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Sarag Sep 1, 2011 04:43 PM

You're only pretending that you're normal.
 
So, my family growing up was definitely not 'normal'. To compensate for this, I tried to do the opposite of what sounded right whenever I was around normal people. Sometimes this didn't work so well. A man in the mall offered me hand lotion, which I figured, 'ok that's weird but I guess normal people just give each other lotioning'; he spent the next fifteen minutes of my life trying to sell me a $30 nail buffer.

I can't be the only one who does this. How do you pretend to belong when you're around "normal" people?

Radez Sep 1, 2011 05:02 PM

Make idle comments about the weather. Ask how people are, ALL THE TIME. Smile until it hurts. Stand up straight with shoulders back. Suck in my stomach. Carefully track what people are saying to me for nouns such that I can ask questions about said nouns to continue the conversation. Study the sports page. Study the news. Commiserate endlessly.

e.g. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry that happened to you! Aren't salespeople the worst? Do you often go to the mall? I go sometimes, but not in this weather. My goodness, it's just been so hot lately, hasn't it?"

Single Elbow Sep 1, 2011 11:08 PM

Mostly idle chatter. Sometimes joking around to add excitement to a topic. I'm usually quiet myself unless the subject being talked about interests me.

Bernard Black Sep 2, 2011 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Term (Post 789491)
I'm usually quiet myself unless the subject being talked about interests me.

The golden rule. Seen some people who were obviously already feeling awkward cock up because they felt they had to say something. We were chatting about facial hair at some BBQ and when a lull had come after a joke this girl just pipes up "HA HA, beards." Silence. >.>

When I'm not socialising solo I stick to that rule almost religiously, only speak when spoken to or until I genuinely have something to add. In situations by myself it depends on the context. Since most of my socialising is with people on my course, I usually talk about work and the course or about any uni events as a starting point. Just looking for something we can both talk about and then it stems off from there into something more specific.

Ozma Sep 2, 2011 06:53 AM

Respond with: 1). Yes. 2). No. 3). IDK. 4). Perhaps. 5). Whatever. 6). [giggles/smiles] + no. 1-5. when talked to. Otherwise, stay silent as a rock.

Jessykins Sep 2, 2011 01:45 PM

What the hell is wrong with all of you?

Bernard Black Sep 2, 2011 02:03 PM

Being surprised that a few people on an internet forum have social issues :v

Fluffykitten McGrundlepuss Sep 2, 2011 02:26 PM

Yeah, I pretty much just act myself in public. I fear I am painfully "Normal" at times.

packrat Sep 2, 2011 02:27 PM

Quote:

How do you pretend to belong when you're around "normal" people?
I've given up on such pretense.

Dr. Uzuki Sep 2, 2011 07:41 PM

About those awkward silences in conversation. I tend to use those as an out. "Ok, I really should get back to what I'm doing, it was good to see you." Usually I'm not up to something terribly pressing, but I'd rather make myself a sandwich than search for some other line of conversation. I sometimes play it up and try to be visably impatient and say to them, "I'm sorry, I'm very busy lately and I have to go, but I'll catch up with you later." I don't have anywhere to be.

Shorty Sep 2, 2011 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by packrat (Post 789508)
I've given up on such pretense.

I approach this similarly: I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT BEING NORMAL.

No. Hard Pass. Sep 2, 2011 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Shorty (Post 789512)
I approach this similarly: I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT BEING NORMAL.

Says the girl who goes clubbing, follows most girly fashion and generally carries on as the most normal female here.

Jessykins Sep 3, 2011 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bernard Black (Post 789506)
Being surprised that a few people on an internet forum have social issues :v

Not that. More that people care that "normal" people view them as their own.

Krelian Sep 3, 2011 11:47 AM

A couple of years ago I realised that my stupid bullshit is just as dumb and boring as everyone else's stupid bullshit, so now I do my best to be interested in whatever people have to say. Not just feigning interest; actually forcing myself to take what people are saying into proper consideration when chatting to them.

If you want to be interesting, be interested! Unfortunately you also need to be highly tolerant of really awkward conversations sometimes.

Hydra Sep 4, 2011 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by krelian (Post 789522)
If you want to be interesting, be interested! Unfortunately you also need to be highly tolerant of really awkward conversations sometimes.

QFT.


I have a list of topics dear to my heart that I know are abnormal enough to make people outside the right circles uncomfortable (polyamory, feminism, religion), and avoid them unless invited so as to avoid social pain and/or violence. But other than that, I don't put much effort into fitting in. It just kind of happens. Most people have enough rough edges that they're pretty forgiving of yours. (The ones that don't are dicks and don't deserve to be spoken to.)

coeccias Sep 24, 2011 12:12 AM

I don't think of myself as normal. The foundation for my positive self-image isn't a belief that I am accepted. I don't feel it necessary to belong to any particular group. I have enough positive qualities that my interactions with other people are rarely hindered by what could be considered abnormal behavior.

Vemp Sep 24, 2011 03:22 AM

When around normal people I act like I'm not a normal person who thinks acting like a normal person will make me think that I'm acting like a normal person around normal people even though I can't really distinguish what normal is anymore because my environment is filled with social norms that says what a normal person should do, so I don't do the normal things which makes me not normal but I think all normal people think about doing the not normal things so that they can be their true selves but they're too stupid to know what's normal or not.

Most of the time I just try to be polite around other normal people.

But since I'm not normal, I don't really know how normal people act polite! ONOES

Paco Sep 26, 2011 01:50 PM

What defines normal, mortal?

Vemp Sep 26, 2011 07:49 PM

Normal is defined by the confines of your environment, and what you percieve and believe to be normal may not be the same with other individuals.

Normal is when your HP bar is green.

Paco Sep 26, 2011 11:06 PM

I don't consider myself normal until I've reached Limit Break status.

Single Elbow Sep 26, 2011 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Encephalon (Post 790025)
I don't consider myself normal until I've reached Limit Break status.

So when you reach your "limit break" status, you can jump across The Great Wall of China?

Paco Sep 26, 2011 11:21 PM

No. Just across the Rio Grande.

Vemp Sep 27, 2011 02:44 AM

Jumping accross the Rio Grande while riding the Midgar Zolom

Misogynyst Gynecologist Oct 2, 2011 11:04 AM

"Normal is what everyone else is, and you are not."

Shorty Oct 2, 2011 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filthy Hockey Beast (Post 789513)
Says the girl who goes clubbing, follows most girly fashion and generally carries on as the most normal female here.

The differene is I carry the "I AM EXCEPTIONAL AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT WELL FUCK YOU TOO." attitude. All the time.

What the fuck is "normal" anyways and who gives a shit? If everyone was a certain level of "normal" wouldn't life be fucking boring??


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