What’s normal - do you consider yourself normal? (1 Viewer)

[matttyl]

Not to steal the thunder of whoever is posting the “what’s normal” threads, but this topic recently came up among some friends.

The conclusion we came to was most people see themselves as pretty normal, but don’t see others as such.

Then we decided if most people were normal, they wouldn’t be much fun.

 

[Dezbelief]

I am not normal. I may act normal most of time but I will channel my inner Professor Chaos. I put stamps on next to the place stamp here square. I do not stand on the two feet shaped stickers that say please wait here. A true rebel.

 

[AAABatteries]

Not to steal the thunder of whoever is posting the “what’s normal” threads, but this topic recently came up among some friends.

The conclusion we came to was most people see themselves as pretty normal, but don’t see others as such.

Then we decided if most people were normal, they wouldn’t be much fun.

Oh no you didn't!

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Not remotely.

 

[AAABatteries]

I think I'm as middle of the road, vanilla, unexciting and normal as you can get. I get along with everyone IRL, have no enemies, have a wide variety of interests, friends, likes/dislikes. Not very opinionated IRL, don't have any weird habits, never been arrested, never done any drugs of any kind.

Honestly, I'm probably kind of boring to most people who are edgy, risk takers, etc. But I'm very comfortable in my own skin and love my life the vast majority of the time when I'm not stressed about something.

 

[3C's]

Hell no, I'm exceptional.

 

[Keith R]

65% normal

 

[Snoopy]

I don't have 1.98 children, also

 

[urbanhack]

No.

trying not to.

 

[Keerock]

Changing my username to "whoever"

 

[-OZ-]

I don't have 1.98 children, also

Want to borrow some for Christmas?

 

[-OZ-]

Definitely not.

But then, nobody is.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Not really

 

[NutterButter]

I don't know. I'd need a definition of normal.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I’m normal. It’s all of you who are nuts!

 

[Snoopy]

I don't know. I'd need a definition of normal.

Perpendicular to tangent [geometry ]

 

[matttyl]

I don't know. I'd need a definition of normal.

It’s your own definition.

 

[hagmania]

I embrace my weird.

 

[fruity pebbles]

As a spectrum guy I’m certainly not normal. At times my existence can be painful.

 

[-OZ-]

I embrace my weird.

I’ve often told my wife, everyone is weird in their own way. We choose our crazy person to be with, but we don’t necessarily choose our own crazy. Therefore if she complains about me, it’s her own fault for choosing poorly. But I chose well.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

If normal is average, no. I don't have one testicle and one ovary.

 

[Brony]

If normal is average, no. I don't have one testicle and one ovary.

how many bewbs?

 

[Chemical X]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

 

[Scoresman]

I'm a data guy so I think it would be fun to take all of the What's normal polls and quantify everyone's "normalness" based on their voting against the majority votes in the polls themselves. So like "Scoresman, you are only 37% normal based on how you voted on all the polls."

 

[Don Quixote]

I think I’m within one, maybe two, standard deviations from normal.

 

[Osaurus]

Nope

 

[Keerock]

I'm a data guy so I think it would be fun to take all of the What's normal polls and quantify everyone's "normalness" based on their voting against the majority votes in the polls themselves. So like "Scoresman, you are only 37% normal based on how you voted on all the polls."

Do it! My first (expensive) cut at the WN? site had all kinds of "normality" statistics based on voter demographics. Unfortunately, users didn't like having to register for the site and provide said demographics. I still applaud my original attempt.

 

[Scoresman]

I'm a data guy so I think it would be fun to take all of the What's normal polls and quantify everyone's "normalness" based on their voting against the majority votes in the polls themselves. So like "Scoresman, you are only 37% normal based on how you voted on all the polls."

Do it! My first (expensive) cut at the WN? site had all kinds of "normality" statistics based on voter demographics. Unfortunately, users didn't like having to register for the site and provide said demographics. I still applaud my original attempt.

I thought the polls were private? If they're public, I just might if I get bored.

 

[Gally]

Define "normal"

Everyone is normal to themselves because that is what is normal to them.

 

[The Gator]

Abby Normal more like

 

[DA RAIDERS]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Very few people are going to roll 10-out-of-18 on every stat at birth. There's a very high likelihood that you are two standard deviations above or below the mean on a handful of dimensions. And that means, of course, that being an outlier in a few areas makes you perfectly normal, at least if you look at it a certain way.

 

[Chemical X]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

In some ways, very much so.
In some ways, very much not so.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

No thank you. Also unpossible now

 

[DocHolliday]

I’m normal in some ways but definitely not truly normal. Normal seems boring.

 

[belljr]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

No thank you. Also unpossible now

Not unpossible.........very very very unlikely but not unpossible ...... i know a guy

 

[DA RAIDERS]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

No thank you. Also unpossible now

Not unpossible.........very very very unlikely but not unpossible ...... i know a guy

I’m good

 

[belljr]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

No thank you. Also unpossible now

Not unpossible.........very very very unlikely but not unpossible ...... i know a guy

I’m good

No I mean I know a snippee that had a baby

 

[ChiefD]

I don't have 1.98 children, also

Want to borrow some for Christmas?

Comes with free tree.

 

[Gally]

I don't have 1.98 children, also

Want to borrow some for Christmas?

Comes with free tree.

Real or fake?

 

[Mitchie]

where's the poll?

 

[Ilov80s]

Simultaneously quite normal but also not normal.

 

[-OZ-]

I don't have 1.98 children, also

Want to borrow some for Christmas?

Comes with free tree.

I don’t remember making you my agent.
But it was a great choice.

 

[-OZ-]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

No thank you. Also unpossible now

Not unpossible.........very very very unlikely but not unpossible ...... i know a guy

I’m good

No I mean I know a snippee that had a baby

My sister in law is one of those post snip babies. FIL had some scar tissue, or so we’re told.

 

[ChiefD]

interesting question. many answers. ultimately, if you are over 40, married and without kids you are made to feel “not normal” or “outside the norm”. it’s a societal thing in my opinion.

Our choice to only have one kid raised plenty of eyebrows as well. So lame

it is extremely difficult to find couples without kids at our age, but since we are getting older, the kids are actually grown, out of college and out of the house. of course except for my in-laws, who decided to have chillens at 50+. imagine being 62 and having a 6 or 10 year old.

No thank you. Also unpossible now

Not unpossible.........very very very unlikely but not unpossible ...... i know a guy

I’m good

No I mean I know a snippee that had a baby

I know a guy too....

 

[PIK95]

I am about as far from normal as it gets in most things. I am outside the box all the time. At least it seems like I am. I don't actually care enough to check.

 

[Jayrod]

I'm not even close to normal.

 

[Terminalxylem]

One of the very few things my mother taught me was the dangers of conformity. Overall, I think she was right.

It helps not really caring what others think.

 

[Judge Smails]

Normal on the outside. Sort of a twisted mind on the inside that makes me feel not so normal at times. But I’m finding a lot of people feel the same way. The mind is complicated.