How much effort do you put into being "normal"?
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As has been said in this thread, there is no such thing as properly normal. There may be certain activities and modes of dressing that society looks down upon but there is NO SUCH THING AS NORMAL. Whereas most animals have something that can be recognised as that animal (cat is a cat, dog is a dog etc.) humans do not.
That said, everyone is unique with therefore could be said to be "normal". So every one of us is as normal as they come!
That said, everyone is unique with therefore could be said to be "normal". So every one of us is as normal as they come!
None. I will never be fucking normal. I love being weird and jumpy as I am. For me, being normal is following everyone else, and that's what I will never do.
*feels proud*
*feels proud*
It's hilarious how normal everyone who thinks they're not normal actually is. I don't put effort into being normal because I am. It's not like I shit in public or sniff people's hair on the bus. Some people may disapprove of my interests, dress code or minor eccentricities, but it's normal to want to express my percieved individuality. It's equally normal to want to conform. These are both quite typical patterns of human behaviour.
Everyone has their own unqiue perception of what normal is based on a massive conglomerate of personal events that have shaped their version of reality. Therefore "normal" is an individual construct that holds little similarities from one person to the next.
I have a filter between every single thought going through my mind and my mouth. It occasionally kicks in. Then there's a second filter for things that get rejected in the first but could be funny in the situation, that usually makes an appearance when I've been drinking. Nothing else really.
not much but to be fair i am in "geeky company" almost 24/7 my class my friends and pretty much anyone else i hang out with also i dont have much stuff (that i can think of) that might disturb/offend anyone so its just talking about casual things instead of 24/7 comics continuity lessons to my buddies (cause none of them read comics )
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I have a really strong urge to lecture everyone i see on what they're doing wrong. Thinking of the grocery store:
"Why would you get in the express lane with 20 items? Each yogurt counts as an item!"
"You are standing in the exact center of the aisle? You know this right? No one can get around you!"
Stuff like that crosses my mind but I don't say it. Unless the person is actively being a jerk to someone else, like yelling at a cashier about how they misunderstood a sale sign.
Then I have to say something usually "He doesn't set the prices ma'am why're you yelling at him?". Mostly because then they say like "who the fuck do you think you are telling me what to do!?" then I show them my (deputy sheriff's) badge and say "This is who I am. Now, let's all be nice."
It makes my day.
"Why would you get in the express lane with 20 items? Each yogurt counts as an item!"
"You are standing in the exact center of the aisle? You know this right? No one can get around you!"
Stuff like that crosses my mind but I don't say it. Unless the person is actively being a jerk to someone else, like yelling at a cashier about how they misunderstood a sale sign.
Then I have to say something usually "He doesn't set the prices ma'am why're you yelling at him?". Mostly because then they say like "who the fuck do you think you are telling me what to do!?" then I show them my (deputy sheriff's) badge and say "This is who I am. Now, let's all be nice."
It makes my day.
I talk to myself in rehearsal, in contemplation (for instance when playing a game I sometimes end up talking randomly about whatever topic springs to mind) and as a genuine conversation. Voices usually come in the form of parts of my personality. It's not a schizophrenic thing, I can turn it off as soon as I want to, but I like arguing with myself.DanDeFool said:
An example is the fact that I'm an ardent meat-eater, and I repeatedly have had arguments with an imaginary vegitarian in my head. Technically it's just the counter-point rationalisation of the part of me that thinks animals are cute. But it doesn't sound quite as funny when you tell people.
Which leads us to the thread's actual topic. I don't, at all. I don't care if people think I'm weird or whatever. I like being me. It's fun. I get to argue with imaginary freakin' vegitarians.
Surely that's self-contradictory? If you're putting in a lot of effort into changing how others see you, you aren't being normal?
I do what I have to to live and work in society without anyone bothering me and thats about it. I'm basically anti social, I like being alone, being with other people makes me uncomfortable.. its an effort that i'd rather not put up with, but I have to work and shop etc so there you have it.
Sorry to be confusing, It's an attempt to describe a word that I forgot which I think might be archetype? Basically I saw it on QI once the question was something like who is the typical man or something like that.Jonluw said:
Basically an individual that demonstrates all the traits of a species within themselves and allows us to tell them from other similar species, hence the cat and dog. Again I apologise for the confusing description.
A friend of mine, who's a girl, was going to talk to me about her love life over MSN messenger. She often jokes that I'm her gal-pal (I'm actually a dude) who she talks with about love stuff. So now when she said "Gal-pal, I've got romance stuff to talk about" I went and put on a skirt, pantyhose and a girl's top, and then I put on nail polish. Why? I want to be a convincing gal-pal.
Does that answer your question?
Does that answer your question?
zero. none. You people are lucky that I'm wearing pants. Fortunately, most of my "quirks" as you put it, have to do with sarcasm, mockery, tormenting the stupid and frustrating the slow.
