acceptable way is to jog downtown. Downtown is terrible for jogging, dangerous drug addicts (no offense, just not the safest people to be around), dangerous drivers. an entire landscape built around cars, anxious and pissed of drivers trying to find their way out of the traffic hell hole the city created.
A park is fine.
If you’re not weirdo, are you even living, lol? Embrace the weirdo! Chase joy with all your might!
Yes, it’s slightly weird. Yes, some people may whisper as they walk by or maybe even openly laugh a bit. People are rude.
But don’t let that stop you from doing what you love. You may have someone stop and tell you about a club. You may have a group of children see and be amazed at you. Good and bad can come from it, nobody here can tell you.
But in the end, the person who’s going to remember the most thet you were juggling on the park was you. So do you want to remember looking out and seeing nature, feeling the sun on your skin, happy you’re alive? Or do you want to remember how you were too afraid to go to the park?
Not trying to be rude. But I used to be the one afraid to go to the park. But since going, have I had a couple embarrassing times I’d rather forget? Yes, unfortunately. But honestly most of the time nothing really happens and im just happy to be alive. Few times I’ve made a friend and talked for a bit, but that’s few and far between.
Moral of the story, try do do what will make you happiest looking back in 10 years
Definitely needed to hear this. I think you’re right. I want to get better and I think I’m looking for an excuse to not do it. I’m past that thanks to this and many other comments.
You’re good bro. Hope all works out for ypu!
I think it all hangs on what you’re juggling
I used to have some friends who were jugglers, I’d hang out when they’d practice in the park and even learned a couple simple patterns. Occasionally someone would stop by and say hi and say that they were a juggler too or something. The only time anyone objected was when one of them started to juggle flaming torches at night, a security guard asked him to stop. But in general it was no more/less weird than throwing a frisbee. (this was in the midwest USA, dunno about other parts of the world.)
I’ve never done it because I don’t want to the the weirdo that’s juggling in the middle of the day
Why not? Sounds like a fun guy tbh 😄 It’s not even an issue if you only did it “for the attention”. It’s juggling. It’s perfectly fine to do that for a crowd, that’s half the fun for many. And it’s what brings a public space like a park to life.
It’s completely fine. Unless you’re juggling with your balls or other’s naked body parts.
Knew a guy who exclusively juggled severed left feet. That boy ain’t right.
SouthFresh@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not as weird as at a funeral
RacerX@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I intend to demand that there be juggling at my funeral
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Now that I think of it, having a dude silently juggling in the corner during the service would actually be kind of wholesome in some weird way.