Slow Travelling Man

As a gentleman of a certain age, I must admit that I struggle to understand much about modern society, especially things like pronouns & gender identification. When I hear of people referring to themselves as ‘they’ & ‘them’, or others who identify as a ‘cat’ or a ‘frog’, it does seem rather weird to me. But as a dear friend pointed out to me not so long ago, that as a child I was always ‘a little bit weird’ myself. Although I could of become #offended, burst into tears & storm off in a hissy fit, I took the comment as a compliment. With my logic, possessing a character that is weird, geeky or even eccentric, as I prefer to call it, is a celebration of individuality. It is very much about being unique.

The thing is, is weirdness essential for the continuation of the species? Or are we destined to become a civilisation of robotic clones? And forget the Romans & the Greeks, where would we be without the eccentrics & the geeks?