What does it mean to be "Normal?"

[SoyLeche]

I have no idea, I only think I do. If "normal" were "being oneself" then surely there could be no conformity...yet there is too much of the latter. I don't know, it's a crazy concept.

Unless, of course, the "normal" state of "being oneself" is one of "conformity".

 

[Random]

Unless, of course, the "normal" state of "being oneself" is one of "conformity".

But everyone is so different! Or..aren't they?

 

[SoyLeche]

But everyone is so different! Or..aren't they?

I don't know - I'm just saying that your conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.

That's all.

 

[doppelganger]

"Normal" means you think and act like me, of course. :slap:

 

[SoyLeche]

I'm normal. So, you can measure how normal you are by determining how much you are like me.

"Normal" means you think and act like me, of course. :slap:

Beat ya to it

 

[doppelganger]

Beat ya to it

That was on page one of the thread, so it doesn't count. Otherwise, that would require me to read the whole thread before posting. We can't have that . . . it would be . . . "abnormal."

 

[Buttercup]

Who wants to be normal? ...besides, it's a lot more fun to trip off the beaten path like Dopp....

 

[yossarian22]

You fall within the majority of the population in that category.

 

[Hema]

It's a subjective term because what is normal for one person will not be normal for another. For eg. in one culture, something might be socially acceptable and in another culture, it would not be.