POLL: Is normal a good thing?

[AreaCode707]

I'm a freak, and proud of it, but had trouble telling this to my Grandmother. Her, "oh, no you're not, don't say things like that." Me - "You don't understand, this isn't a bad thing." Her - "Okay, but don't tell anyone else."
She realized I meant freak as in just being kinda off the wall sometimes but in her opinion, this was a negative thing.

 

[LordMaul]

No, I'm not normal...everyone thinks I'm wierd. But that's fine with me...cause, well, I hate people.

 

[chibchakan]

<< I'm normal and it's a good thing. >>

 

[TallBill]

hrmm.. used to be normal.. now just stuck on freak.. and its quite fun!

 

[eakers]

im weird.
but you all knew that.

*kat. <-- absolutly insane.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Normal is good sometimes, but I'd rather be myself than be normal.

 

[HappyFace]

I think we should be asking ourselves - what is normal?

 

[Spendthrift]

pop perspective would say thats its cooler to be weird and happy about it. hence the poll results to date. something to think about maybe?

 

[TallBill]

it seems that weird here IS normal.. quite the paradox

 

[rival]

what is normal?

 

[AreaCode707]

<< pop perspective would say thats its cooler to be weird and happy about it. hence the poll results to date. something to think about maybe? >>



I think you've hit it there. The general population is past the era of conformity by-and-large, and mostly past the era of non-comformity. Into the era of individualism now. I think that's where the dialogue between me and my grandmother missed a step - she's from the conformist generation, my parents from the non comformist, and me from the individualistic.

 

[gopunk]

depends on what you consider good.

 

[AreaCode707]

<< it seems that weird here IS normal.. quite the paradox >>



Well, considering the population that AT draws from, the representative sample might consider themselves more weird than the general population would.

 

[notfred]

normal is a very average thing.

 

[gopunk]

I think you've hit it there. The general population is past the era of conformity by-and-large, and mostly past the era of non-comformity. Into the era of individualism now. I think that's where the dialogue between me and my grandmother missed a step - she's from the conformist generation, my parents from the non comformist, and me from the individualistic.

it's a vicious thing we have though... take the punk scene for example. a lot of people like a band when it's still small and relatively unknown. band gets famous, because people want to be trendy and like an unknown band. people dislike band because majority of people like it. see the problem?

i'm non-conformist when it comes to hanging out or other stuff with peers. but i'm conformist when it comes to job interviews, academics, etc. that's the best of both worlds.

 

[DonFanucci]

I'm weird and it's a good thing.

 

[ViperMagic]

I'm weird... generally a good thing, but it has downides, i.e. more than once a girl has refused to go out with me becasue either they dont like weird, or in a few cases, they like me, but everytime i start dating someone, that someone will end up taking alot of sh1t..... and i cant do a damn thing about it,becasue its all from the low-class greasy kids, who have a habit of defending one another, and i could take one, but there isnt a way in hell that i could defend against all of them... i would quite literally be killed

 

[no0b]

<< I'm weird and it's a good thing. >>

 

[Pabster]

There's nothing worse than being normal.

I'm weird, it's great, and I'm proud of it.

 

[whitelight]

i'm more fun when i'm weiRd

 

[arigato]

I think most people believe I'm normal until they get to know me. Then they think I'm strange.