You got that right.

I wear shorts, a t-shirt and sandals all winter, even when it's sub-zero (Fahrenheit) and at least twice a day I get a comment or (rhetorical) question about how cold I must be or what man and/or freak I am.

It's just natural for people to comment on things which deviate from their expectations, and to be curious about things they don't understand.

I'm already planning to exploit this trend for an organization I belong to by getting as many members as I can to show up to classes on the same day wearing something weird or outrageous (exactly what I'm not sure yet) and then telling people about our group when they start asking about all us freaks.