'Normal' What is that?

[fredd bear]

I knew a sailor with the last name of "Normal". He was gay.

Well, yes, and--------? Ah, was that meant to be a joke? 

[Succubus]

I knew a sailor with the last name of "Normal". He was gay.

Well, yes, and--------? Ah, was that meant to be a joke? 

Under normal circumstances your ass would be as dead as fried chicken.
But I do believe Mr Sama no longer has access to military grade weaponry.

[ignoramus]

I asked the wife if she sees me as an an influencer or an influenza.


She sneezed.

[Succubus]

I asked the wife if she sees me as an an influencer or an influenza.


She sneezed.

For this you are fined two internets.

[fredd bear]

Well, yes, and--------? Ah, was that meant to be a joke? 

Under normal circumstances your ass would be as dead as fried chicken.
But I do believe Mr Sama no longer has access to military grade weaponry.

Oh, I see. It's an example of that famous wit. (or at least half of it)* 




* with apologies to John Cleese

[Succubus]

Under normal circumstances your ass would be as dead as fried chicken.
But I do believe Mr Sama no longer has access to military grade weaponry.

Oh, I see. It's an example of that famous wit. (or at least half of it)* 




* with apologies to John Cleese

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[Belacqua]

I've been thinking about a conversation I had with someone in a different thread. I'm now wondering, what is the standard for being normal?
I have my issues, but see myself as being pretty normal. The thing is, maybe I'm not. I'm thinking about diagnosis of people broadly, and society claiming to know what is normal.
Maybe humans are supposed to be depressives and unhappy. We fight against it in loads of different ways, we imagine Gods that love us, we drink alcohol, we pop pills, we have pet cats, we pursue happiness.
Maybe those that we categorise are the only people being true to themselves IDK.

Can anyone point to someone and say "There goes Dave, he's completely normal."

I think "normal" is mostly an unthought-out image we have of what people should be like. I mean to say, it's a neutral-sounding word we use for our prejudices. 

Look at how strictly behavior is scolded when it falls outside certain norms. 

I grew up in a small town in the midwest. It seemed normal to me at the time. The last few times I went back there it seemed as if it was full of pod people. For example, everybody drives and nobody walks. When I walked five blocks to the supermarket, people in cars would yell at me. Because I wasn't normal, in their view, I deserved to mocked from moving cars. 

The only people I saw outside were men working in their yards. They were all wearing the town's inevitable uniform: jeans or khaki pants, T-shirts or checked shirts, shoes that would be appropriate for camping. I was wearing a black sport coat and leather shoes (I was there for a funeral) and every single one of those men doing lawn work made sarcastic comments about my clothes. 

In such towns, and often on this forum, the unspoken rules for conformity are strictly enforced, not by authorities, but by the people themselves.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Well, yes, and--------? Ah, was that meant to be a joke? 

Under normal circumstances your ass would be as dead as fried chicken.
But I do believe Mr Sama no longer has access to military grade weaponry.

I can still recall my .50 from the state boys if needed. In this case they'd have someone available to reload.

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Under normal circumstances your ass would be as dead as fried chicken.
But I do believe Mr Sama no longer has access to military grade weaponry.

Oh, I see. It's an example of that famous wit. (or at least half of it)* 




* with apologies to John Cleese

Okay, I have to explain this. PO3 Normal was the only "normal" I've ever met. And he wasn't "normal" by his own definition.

I hope this helps.

[no one]

It's different for everyone. What's normal for you, is normal for you. If others don't like that, that's their problem.

[onlinebiker]

It's different for everyone. What's normal for you, is normal for you. If others don't like that, that's their problem.

It' s uniformally individualistic..