It is a mitzva to be mikadesh an isha. INHO all of these if your father said/if you made a shvua/made a tnai etc. are all silly because that can be anything. When is it a mitzva to stand on your head and spit wooden nickels.....
So you're suggesting that a person having his only item with the bracha hamotzi, 3 months after sukkos in the sukka, isn't silly?
Will people outside Lubavitch appreciate/understand?
No.
I think many here know Chabads minhagim, whether to respect them or make fun of them.
There's nothing in between?
Unlikely.
I think that's a little close minded of you.
In don't think so but maybe thats because I'm close minded. Or maybe you just don't understand what I wrote.
I agree that it's most likely the minority but I definitely think there are people who know about chabad minhagim and don't feel very strongly one way or the other about many of them.
So they just respect them?
I wouldn't put this at the category of a minhag. As one who aspires to be a Lubavitcher, I don't feel there is any inyan in trying to influence others to keep minhagei Chabad. However there is definitely an inyan to encourage people to avoid non-kosher animals as children's toys, as per the Rebbe's suggestion.