Looney are defined in common terms as crazy; looney; loony; weirdo, lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person).
In this sense, i think the people i refer to as looney are mostly weirdo's. Not the dangerous kind, but those that frequently go off the deep end with suspicions and, well a touch of paranoia. Kind of like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory...do you trust em, or write em off as nuts?
You can't really explain to looney people that they are bonkers. All you can do is hope that one day they wonder why they are so unhappy and hope they do something about it like going to the doctors.
I think about this type of person frequently. I have in the past gone along with people online, only to have what Magnum PI used to say was that little voice tell him something was wrong.
One was a nice woman in Florida, who wanted me to fly out there for vacation, without my husband...nah, that aint happening.
Anyway...how do you deal with looney people?
Online is not so difficult. Mostly they come along in chat, so they don't know who you are and you can just hide in the crowd, put them on ignore. Out in the real world, the best advice is: don't make eye contact.
ReplyDeleteI tend to attract the batshit crazy types. Just lucky I guess.
ReplyDeleteI just try to push them along on their way but that rarely seems to work.