It is the natural evolution of the sensitive human who is too aware and rejective of the general social condition, but not given to the forceful will of the Dicks. Indeed, it is kind of a traditional feminine power, though in no way restricted to uteri. Their presentation is quite naturally out-of-step, oddly angular or halting. It may devolve into preciousness or be elevated to charm. There are a variety of flavors of awkwardness: natural awkwardness (shyness-perhaps strong folk tendencies), the awkwardness of the creep, awkward-by-overdose (has seen way too much), and then perhaps a kind of ironic awkwardness, which may be the same impulse behind Hipsters Hating Hipsters.
Awkwardness has been duly noted and absorbed into larger culture - another instance of Dick co-option - note protagonists in many modern comedy situations, who spend most of their time cringing at the camera in detached response to an outrageous cast of zany characters.
In a certain response to coolness, like the next step in coolness, which is in essence a paradoxical technique. Or the opposite of failed value Hip.
COOL vs AWKWARD scale
charming |
*********** |
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*********** | ********** (awesome zone)
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annoying |__________________________
************cool **************************** awkward
Most dudes with some sense of self-awareness can chart where they are and have been on this chart - the life of the dude being marked by the outward physical manifestations of self doubt (awkwardness) and self-assuredness (coolness). How this is handled accounts for your relative charm vs. annoyingness.
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