Though be aware that this comes with social costs. You get classified as weird, which means you lose out on a bunch of “normal” opportunities, but in exchange get to do a lot of stuff which “normal” people can’t. Depending on your values, this is often a very favorable deal, just one you should know about.
I also have A Look (though much more on the hobo side of things than John), which grants me a “wise hermit” kind of vibe where people will ask me for information about the world and respect my ideas, but I’m viewed as low status by “corporate type people” (for lack of a better description) and am initially viewed as unattractive by women (this is later counteracted somewhat by the status effects of seeming wise).
This can be done in a way which doesn’t cost significant weirdness points.
The key, I think, is to include a lot of coolness in whatever you’re signalling. Being “cool” is largely about embracing countersignalling in all its glory; coolness and conformity are strongly opposed. Being cool is the main way I know of that one can be very nonnormal/nonconformist without paying lots of weirdness points and seeming low status.
Though be aware that this comes with social costs. You get classified as weird, which means you lose out on a bunch of “normal” opportunities, but in exchange get to do a lot of stuff which “normal” people can’t. Depending on your values, this is often a very favorable deal, just one you should know about.
I also have A Look (though much more on the hobo side of things than John), which grants me a “wise hermit” kind of vibe where people will ask me for information about the world and respect my ideas, but I’m viewed as low status by “corporate type people” (for lack of a better description) and am initially viewed as unattractive by women (this is later counteracted somewhat by the status effects of seeming wise).
This can be done in a way which doesn’t cost significant weirdness points.
The key, I think, is to include a lot of coolness in whatever you’re signalling. Being “cool” is largely about embracing countersignalling in all its glory; coolness and conformity are strongly opposed. Being cool is the main way I know of that one can be very nonnormal/nonconformist without paying lots of weirdness points and seeming low status.