People Are Less Likely to Identify as Being “Normal” Than a “Weirdo”

I have a mentor that I talk to regularly that tells me to be my unique self no matter what others think. I always tell people that I’m a limited edition weirdo. The reason for that… you’ll never find another like me! I’ve always felt why be normal when you aren’t passionate about the things that “normal” folks are.

YouGov asked folks if they identify as being normal or weird and the findings were interesting. Folks were two times more likely to say they were not normals than normal. Which brings up the question… what is normal?

In college, I had to take a sociology class and we talked about social constraints and how norms aren’t really norms. They are mostly fads that trend based on where everyone in the world is at, at any given time. To be honest… I didn’t pay a lot of attention in this class. So if my information isn’t correct, you know why! LOL

Be your unique self and let your personality shine friend! You are amazing just the way you are!

White (black, Asian, or regular racial makeup), heterosexual, conservative person that does not have a deviant sexual or societal belief or practice = “Normal”.

That’s the best I can come up with. We who populate FR, in my opinion are considered ‘Normals”.

In a nation that has touted ‘personal sovereignty’, ( not to be confused with sovereign citizen), society, through definitions deemed ‘suitable’, has always demanded conformity, and has frowned on said sovereignty.

Parents have parrotted through time, “Why can’t you be like ...?” Pastors have railed against this sovereignty, in their pleas/demands for that citizen, to let go of himself, and be a humble member of the flock. Political leaders are suspicious of anyone being sovereign of their own thoughts. Old IBM attempted to wipe out that sovereignty, down to black suits, wingtip shoes, white shirts with thin black ties, black framed glasses, and crewcuts.

An old comment on ‘normal’ was: “Honor the gods, love your woman, and love your country.” Anything else was ‘not normal’. Simple, and leaves a lot of roo m to operate and be ‘normal’.

Unlike today, where whatever you do is thought of being unnormal by ‘somebody’.

Even now, a reader thinks me unnormal, because I used the term ‘gods’.

I hold so many ideas, thoughts, and opinions contrary to 2021/05 ‘normal’, that, yes, I state: “I am not normal, and would suffer greatly, if I attempted ‘normal.”

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