How much effort do you put into being "normal"?

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Yeah, I talk to myself a lot too. I jsut find that saying my thoughts out loud helps me categorize them better. Also, sometimes I know that no one would listen to me ramble on about all the details of *insert subject here*, so I just say it aloud when no one can hear me so that I can at least have said it.

I also try to NOT do that when around other people. At least, people that I know. It's kind of rude to talk to yourself when there are actual PEOPLE to talk to. Plus it can confuse and weird them out if they don't know who you're talking to. Although Sometimes I'm walking down one of the streets near my house, ipod blasting, and I'm talking to myself about something, and then someone passes me, and I think "oh crap were they listening? Was I talking out loud? Do they think I'm crazy? ....ahh, screw it, it doesn't matter".

Soo....I put medium effort into "looking normal". I'm not that concerned with it, but I don't want to look totally crazy either.

Captcha: "redsaws action"? Is that some kind of new horror flick?

 

[Blow_Pop]

no effort at all. Unless I am at a job or an interview then I tone down just about all of mine(and there is quite a few). I will even tone down as much as I can my oral fixation.....which that one alone is a pain in the arse not to show. especially when my lip piercing is in and when it isn't.....it drives me insane.

I am me. If people don't like it they can piss off. I shouldn't have to change me just so that people like me. If I have to then they aren't worth my time.(unless it is a job/professional thing then that has a whole different set of rules)

 

[FamoFunk]

No effort, I really don't give a shit or notice my, "Quirks" they just happen. No one seems to comment or care, though!

 

[Rinshan Kaihou]

Minimal to no effort. What's the point?

 

[teisjm]

Not a lot.
I try to keep the sides of myself specific people don't appreciate when around them (no way beyond dirty jokes when visiting grandparents)
I try not to get caught up talking about really nerdy stuff when around people who's not in on it, unless they're talking to someone else. Not to seem normal, they all know me anyways, but so they don't feel left out when me and the others start discussing MTG decks or somethign like that, and they understand as little as if we spoke in an alien language.

Apart from that, which is more for the sake of other people and not really to try to appear normal, i don't really do a lot. I dress as i please, big baggy stuff, cause it's comfortable. I care little enough for my appearance, so if my hair looks messy when i wake up, it'll probably end up looking like that for the rest of the day, unless my hat fixes it, and that only happens when it's cold. I don't try to hide interrests, points of view etc. whether or not they're shared with others.

As for talking to myself, as the OP talked about, i rarely do that, i keep it inside my head nearly all the time, not because of what others might think, but because it's just the way i prefer to do it. I can think faster than i can speak anyways. Ocationally i'll be mumbling to myself, especially if i'm really caught up in something, especially video-games.

 

[Mictarmite]

Yeah, I like talking to myself too, & walking around in circles for minutes (hours) on end just thinking; now that's awkward when someone walks in.
OT: I've found out that i'm pretty bad at fitting with "normal" people, i would like to say i've stopped trying too, but i find the concept of them quite intriguing; though that's probably what's hindering me, the 'Them & I' type of thinking.

 

[Scarim Coral]

None since I don't give a danm what sociality views on "normal" is. Beside what's the point covering my true self with a false me which I'm only to lying to myself? Sure this can be about acceptance but really they should be the one who accept the true me, not the other way around.

 

[DonMartin]

"No, listen, here's what you do. You go out into the street. At noon, or when it's the most crowded. Now look all around you. Everyone you see is right now, or will at some point not long from now think to themselves: 'Im special. Im not a part of the herd.' Everyone thinks this. Just as everyone estimates their intelligence to be higher than everyone elses. If I ever said this in front of an audience during a routine, people would laugh. First at the joke, and then at everyone else, because that's who the joke was aimed at. Get it?

I mean, there's nothing wrong with this. It's probably just great. I just think we should remember that if were all unique, no one is. We shouldnt care about that. We should second-guess ourselves and be comfortable with the thought that there always is someone who is better than us at something we think were really good at. Maybe even we think were the best at something. In our town, in our country. Maybe we have an award that proves that. But I assure you, there's always someone who's better than you. Or not better, really. Just more skilled. 'Better' is a word we should try to get rid of. Anyway, I dont know. Im sure there's someone who could say this way better than I can."


- God damn it if I could remember who said this and how they said it. Some stand-up comedian in an interview.

It's an interesting point, I think. Just to think about, I guess.

 

[Zen Toombs]

And by that I mean, how much effort do you put into covering up your little idiosyncrasies and personality quirks to fit in with your peers, not get funny looks at the grocery store, get along with your parents, etc.

Absolutely Zero. I'm completely mad and I love every minute of it.

Most people seem to enjoy it as well, so there's that too.

EDIT: Although, it would seem I'm not the only one. I assume then that my madness is actually what you plebeians refer to as "normal".

 

[DonMartin]

I remember going for a walk with my closest friend once, before I actually knew him that well. At one point, he stopped, and walked up to a hedge. He continued by unzipping his pants and started pissing on the hedge. I was rather surprised at first. We were completely visible from the street, which was just a few metres from the hedge. I told him, while laughing, "Come on", or something like that. He just turned his head and said "Everyone pees. Think about it."

It's really something quite obvious. Of course everyone does. There's really no shame in it.

Now, at that point I actually hadnt realized that. I was stuck in thinking that peeing in public is wrong and shouldnt be done. That it was somehow wrong. Now, of course it is, in some situations. But peeing into a hedge? I remember saying "You know, everyone can see you?" to him. He simply replied: "What? They pee too.

Strive for a world where anyone who walks by a guy pissing on a hedge just thinks "Oh, he's peeing." And nothing more."

Then he just started laughing and I joined in. Both in pissing and in laughing.

 

[sdfdgdfg]

Headcrab Hat..

Explains everything

 

[walrusaurus]

Wow, that talking aloud thing is pretty much me.

OT: Absolutely no effort whatsoever. I actually try my best not to fit in. Who in their right mind would want to become one with the herd? Wouldn't you want to be your own, unique person?

Yes, lets all start using linux and wear glassless glasses and listen to radiohead.

o please radiohead was so 2 weeks ago, get with the picture square.

 

[Dogstile]

I probably do a bit, but I think everyone does without noticing it. However, I think instead of trying to fit in, I tend to go out of my way to creep out people i meet that I haven't met before.

Example being? A guy today asked if id been gifted with anything. I put my drink down, stared at his eyes and said I had a giant penis.

After about five seconds I cracked up laughing, but his face was priceless ;D

 

[terzil]

I try to not keep too loud conversations with myself in public or gesture a lot when listening to music. Listening to music keeps the voices away but I can rarely be still when doing so. I don't have a problem with the guy in my head though, it's just that others might not like him that much.

 

[XelaisPWN]

I wear a shirt and pair of pants every day. Not much else beyond that.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I've got no problem with who I am or what I enjoy and choose to do with my time. If anyone tries to belittle aspects of my life because it's not considered normal, I am ready to defend myself and then turn the tables and question their "normal" activities.

 

[Macgyvercas]

None whatsoever. Normal is dull and boring.

 

[IamQ]

I'm going to be honest. I don't know.

 

[Palademon]

Nothing really.
I just avoid talking about subjects I know some people won't understand or appreciate when I'm around them. That's it.

THREE CHEERS FOR WEIRD!

 

[Whateveralot]

I just do whatever shit comes up in me.

I don't care for acting normal, really. I am me.