I don't see owning a snake as being weird, and most people I know don't either. So perhaps the people that act that way are in fact the "Weird Ones" and you should find a way to let them know it.
I guess for me, it's because I have had a pet snake since I was 17 and I'm 60 now. So for the past 43 years, everyone I know has seen with snakes, or at least they knew I had a snake. I guess they are all just used to me like that.
Some of them don't like snakes personally, but they understand I do, and they know my snake is just like their dog or cat. (I've actually had dogs, cats, fish, birds and snakes in the past).
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