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  1. I was one of the preppy popular kids before i started unicycling(when i
    was a skater), and ever since i started unicycling, its been really
    different with the kinds of kids i hang out with...mostly the not so
    cool(cool to me, but you know what i mean) kids in the school...Its
    like I've transitioned to one of the preppy kids to one of the nerdy
    outsiders...

    I just wanted to know if you guys have experienced any other similar
    transitions...

    I was wondering if its directly related to unicycling or what ever...

    Your thoughts?

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  2. and its almost like the nerds are the ones who accept unicycling...and
    think its cool, and can get over the jealosy thing...

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  3. Its actually the exact opposite for me.

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  4. Tyler_N said:

    Its actually the exact opposite for me.

    really?
    like how...deeper explanation...

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  5. Nothing has changed for me but i always hanged with "the nerds" not the
    actual weird looking nerds but the smart "nerds"

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  6. ah.

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  7. Same thing then Tyler for me. But I changed, it's not because I
    unicycle. Maybe I changed because of unicycling :p

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  8. I've always been "on the outside" if you will... sorta just never really
    clicked with a lot of people.... after elementary school most of my
    friends went away, since then I've only made a few friends and we are
    all really close... I started unicycling almost 4 years ago and nothing
    really changed... except that more people in my grade hated me than
    before...

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  9. i've always been a nerd, and made fun of, bullied, ect, so i guess i
    havent' changed

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  10. Emile.m said:

    Same thing then Tyler for me. But I changed, it's not because I
    unicycle. Maybe I changed because of unicycling :p

    that is sort of what happened to me. although i still hang with my
    friends that are nerds and my other friends. just not at the same time
    unless its at my birthday(which was so much fun that one of my friends
    actually asked me if i could throw his birthday at my house).

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    It's all for the ladies....they like the clean shaven look on your uni's
    lower parts

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  11. You may be finding that the social structure that seems obvious to those
    in a high school environment does not do well to explain and place
    things that are outside of common experience. What is it that makes
    you call people you are now friends with "nerds"?

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  12. the same things that make you and the rest of the portland list serve
    call themselves [censored].... the need to sort ourselves into groups by
    common interests, personalities, etc.

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  13. I find that the "gangsta" stereotype usually make fun of me but everyone
    else thinks it's kool. I've got a haircut for the first time in one and
    a half years a few weeks ago and it seems that lots of unicyclists have
    long hair 😄.

    Who cares what people think of your friends anyway? People call my
    friends emo no matter what lol. I doubt unicycling would change that.

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  14. Since Ive been unicycling I have: Made friends, lost friends, lost
    girlfriends, been hit on, been made fun of, been commended, toned my
    muscles, injured limbs, spent hours in the sun-rain-snow, spent hours
    behind my computer.....

    Id say that tho all of that has directly to do with unicycling it would
    have naturally occurred anyway.
    Your question, UniDude, is more of a philosophical question which can
    only be answered by what you want to believe. What came first the
    chicken or the egg? Are we controlled by fate or free will? Did the
    unicycle make us who we are, or is who we are why we unicycle?

    Anyone who is willing to spend 15 hours failing at something so silly,
    was always somewhat a nerd, or at least a dork. And surely devoting a
    lot of your life to one thing(punny) will bring out things you blame or
    thank that thing for. However you are still the same you, right?

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  15. Well. I guess my friend group changed a little. I used to hang out with
    my skater friends more in 7th or so grade. Then i sorta transitioned to
    my life long friends, the ones that ive really known for a really long
    while. Their like really smarter lol. A lot of people hate me a lot,
    and a lot sorta really like me as friends and stuff, and i can get
    along with a lot of people too. Idk, i have the tendency to flirt a lot
    aparently lol. So getting along with the girls isnt too bad, a few like
    me, havent ever had a girlfriend, and doubt my parents will allow me to
    have one atleast for another year, or 4 if that. A lot of people think
    that unicyclings really cool and stuff, the girls kinda get sorta like
    'omg omg omg' lol... Yeah... I also get a lot of stares now when i go
    unicycling so... that changes how i act in town.

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  16. ive made more friends from unicycling, e.g. james, mark, jack, jamie and
    my friends either can ride now or want to. i dont think ive lost any
    friends from unicycling.

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  17. I'm the kinda kid that never really was on the 'cool' side. I mean, I
    was always good at basketball and soccer and what not, but I was never
    picked first or anything. I mean, I like for people to think I'm nice
    and I hardly have any enemies 'if any' but I don't feel the urge to be
    popular. Now I only have a few good friends.

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  18. This is a coincidence that I saw this thread tonight, because it was
    only today that I was thinking how I feel riding the unicycle has
    changed me in different ways, and I have only been riding for maybe a
    month.
    I don't think i'm a nerd or a popular person, but i'm not the sort of
    person that would talk to strangers in the street, but riding the
    unicycle has meant I have had to become more comfortable with talking
    to adlts and kids alike, as it's not something they see everyday and
    seem to always have questions.
    And also I wouldn't have called myself fat before (105-110kgs/6' tall)
    but I would be the first to admit that I wasn't the master of stamina.
    Even riding my pushies I would sweat like nothing else and get tired
    easy, but I have noticed since riding the unicycle I want to be able to
    ride for longer at a time so I have been doing situps, pushups and what
    ever else I feel like doing at the time. Also it has changed my diet, I
    take notice of what I eat and try to cut back on take away and bought
    lunches and dinner, this, along with the riding and exercise I have
    lost about 10kgs and have a much better outlook on my lifestyle.
    So wheather it was all planned out from day one or my spur of the
    moment "I'm gonna buy a unicycle today", I have certainly noticed a
    change in myself from when I first got it.

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  19. Aww, how sweet. Didn't you lot know that only nerds unicycle?

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  20. Still hang around with the same guys (non nerdy) but get random people
    come up to me and ask if i'm that guy who can 360 backflip on a
    unicycle.

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