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<\/p><\/div>"} 1 Get distracted by ordinary things. For instance, tell your friends that the ceiling is distracting. Elaborate and say, "It just like... sits up there" in an awkward tone. Keep staring at it with wide eyes and act utterly transfixed. Ignore anything your friends or the people around you say for a few minutes. The more ordinary the object that you’re mesmerized by, the better.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 2 Redefine the art of wearing clothes. Though you don’t need to dress completely wacky just to be different, you can start dressing in a way that makes you feel a little bit less like everybody else. You don’t need to wear a long trenchcoat or a shiny pink dress with sparkly heels if you don’t feel like it, but you should put yourself out there and wear graphic tees, brightly-colored jeans, fun hair accessories, a unique amount of makeup, or just something that makes you look and feel differently while still being you if you want your appearance to immediately signal that there’s something different about you. Have a weird hairdo to match your clothes if you want to. Use the stiffest hair gel you can find. Spike your hair straight up, or invent a cool, strange hairstyle. This is all about imagination. Though you don’t need to dress completely wacky just to be different, you can start dressing in a way that makes you feel a little bit less like everybody else. You don’t need to wear a long trenchcoat or a shiny pink dress with sparkly heels if you don’t feel like it, but you should put yourself out there and wear graphic tees, brightly-colored jeans, fun hair accessories, a unique amount of makeup, or just something that makes you look and feel differently while still being you if you want your appearance to immediately signal that there’s something different about you.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 3 Give a name to an inanimate object. Carry it around and talk to it like it was your pal. Make sure you act like the object really is your best friend and that anyone who tries to tell you that you’re talking to an object is crazy. Look really shocked, angry, or hurt when someone tries to point out that you’re not acting normally.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 4 Talk in a foreign accent. Make up your own words to throw in as you speak in the odd accent. When asked where you're from, say Alaska. Most importantly, make the accent viable; don't just mumble your way through. If you’re really convincing, then this will really confuse people and will make them think you’re strange. Make sure not to fall out of the accent the whole time you’re around that person.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 5 Meditate in the middle of a hotel lobby. Just take a seat and clasp your hands together and close your eyes. You'll be awed by the reaction. If someone tries to stop you, just shush them and tell them you’re in the middle of an important meeting.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 6 Act strange when you’re dining. Throw a fit at a fancy restaurant because you want chicken fingers and apple juice. While waiting for your food, you should grab the fork and knife and clench them in your fists, keeping the sharp-sides up, and then bang the bottom of your silverware on the table continuously. (For variety, throw in your own personal beat or drum line.)

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<\/p><\/div>"} 7 Walk around in circles and talk to yourself. Then make weird noises and shapes with your hand and twitch your head. This will definitely make you look strange. You should only do this if it’s fun for you and if it doesn’t feel like you’re putting on too much of a show.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 8 Make personalized jewelry out of acorns, sticks, leaves, or any junk you find lying around. Try selling them at school or giving them away as gifts. Even if it’s something very simple and obviously shoddy, make it look like you really put a lot of thought and effort into it.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 9 Drift as you walk. Pretend as if you are floating in an another planet. Just act as dreamy and out of it as possible, and it won’t take long for people to think you’re truly strange.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 10 Invent odd nicknames for people. Even if they have a boring or short name (i.e. Jane), think of something off-the-wall (i.e. Janey-Jane)! It’s even better if the person obviously does not like the nickname, or if you don’t know the person nearly well enough to give them a nickname. You can even try to invent a nickname for yourself and keep trying, without success, to get it to stick.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 11 Hum or sing at odd times and places. This is yet another way to be completely random and to make people see that you’re strange. If it’s a quiet moment or someone has just told a serious or touching story, then this will be especially effective. You can even try humming to yourself in the middle of a test until your teacher and the surrounding students notice what you’re doing. If humming or singing at odd times isn’t doing it for you, you can try gobbling like a turkey when it’s especially quiet. This will work particularly well around Thanksgiving! This is yet another way to be completely random and to make people see that you’re strange. If it’s a quiet moment or someone has just told a serious or touching story, then this will be especially effective. You can even try humming to yourself in the middle of a test until your teacher and the surrounding students notice what you’re doing.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 12 Smell unexpected objects. This is another way to instantly look strange. For example, you can go to a wall, sniff it, and say a random thing, such as, “Hmmm...minty.” You can even try to smell other people’s hair, though this will freak them out or come off as offensive. You can also smell yourself, if you want to make things awkward.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 13 Dance like a maniac with no music in a public place and then walk away like nothing happened. This is another way to show people that you’re decidedly strange. Act like you just had some sort of a dancing spasm and that you’re just trying to walk it off. If people look at you funny or ask what you’re doing, just act like you have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about.