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mistermann · 2021-11-23 14:33:30

Or so logic would suggest, but observation suggest otherwise, at least for ~mainstream/normal people.

feanaro | karma 4052 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2022-07-17 15:35:17

This works both ways, and I'm warning of generalizing in the other direction based on an assumption of what is "normal among normal people".

ehutch79 | karma 2179 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2022-01-09 19:24:02

For normal, mainstream people, it isn't.

sfpotter | karma 903 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2024-06-24 14:23:06

It's easy to infer which is normal based on one's experience of the world. The world would be very different if it were otherwise.

throwawayacc6 | karma 7 | avg karma 0.27 · | 2023-02-15 11:23:33

This is a non-sequitur. Normal != average.

fsflover | karma 8037 | avg karma 1.36 · | 2020-08-11 12:45:35+00:00

Not at all. "Normal" people simply choose "normal" instances.

akvadrako | karma 5693 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2021-11-22 12:15:12

That's only for nonspecific persons, where it does indeed seem natural.

sjs382 | karma 4180 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2020-10-01 21:55:52

Maybe not normal but it's definitely common. That's splitting hairs though—conversationally, they're a bit interchangeable.

vnchr | karma 1728 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2021-11-03 09:30:50

Maybe the norm is wrong.

mandelbrotwurst | karma 1328 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2020-11-21 20:19:50

It may or may not also be more "normal" as you put it, but that's not at all relevant to what we're discussing here.

dbaupp | karma 10204 | avg karma 4.33 · | 2013-10-25 06:55:49+00:00

If the conjecture of being normal is true, yes.

chiefalchemist | karma 6140 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2019-07-24 00:54:40+00:00

Right. It's so normalized that even more aware ppl such as yourself aren't phased by making such observations.

philwelch | karma 36168 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2019-07-11 04:23:17

It’s one of those things that’s obvious and intuitive, unless your baseline of normalcy for the human condition is an ivory tower in a WEIRD culture.

bongodongobob | karma 1478 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2024-04-30 18:23:45

Of course not, those are normal. /s

hanniabu | karma 4817 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2019-10-25 02:55:21+00:00

No, it's objectively abnormal.

barry-cotter | karma 18427 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2020-06-01 03:57:48+00:00

There are far more people who effortlessly self-modify to believe and feel what is most socially helpful, without conscious consideration. We call them “normal”.

romanovcode | karma 2646 | avg karma 1.46 · | 2014-01-30 14:43:20+00:00

Nothing is more normal for an individual than thinking he is not normal.

donnie12345 | karma 170 | avg karma 0.69 · | 2023-08-22 13:45:45

I've heard that it is a norm

nemothekid | karma 13576 | avg karma 4.48 · | 2020-06-02 20:36:31

I think the favorable interpretation of his comment is that by normal he means secular.

foobiekr | karma 5921 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2023-08-11 16:44:16

Normal people do.