I don't get it either. No sarcasm involved. I just don't get it. Although my dialect says "normality" instead of "normalcy" so we could have a dust-up about that, not that I see any point in debating what is effectively the same thing. But yeah, I really don't get it.
Wanting to know whether something is normal is not the same as wanting to be normal. Even if you want to be different, you require knowledge of what is normal to achieve that goal.
That said, I think there is an innate human desire to fit in (and to be curious) and that's what drives a most of the action here on IIN.
I guess so. I do see lots of people acting a certain way because the majority are doing it. And I really don't get it. I hate being misunderstood and deliberately sending out a message that I don't believe seems like a recipe for disaster. For me, anyway.
But then, being too honest is also a problem when you have no idea who is reading. There are some complete nutters out there. Some very emotionally disturbed people. Maybe it'd have been better if I kept my trap shut more often.
Sure, but isn't grasping for uniqueness just as human? Doesn't that fuel just as much of our actions? It's a level dichotomy to me, but normality always seems to triumph.
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I honestly don't really get it. Why is normalcy desirable?
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I don't get it either. No sarcasm involved. I just don't get it. Although my dialect says "normality" instead of "normalcy" so we could have a dust-up about that, not that I see any point in debating what is effectively the same thing. But yeah, I really don't get it.
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Wanting to know whether something is normal is not the same as wanting to be normal. Even if you want to be different, you require knowledge of what is normal to achieve that goal.
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I guess so. I do see lots of people acting a certain way because the majority are doing it. And I really don't get it. I hate being misunderstood and deliberately sending out a message that I don't believe seems like a recipe for disaster. For me, anyway.
But then, being too honest is also a problem when you have no idea who is reading. There are some complete nutters out there. Some very emotionally disturbed people. Maybe it'd have been better if I kept my trap shut more often.
I really learned some things in my time here.
Sure, but isn't grasping for uniqueness just as human? Doesn't that fuel just as much of our actions? It's a level dichotomy to me, but normality always seems to triumph.
Mr popularity you are at it again