I'd say that's exactly what the park is for.

When you're 20, you care what everyone thinks about you

When you're 40, you don't give a shit what anyone thinks about you.

When you're 60, you'll realize no one was thinking about you the whole time. It will be more empowering than depressing.

Skip the worry. Do you. It's public space and hurts no one.

Would it be weird if you were in a park and a grown up man was there juggling?

No. It would be depressing if I was in a park and no one was there juggling, or trying to learn to ride a unicycle, or failing to slackline, or setting up a tent for the first time before going on an adventure, or doing yoga, or practicing artistic moves.
To me, that's just what people do in a park. That's (also) what parks are for.

When you start, for the first 5 minutes or so, people will look at you, maybe they'll even point at you, maybe even laugh.
But unless you live in a really shitty depressing place, that laugh will be one of joy, and they'll look and point at you cause they are interested.

Source: I did all those activities in parks. No one ever laughed at me, and I never got the feeling they thought I'm a weirdo.

Ive seen this a lot and i don't think it is weird. One thind I'll mention is people are probably going to stop and watch you, ask questions, maybe even ask if they can try. If that won't bother you while practicing then I'd say go for it and get out there juggling. You could probably leave a hat or something on the ground and people will toss you a couple of coins just for letting them watch.

Absolutely not weird, and any normal adult would just walk by and think hey cool.

Unpopular opinion time, the only people, and I mean literally, the only people that are even suggesting it's weird or thinking other people think it's weird, are the sweatys that have never actually been to a park, or understand the dynamics of park people.

On posts like these, the question to ask yourself is "if I saw a video on the Internet of someone being a dick to a person doing this thing, would they look like an asshole?" If the answer is yes, then it's fine to do.

Seems about the kind of activity people tend to do in parks.

Unless you're causing harm to other people, what someone might think is rarely a good reason to not do something you genuinely want to.

Na, totally fine. Go for it mate.

Yes, it is.

Do it anyway.

I mean, if you take "weird" to mean "abnormal", then yes, it would be very weird. You will likely be the only person juggling in the park. But weird doesn't mean bad - just different.

On the other hand, your coworkers probably spend their lunch breaks eating McDonalds and scrolling IG in their cars. Juggling in the park sounds like a way better use of your time.

I walked through a park just a bit ago and there was a juggling group performing. There's also a person in my city that hula hoops continuously while dancing all over downtown, often on rollerskates. It's all a delight to see in our typical modern hell scape, even if they weren't good at it, I enjoy people having fun.

Just don’t wear a vest, bowler/tophat or wingtips.

As a professional juggler I say go for it! That's where I practise and never had any bad experiences in public parks.

True story: I used to worry so much about what people thought. One day I did an experiment, dyed my hair lime green and went around to the shops, library etc. Nobody batted an eyelid and I realised it was just me.

Nowadays I do "weird" things in public every weekend, and people usually pay in advance!

It's possibly the least disruptive thing you can do that may also entertain some passersby

I live near a big public park and it would be strange if there wasn't someone juggling there on a sunny day.

Not as weird as at a funeral

Juggling in the park is exactly the kind of things parks are for. Anyone who thinks it’s weird has crippling hang-ups; their opinions can be safely disregarded.

Most people are going to think it's cool, it's not any more weird than playing the guitar on the street or playing on a public piano.

It's weird to juggle anywhere, but you shouldn't let that stop you cause everybody's weird in some way or another and that's fine. A park seems like as good a place as any.

Sounds really cool. Weird? Not at all.

Everything's weird.

As long as you're not actively hurting someone, do what you love.

I am an adult male who goes to the park / beach to play with and practise my levitation wand (flow toy) which is way less "normal" that just juggling.

Aside from the fact that who gives a fuck, it is a public park and anyone who thinks a man juggling is weird is the one with the problem the opposite is actually true in my experience.

The majority of people ignore me and the ones that don't are genuinely interested in what the fuck I'm doing or how it works. Some people will watch from a distance, some people will engage and ask but no one tells me it is weird.

Go practise your juggling man!

If someone sees you and thinks "wow look at this weirdo" it's on them, not you. And in truth they're probably just jealous of someone that's having a good time :)

Compared to other public spaces, no.

I’d think it be cool as heck.

I don't think so, but people might stare a bit if you do it in a busy place of the park.
I would look for a place with a bit of quiet. I saw people do a variety of things in parks. When they choose a quiet place, I'll assume they want peace for there outside hobby and give them that.

Are you even a juggler if you don't go play in public from time to time? It's a gift for others to see.

Does it matter?

I don't mean that in a dismissive way. Actually think about it.

Wondering if it's weird is weird. Go enjoy your park.

Dude fr, just juggle. I learned to juggle a few years ago and was hanging out juggling by a coffeshop and met another, much better, juggler and we juggle for a while.

I used to see whole groups of people juggle in the park.

Not at all weird where I live. Very good use of the park.

If it's weird where you are, even better. Go for it.

We had a little-used parking lot a couple blocks away from my old house and there was a guy who practiced the tall unicycle there. For 20 years, we would drive past that corner taking kids to/from school & us to/from work and it never failed to delight us when he was there.

Weird as in unusual? Sure

Weird in a bad way? Definitely not

It makes sense to feel uncomfortable about this because it’s probably something you haven’t seen other people do. But it’s awesome and would bring many people joy to see someone doing it. Go for it!

A public park is literally the best open space to practice juggling outside of your own backyard.

Is this weird?

I live in Chicago near a park and every now and then I’ve seen someone juggling there. I’d say it’s out of the ordinary but not in a bad way; it’s unique. Still a fun hobby and you’re not hurting anyone, so go for it!

i am not even sure how that is wierd

just go juggle, wtf lol

Nope, that is what third spaces are for. :)

Who cares what others think? Live your life.

Seems fine to me. I'd rather someone juggle than loudly play some instrument.

I think it'd be weird if I didn't come across an adult juggling or similar when I go to the park.

If you're not weirdo, are you even living, lol? Embrace the weirdo! Chase joy with all your might!

Every morning on my way to work I see people juggling in all sorts of ways. Personally the most weird and socially acceptable way is to jog downtown. Downtown is terrible for jogging, dangerous drug addicts (no offense, just not the safest people to be around), dangerous drivers. an entire landscape built around cars, anxious and pissed of drivers trying to find their way out of the traffic hell hole the city created.

A park is fine.

You juggle all you want in any park. Just don't make it weird. Of there are tombstones in said park, it's not for juggling.

I think it all hangs on what you're juggling

I've never done it because I don't want to the the weirdo that's juggling in the middle of the day

Why not? Sounds like a fun guy tbh 😄 It wouldn't even an issue if you only did it "for the attention". It's juggling. It's perfectly fine to do that for a crowd, that's half the fun for many. And it's what brings a public space like a park to life.

Depends on what your jiggling

I used to have some friends who were jugglers, I'd hang out when they'd practice in the park and even learned a couple simple patterns. Occasionally someone would stop by and say hi and say that they were a juggler too or something. The only time anyone objected was when one of them started to juggle flaming torches at night, a security guard asked him to stop. But in general it was no more/less weird than throwing a frisbee. (this was in the midwest USA, dunno about other parts of the world.)

If you're good enough at it you might make some side money, win-win imo.

Yes, it's slightly weird. Yes, some people may whisper as they walk by or maybe even openly laugh a bit. People are rude.

But don't let that stop you from doing what you love. You may have someone stop and tell you about a club. You may have a group of children see and be amazed at you. Good and bad can come from it, nobody here can tell you.

But in the end, the person who's going to remember the most thet you were juggling on the park was you. So do you want to remember looking out and seeing nature, feeling the sun on your skin, happy you're alive? Or do you want to remember how you were too afraid to go to the park?

Not trying to be rude. But I used to be the one afraid to go to the park. But since going, have I had a couple embarrassing times I'd rather forget? Yes, unfortunately. But honestly most of the time nothing really happens and im just happy to be alive. Few times I've made a friend and talked for a bit, but that's few and far between.

Moral of the story, try do do what will make you happiest looking back in 10 years

Maybe refrain from using running chainsaws, but apart from that the park sounds like a great place to practice juggling!

Also, people doing their best to get better at their hobby are the most interesting people.

the fact that you're doing it during lunch makes it not weird, IMO, because that's just the convenient place and time to do it.

it would be weird (not bad) to leave home and go to the park to do it

It's completely fine. Unless you're juggling with your balls or other's naked body parts.

Why are you interested in whether a forum deems it 'weird'?