11件一個人做會很奇怪的事 - 單身

剛剛意外看到的文章，覺得還蠻有趣的
原來我以為比較個人主義的外國人會有這種想法~~
給大家參考看看囉！

ps.作者把越怪的排名在越後面

11 Things That Are Weird To Do Alone, In Increasing Order of Weirdness

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Don't worry, alcoholics... drinking alone didn't make it on my list. So
you're safe to read this and remain judgment-free.

This list idea came to me a while ago, but, for whatever reason, I couldn't
come up with 11 items I loved until now. But inspiration struck today so,
finally, it's time to poke gentle and not-so-gentle fun at people who do
stuff by themselves.

Here's my long-researched list of things that are strange or odd or weird to
do by yourself, in increasing order of strangeness. Enjoy.

1. Going to a restaurant.(去餐廳) Some people I know will never go to a restaurant by
themselves. Whether it looks lonely or depressing or whatever... some people
just aren't down with it.
And I agree, there are some occasions when I think it's a bit off to go to a
restaurant by yourself. Going to a romantic French restaurant on Valentine's
Day to have dinner alone is weird. Going to a popular, crowded late night
restaurant at 11 pm alone is kinda weird. Going to Benihana during the lunch
rush and grabbing the vacant eighth seat at a table when the other seven
people there know each other is weird. (Especially if they all order together
and you order separate so the chef has to cook your meat in a tiny little
pile next to their giant meat pile, and even give you your own onion oil
volcano demonstration.)

But just generally going to a restaurant with a book or some work and
grabbing a quick lunch or dinner by yourself? Not all that weird. At least
not compare with the rest of the stuff on this list...

2. Going to a movie on a weekend night.(週末晚上去看電影) To me, a movie is slightly weirder
than a restaurant. While it's darker, so, technically, not as many people are
staring you down making you feel awkward... you're voluntarily going to one
of the most communal activities around as a loner.

I don't know. Something about going and seeing a movie alone (anytime other
than a weekday afternoon) just feels kinda lonely... like you couldn't find
one single friend to go. And it gets sadder if you're a woman seeing a
romantic comedy alone or a man seeing... well, a romantic comedy alone.

3. Going bowling.(打保齡球) Every once in a while, some friends and I will get inspired
to go bowling on a weekday night. And quite often, there's a guy a few lanes
down, by himself, just bowling away.

We're not talking PBA pros here either. Usually they've brought their own
ball, but, skill-wise, they're usually comparable to Takashi in Wii Bowling
whose skill level is around 870.

Maybe I don't understand the high stakes world of league bowling (even if I
see league bowlers chanting "You can do it Otto, you can do it Otto, help
each other out, that'll be our motto)... but bowling feels like something you
should do in a group only.

Amateur bowling by yourself, on a Tuesday night, with nary a bowling pin
shaped Bud Light bottle in sight (yes, the ones with the reservoir tip)...
rough.

4. Going to a concert.(聽演唱會) Standing there screaming "Def Leppard Rules" with no
friends at your side to acknowledge and confirm that, yes, Def Leppard does
rule... it just doesn't work.
Especially if you're not even at a Def Leppard concert.

5. Celebrating New Year's Eve.(跨年) Well this one comes from painful personal
experience. December 31st, 2001. I've been in Los Angeles about six months.
Don't have any friends except my roommate, who's out of town. Just got let go
from a temp job and had less than three figures in the bank. My friends back
in Chicago having a big New Year's party at their place, which I can't afford
to go to.
So I sat on the couch on New Year's Eve, drank Diet Coke and, I believe,
watched MTV's New Year's Eve coverage, with Carson Daly interviewing Mandy
Moore about her sure-to-be-a-megahit-movie "A Walk To Remember".
Now let us never speak of that night again.

6. Playing Monopoly.(玩大富翁) I'm talking about playing a full game, with you being at
least two or three different pieces. No one will really know you're doing it,
so it's far less public than the rest. But this ranks on the list because,
deep down, you know you'll start cheating and pulling off lopsided trades to
help your frontrunning player "win." And that is totally weird.

7. Going to Lamaze class.(去上拉梅茲課程) Going alone to a Lamaze class sounds like a scene
from that zany romcom you saw alone back in point two.

(It would be extra funny if the Lamaze instructor was Lorenzo Lamas.)

(Odds that exact bit ends up in a Katherine Heigl movie, with a title along
the lines of "And Baby Makes Two": 4-1.)

8. Going to prom.(參加舞會) If you do go alone, don't run afoul of Principal
Dondelinger.

9. Playing on a seesaw.(玩翹翹板...這不是廢話嗎XD) Seeing someone on a seesaw alone is an iconic image
of sadness. "I couldn't find a single friend who wanted to sit on the other
side of this moderately entertaining piece of playground equipment with me.
And my imaginary friend isn't heavy enough to push the other side down. But
he can fly."

10. Going to an amusement park.(去遊樂園)I don't even like going to an amusement park
with an odd-numbered group of people, because that means someone's doing a
lot of solo riding.

And don't try to justify this one by bringing up the single riders option...
if you're there alone, you're waiting in line alone, you're getting your
caricature drawn alone, and at the end of the Haunted Mansion it's just you
alone with your hologram ghost.

11. Going to a buffet.(吃自助式餐點，像吃到飽餐廳那種) Going to a buffet alone makes about 14 different
simultaneous sad statements. It's right up there, simultaneous sad
statement-wise, with pre-purchasing your tombstone, wearing Affliction and
sunglasses to a club, or buying Rite Aid-brand vodka.

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