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?

Edit: Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement. It probably says a lot about what I think about people who choose to mind their own business while engaging in things they enjoy in their spare time. I’ve learned a lot here. There also doesn’t seem to be a juggling/flow arts Lemmy community so maybe that’s something we can do.

  • blarghly@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I mean, if you take “weird” to mean “abnormal”, then yes, it would be very weird. You will likely be the only person juggling in the park. But weird doesn’t mean bad - just different.

    On the other hand, your coworkers probably spend their lunch breaks eating McDonalds and scrolling IG in their cars. Juggling in the park sounds like a way better use of your time.

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    9 hours ago

    I don’t think so, but people might stare a bit if you do it in a busy place of the park.
    I would look for a place with a bit of quiet. I saw people do a variety of things in parks. When they choose a quiet place, I’ll assume they want peace for there outside hobby and give them that.

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    10 hours ago

    It’s weird to juggle anywhere, but you shouldn’t let that stop you cause everybody’s weird in some way or another and that’s fine. A park seems like as good a place as any.

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    13 hours ago

    Absolutely not weird, and any normal adult would just walk by and think hey cool.

    Unpopular opinion time, the only people, and I mean literally, the only people that are even suggesting it’s weird or thinking other people think it’s weird, are the sweatys that have never actually been to a park, or understand the dynamics of park people.

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    14 hours ago

    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.

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    14 hours ago

    Weird as in outside of the norm? Sure, just a bit. Weird as in dangerous or creepy? Not in the slightest. If I were out for a walk and saw someone juggling at the park, that would make me happy. I wish I felt as comfortable to do things outside.

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    15 hours ago

    Seems about the kind of activity people tend to do in parks.

    Unless you’re causing harm to other people, what someone might think is rarely a good reason to not do something you genuinely want to.

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      16 hours ago

      On second thought, do wear any/all of those and be sure to wax your mustache. Leave a hat or box for tips, I’ll throw some in.

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    16 hours ago

    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.

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    16 hours ago

    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.

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    17 hours ago

    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.

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    17 hours ago

    Would it be weird if you were in a park and a grown up man was there juggling?

    No. It would be depressing if I was in a park and no one was there juggling, or trying to learn to ride a unicycle, or failing to slackline, or setting up a tent for the first time before going on an adventure, or doing yoga, or practicing artistic moves.
    To me, that’s just what people do in a park. That’s (also) what parks are for.

    When you start, for the first 5 minutes or so, people will look at you, maybe they’ll even point at you, maybe even laugh.
    But unless you live in a really shitty depressing place, that laugh will be one of joy, and they’ll look and point at you cause they are interested.

    Source: I did all those activities in parks. No one ever laughed at me, and I never got the feeling they thought I’m a weirdo.

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      14 hours ago

      This is why you can also maybe pick a spot where your back is facing most foot traffic and people can point and look all they want without distracting from your practice.

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        14 hours ago

        Or if you’re ambitious, you practice in front of the busiest footpath and get all of the embarrassment of failing in front of an audience out of the way early.
        So nothing can phase you later when you perform.

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      17 hours ago

      You’re spot on. I’m always looking at people doing stuff like that, and it’s always with envy of their ability to do stuff in public. The guy falling off his skateboard, the fat guy in the pool, the weird meditation circle.

      We need more of it. The world is a much better place when we can see other people enjoying and bettering themselves.