what is normal ?

[emerald_flame]

what do u think is normal or means ? me, i think there's no such thing . we all have our own take what normal is . so there's no definate thing of what it is.
so what's ur take? ^^

[Crumpet]

im guessing that normal could also mean average like always getting B's may be 'normal' to you, I guess its something that just keeps happening

[emerald_flame]

That one way to look at it

[Crumpet]

but no -one can actually be normal - i mean theyve proved it with stereotypes like nerds, jocks, drama club etc

[emerald_flame]

exactly !^^ what might be normal for someone might not be for someone else .
i don't like sterotypes for instance band geeks or what they call them . some are cool and outgoing people and are just label like that cuz they're in the band . anyway off topic.... yeah

[EvilMan_89]

easy, normal is pretty much being like everyone/everything else. and not being different i guess.

[Sacae]

Normal is the national mindset ideal 'apporite' behavior of a person. The big-daddy to all sterotypes. No one is normal, because everyone has something that does not fit the ideal. Thus other sterotypes were mad to show how everyone fit into groups that were not 'normal. Only to have these 'groups' people slightly fit in normal for them. Normal a vauge concept that has evolved. With some stuff breaking into the genral not normal slot.

[emerald_flame]

Normal is the national mindset ideal 'apporite' behavior of a person. The big-daddy to all sterotypes. No one is normal, because everyone has something that does not fit the ideal. Thus other sterotypes were mad to show how everyone fit into groups that were not 'normal. Only to have these 'groups' people slightly fit in normal for them. Normal a vauge concept that has evolved. With some stuff breaking into the genral not normal slot.


that's what i've been trying to say but people think im crazy... im just more open minded ^^

[Sacae]

You're not crazy, just breaking the fragment of that national containal thought they did not think about. lol Breaking walls are fun. No, youre sane, and I know cause I mostly am.

[Skittles]

I think normal doesn't have a meaning. Because alot of people have there way of saying "Normal" Which I think is fine because I always say something[everything] is normal. Even thought im weird as weird can get. xD

[Sacae]

The fact you said your 'as weird as weird' proves that you are comparing yourself to the vauge ideal 'normal' people have, on some level you included, even if you don't agree with normal or think everyone has there own normal - you declared yourself weird - the anti-normal term lol If I make any sense.

[Skittles]

Can't understand . . . . Not really, haha. I can't understand what your saying. Because once you 'say' or 'do' something you think is weird. And then you get so into that thought to what you just did, your like, "Was that normal? Well, that's doesn't make sense. It's like, was you think is normal, it's normal. Like me saying 'Im weird' It's like saying 'Im normal.' Or something like that . . [doesn't make any sense]

[emerald_flame]

breaking walls is fun ^^ * breaks a wall to bits* XDD

[Sacae]

Can't understand . . . . Not really, haha. I can't understand what your saying. Because once you 'say' or 'do' something you think is weird. And then you get so into that thought to what you just did, your like, "Was that normal? Well, that's doesn't make sense. It's like, was you think is normal, it's normal. Like me saying 'Im weird' It's like saying 'Im normal.' Or something like that . . [doesn't make any sense]

Strangly, I understood what you said! And I agree to some extent; yet it still back up the point that I can't get across right XD and therebydoesnt make sense to you. But, I can safely say we are both right on some levels in our minds.

breaking walls is fun ^^ * breaks a wall to bits* XDD

Thus is so true.

[Skittles]

So like, you can be weird, but it's normal! =D
I guess. xD
Cause that's how everyone is. There all weird in there on way but, it's also, kinda weird . . At the same TIME! =DD xD

[{feel.the.wrath}]

what do u think is normal or means ? me, i think there's no such thing . we all have our own take what normal is . so there's no definate thing of what it is.
so what's ur take? ^^
i agree

either way, i'm definately not normal

[emerald_flame]

So like, you can be weird, but it's normal! =D
I guess. xD
Cause that's how everyone is. There all weird in there on way but, it's also, kinda weird . . At the same TIME! =DD xD

That's pretty much it ^^ we all hav our own interpretation of what normal is thus it can be anything ^^ in a way ^^

[Sacae]

So like, you can be weird, but it's normal! =D
I guess. xD
Cause that's how everyone is. There all weird in there on way but, it's also, kinda weird . . At the same TIME! =DD xD

Yes, on some level lol...I totally agree with that but with one edge. Which thanks to this -

i agree

either way, i'm definately not normal

I think I just realized how to explain my point right.

Being weird, as you said KairiXRiku, is normal because we are all not normal and are weird at the same time. But, I'm saying the reason we all know we are weird is being of the ideal 'normal' doesn't fit us. And the us turns into our normal. Normal is a pardox. Because we can say we are weird, comparing us to 'normal', ywt because weird is normal to us - it doesn't matter. Only a pardox like normal could have the duel-blade effect.

Edit: Right to the poster above! *doesnt know how to edit in a quote*

[Skittles]

Yes, on some level lol...I totally agree with that but with one edge. Which thanks to this -



I think I just realized how to explain my point right.

Being weird, as you said KairiXRiku, is normal because we are all not normal and are weird at the same time. But, I'm saying the reason we all know we are weird is being of the ideal 'normal' doesn't fit us. And the us turns into our normal. Normal is a pardox. Because we can say we are weird, comparing us to 'normal', ywt because weird is normal to us - it doesn't matter. Only a pardox like normal could have the duel-blade effect.

Edit: Right to the poster above! *doesnt know how to edit in a quote*

OMFG YESH!
That's right!!! Normal doesn't fit our lives and stuff. So we just go with the ideal word, 'weird'. Because being weird is, much more fun. xD And when your normal, your just. . . plain. And not much about you kicks in. xD
But your right Sacae, I totally agree with this. xD =DDD

[Sacae]

Yes! Exactly! At least I was able to explain my point now. I totally agree with what you just said - because that's what I meant. *thumbs up* And your past points were good too.

[Skittles]

YUSH!
*thumbs up*
Awesome job! =DD
Okay, were done here. xD

[White_Rook]

Normal is whatever you are comfortable with. Of course there are moral exceptions, but in the context of this debate what is normal does not equal what is moral, nor what is right.

[Repliku]

Normal just means to me what the majority of the environment around you is like to perceive and learn from. If 90% of society wears a red shirt, that's normal. If you are in a neighborhood where gays and straights get along and people of any color work together and get paid the same etc, that would be normal to you. If females are all regarded in the community as lesser than men, this is normal to the people there. If you are raised out in the jungle with some pygmies and that's what you've known all your life, that's what's normal to you.

Normal isn't really a great word, just as I don't really like the word 'perfect' either. People often use what is 'normal' as an argument to shun change and growth. Just because something seems 'normal', as in this group majority does it, does not mean it is always a positive thing. It is just a condition of an area in which you are at or a behavior pattern that the majority do nearly habitually. 'Abnormal' would be anything that stands out as something not typical of the people of an area. It's hard to explain exactly and I'll think on fixing this up later.

[*Sora*]

Acting properly and acceptable according to societies bounds.

[Catch the Rain]

There is no such thing as normal, for one thing everyone is unique, therefore the idea of a normal is crushed. Even people who think similar aren't exactly the same. Normal to you is most liklely to be different to what I would consider normal and vice versa. The generation above me has a different idea of what normal is compared to the generation below me. Normal is something that cannot be defined as one thing.

IMO anywayz.

[Kairi9020]

Normal is an illusion. Because everything and every one is different, nothing can be considered normal. Since everything is different we can't all have the same "normal." The world is abnormal, and so, as I said in the beginning; normal is an illusion.

[White_Rook]

Normal is an illusion. Because everything and every one is different, nothing can be considered normal. Since everything is different we can't all have the same "normal." The world is abnormal, and so, as I said in the beginning; normal is an illusion.

But if we have no objective form of normality then we don't have any form of actual abnormality either. So it's not necessarily that we're all abnormal, that's a judgment based on your point of view regarding normal. Instead we simply are.

[{feel.the.wrath}]

After all this thinking and reading and analyzing and stuff, my brain hurts. But I agree with everyone here. Basically. Kind of. In a way. There is only normal in your head. What is normal to you is not to others. My brain hurts.

[White_Rook]

Acting properly and acceptable according to societies bounds.

What is a societal bound though?

[emerald_flame]

What is a societal bound though?

I think what they mean is that u follow the rules and laws of the society and not break them . That as long as u do that ur fine or something like that ^^"

[White_Rook]

I think what they mean is that u follow the rules and laws of the society and not break them . That as long as u do that ur fine or something like that ^^"

Well, what I was implying was: What makes a society "normal" to begin with?

[Aura]

I believe there is no such thing as normal. Nobody's perfect. I honestly hate people that say they are perfect or they have a perfect life.That is just bull.Everybody is bound to have their ups and downs.

[Ghillie in the Mist]

Normal is whatever people tell you it is. Its not whatever is most common, or accepted. Its just what people tell you it is.

It doesnt mean anything special to be called normal to me.

[Dredica]

nor·mal [náwrm'l]
adj
1. usual: conforming to the usual standard, type, or custom
2. healthy: physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy
3. occurring naturally: maintained or occurring in a natural state
4. chemistry unbranched: describes aliphatic hydrocarbons with unbranched chains of carbon atoms
5. chemistry containing one gram per liter: describes a chemical solution containing an equivalent weight of solute in grams per liter of solution (dated)
6. mathematics Same as perpendicularadj (sense 1)


n (plural nor·mals)
1. usual standard: the usual standard, type, or custom
2. mathematics perpendicular line or plane: a line or plane that is perpendicular to another line or plane


[15th century. Directly or via French < Latin normalis "made according to the square" < norma "carpenter's square"]


-nor·mal·ly, , adv

[Ghillie in the Mist]

But there are certain things called normal which are not usual.

[White_Rook]

Normal is whatever people tell you it is. Its not whatever is most common, or accepted. Its just what people tell you it is.


It is subjective and relative. What you're told "here" is more often than not not normal "there".

[sakayoyo]

what can be normal?
none of us are normal.
we're all strange and weird in our own ways.

[White_Rook]

what can be normal?
none of us are normal.
we're all strange and weird in our own ways.

Well if you're implying a certain impossibility of normality, then without an established contrast we aren't necessarily "strange" either. We have our tinges of uniqueness but we simply just are.

[EvilMan_89]

normal? that's an easy one. i guess our definition of normal would be how alike we are to the majority of the population in things like personality, fashion, and money.

[11jones2]

acting like every one else i gues

[kaseykockroach]

Simple.
Millions of people are grouped together, and act almost the same. If one acts remotely different, he/she's not normal.
In other words, who are WE to decide what's normal? ; )