No Stupid Questions

Compared to other public spaces, no.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I think it all hangs on what you're juggling

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.)

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!

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

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.

Who cares what others think? Live your life.

Is this weird?

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

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.

Not as weird as at a funeral

I'd expect that people will probably look and watch, but that's just because juggling is entertaining

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!

I’d think it be cool as heck.

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

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.

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.

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.

the only barrier to this is in your head

Na, totally fine. Go for it mate.

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