What is Normal?
Discussion
It's a question that came from Nolar Dog's thread - quite a few people asked "do you feel normal now?", "are you happier now you are normal?" etc. So, what is normal in the big sense?
It's a huge question, is normal being like everyone else in your street, the so called "common wo/man?" If you have no interest in the things society pours out for our general consumption(telly, sports, stuff, TKMaxx....) are you no longer normal?
I have always felt out "of the normal" but is that because I don't come across many people like me or am I just a weirdo?
Off you go, apologies to the grammar police if the " and the ? are the wrong way around, I'm not sure which is normal
It's a huge question, is normal being like everyone else in your street, the so called "common wo/man?" If you have no interest in the things society pours out for our general consumption(telly, sports, stuff, TKMaxx....) are you no longer normal?
I have always felt out "of the normal" but is that because I don't come across many people like me or am I just a weirdo?
Off you go, apologies to the grammar police if the " and the ? are the wrong way around, I'm not sure which is normal
LeeThePeople said:
6 billion people on the planet and not one of us is the same, no-one is normal.
Normal suggests you judge someone by a set of standards, if you do that then its a bit sad and pathetic.
That's politically correct claptrap in my opinion. The point is that everyone has their own standards and everyone uses their own judgment to make decisions. So, I judge everything by own standards in order to discern what is reasonable. That's how the world works. Normal suggests you judge someone by a set of standards, if you do that then its a bit sad and pathetic.
Merc fan said:
LeeThePeople said:
6 billion people on the planet and not one of us is the same, no-one is normal.
Normal suggests you judge someone by a set of standards, if you do that then its a bit sad and pathetic.
That's politically correct claptrap in my opinion. The point is that everyone has their own standards and everyone uses their own judgment to make decisions. So, I judge everything by own standards in order to discern what is reasonable. That's how the world works. Normal suggests you judge someone by a set of standards, if you do that then its a bit sad and pathetic.
LeeThePeople said:
Merc fan said:
LeeThePeople said:
6 billion people on the planet and not one of us is the same, no-one is normal.
Normal suggests you judge someone by a set of standards, if you do that then its a bit sad and pathetic.
That's politically correct claptrap in my opinion. The point is that everyone has their own standards and everyone uses their own judgment to make decisions. So, I judge everything by own standards in order to discern what is reasonable. That's how the world works. Normal suggests you judge someone by a set of standards, if you do that then its a bit sad and pathetic.
Nolar Dog said:
Me. I'm normal. It's you lot that are odd. 
Glocko said:
tonyvid said:
Off you go, apologies to the grammar police if the " and the ? are the wrong way around, I'm not sure which is normal
I think it will be the punctuation police who will be giving you a pull! And possibly the grammar police for a false call out!
I guess nobody thinks they are normal but to try to qualify it you'd have to define a few things that most people are or do.
So if you are
hetro,
employed or looking for employment,
vote for one of the mainstream parties,
never been jailed,
never been on Big Brother,
have or expect you will one day have kids,
live on a street where the other houses are similar to yours,
see a few other cars like yours most days,
haven't got a gimp in the basement
then you are probably normal!
So if you are
hetro,
employed or looking for employment,
vote for one of the mainstream parties,
never been jailed,
never been on Big Brother,
have or expect you will one day have kids,
live on a street where the other houses are similar to yours,
see a few other cars like yours most days,
haven't got a gimp in the basement
then you are probably normal!
Is 'Normality' not just a state of mind though?
If you are a mass murderer, you might think killing people on a daily basis is 'normal'. It's only normal in your mind, the rest of society may have another opinion.
So, then the question becomes, are you different from 'reasonable expectation'.. e.g It is a perfectly reasonable stance to not like Football,even though millions of others do like it.
Walking down the street in pink underwear with a tea cosy on your head and singing Nessun Dorma is probably not a 'reasonable expectation' for most people! So at that point...you are waaaaay from normal!!
If you are a mass murderer, you might think killing people on a daily basis is 'normal'. It's only normal in your mind, the rest of society may have another opinion.
So, then the question becomes, are you different from 'reasonable expectation'.. e.g It is a perfectly reasonable stance to not like Football,even though millions of others do like it.
Walking down the street in pink underwear with a tea cosy on your head and singing Nessun Dorma is probably not a 'reasonable expectation' for most people! So at that point...you are waaaaay from normal!!
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