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   Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2024 06:46:59 JST Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr

   Do you think there are "normal" people? If so, what constitutes normal? If not, why not?

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     aburtch (aburtch@triangletoot.party)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2024 06:46:57 JST aburtch

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     @RickiTarr No. every single person is unique and different. “Normal” isn’t intrinsic, it can only be defined through a societal lens, what a specific society calls “normal.” And because there are many, many different societies, all with different views of what “normal” is, there is no universal definition.

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     Curious Magpie (curiousmagpie@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2024 06:50:13 JST Curious Magpie

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     @RickiTarr I think there are people who conform to the social norms of their particular community - family, religion, political party, employment.
     But I don’t think there is any kind of intrinsic normality to humans.

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     cy (cy@fedicy.us.to)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2024 15:54:05 JST cy

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     There are normal people. They uh... don't have any remarkable characteristics. Average intelligence, average achievements, an average upbringing, and so on. They're kind of rare, but they do exist. Honestly I'm not all that weird or especially aberrant, outside of my own unfortunate circumstances.
     
     Thing is, being normal doesn't make you better.