Is it normal not to believe in "normal"?

Long story short: I don't believe in 'normal' becaue all you 'normal' people are 'weird' to me. Hah..

Its normal not to believe in pants. Silly contraptions they are!

the 52 people who "don't believe in normal", what the hell are you doing on this site? o_O

It's just whatever our society deems acceptable. But when it comes right down to it, there is no such thing as "normal."

Normal has never existed. We just try to act it. I think in the future people will just say "fuck it" and be themselves. It'll be a freeing experience. Watch it happen. =)

Well there's definitely a norm....otherwise how would anyone differentiate themselves from a rapist, murderer or a child molester? Surely there is an acceptable norm, and most people can agree what falls beyond an acceptable norm. Most people are normal, few are not. If you don't believe in a norm then you would have to think that atrocious behaviors are just fine. And us "normal" people would find YOU to be abnormal.

You have no choice. "Normal" exists within our socitey,so FU.

The definition of normal is: conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.

How can you not believe in something when it's in the dictionary?

Is it normal to be a man and like sucking cocks because I do and I like it. I love cum in my mouth.

Lol I love the poll options. Yeah it's an interesting concept, ascribing goodness to frequency. Although in some cases it doesn't even have to do with frequency, but more so personal experience. I guess the word is used when a person is trying to validate that something is good, and do so by saying it happens frequently. Very odd.
I like it on this site, as it can bring a lot of comfort to people with feeling less alone, myself included. But has more to do with that, than anything. It's not really a rigorous definition, but is a good thing that can make people feel closer.
The downside of course is people who feel 'not normal' but that's what this site is for!
It would be cool to live in a world where people could feel that their qualities were things they could feel secure in regardless of if they saw other's sharing them or not, but wouldn't be surprised if its a cultural universal that people feel comfort in knowing others are like them.
However I am sure materialism plays a role, I am not that familiar with gnosticism, but am curious if in more spiritual communities that place less value on the material world than the spiritual, people more readily feel connection amidst superficial differences. And in tern aren't made to feel more lonely by their 'abnormalities'. Or perhaps the connections searched for are different?
It is an odd word. If I were a computer I would see, 'frequency of occurrences' and then of course would have wildly different results when controlling for time periods (varying both in their length and start date) as well as location. For example, everything anyone has ever conceived of is extremely abnormal, as the observable universe is an infinitesimally small fraction of what exists. But then we need to ask, "normal where?" and "normal when?".
And then I would also see day to day life, a thing like slavery or hunger, are things many people would say are not normal because they are not confronted with it in their day to day life, even though they are highly pervasive.
The word is also frequently used in a medical context, where it has a different meaning. There are medical abnormalities that are far more common than a non-medical "normal" instance such as left-handedness. And the word is used to denote whether further testing or treatment is necessary.
So yeah, I like that it can give people comfort, I wish more words did that. And wish people could experience the same level of comfort even when they are "not normal"

things are not "normal" if they're based on what is common in a small, elite fraction of the society

Except for those who become non-conformists exactly like everyone else.

"Normal" assumes there is some standard by which we judge. The trouble is people differ on their view of what the standard should be. So it's frequently a value judgement.

"Normal" often depends on numbers. In this country many used to think gay sex was perverted because the majority liked heterosexual relations. The same applies to national behavior, gender, religion, etc.

Some people believe one teacher, preacher, or whatever. Once you accept the premise of a preacher's teaching that you can walk the streets of gold in heaven if you go to their church and accept the infallibility of his words from the infallible bible in his hands, you will never question what's normal or not because you now know forever.

is it normal the "?what would you do" tv show seems connected to this website just because of the question mark they both use who copied who on this one

Normal is a conception based on what is very common. However I think thier is some rules we can all agree is bad by any sense. Pedophilea,rape,killing. The last is debatable if in defenae of self or of loved ones.

normal is merely the majority... i hate the concept of normal...
but for the purpose of 'is it normal' i go with 'is it moraly ok / healthy / not of any danger to myself or others'

I honestly don't believe anyone is normal. There are parts of you that are like other people. But there isn't a normal because everyone has something different about them.

If everyone is different how is there a normal?

well, I think every person has their 'not normal' things... and that's normal... -.-"

To me normal means acceptable to the majority of society. Pretty much everyone who has a job, friends, can go out in public, and no mental problems they are normal. everyone has some weird qualities to them. it doesn't mean they aren't normal

"Normal" is relative to culture. In ancient Sparta, it was "normal" for a young boy to have sexual relationships with an older man and to murder a slave as a rite of passage. Human beings have the capacity to be convinced of the rightness of absolutely any kind of conduct imaginable so long as one is raised to view it as normal.

Leprechaun is also in the dictionary...

But really, there is little reason to literally define it for every situation. It's an idea. It is subjective. It is unspoken compliance. It is what it is because of what it isn't. The idea cannot exist alone. It needs things to be "abnormal" for anything to be viewed as normal.

If everybody is different, how can one be normal?