Is it weird to wear over-ear headphones in public?

It will not be weird. People can understand. And first of all your eye is important.

It's not weird if you have a legitimate reason, even if you were to wear it as a fashion statement it would still be cool.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.