Whats a "Normal" person...?

[woody92]

What's a "normal" person classed as?

As I see it, No one is "normal"! Everyone's diffrent, no?
I think that no 2 people are the same.
What do you think?

[Fruit_Tart.]

yeah... thats wat i think... there is never i mean never ever a "normal" person... people think that they themselves are normal but that is not true. they could have like some other opinon or reasoning from lets say there best friend. but i dont think there is or will be a "normal" person.

[ChaoticHarmony]

"normal" is completely biased. i may think im normal, while another person thinks im totally wierd. its all in the eye of the beholder in my opinion

[woody92]

So what defines a "normal person"?

Thanks for responding HaPPyEmO and David too!!

[Fruit_Tart.]

:D your welcome...
i think that people have there own opinions on normal. for example a bisexual guy like myself finds it "normal" to look at guys and have emotions for them while a straight guy thinks it is completely discussing and that guys should jus like girls... idk thats all i can come up with for you...

[ChaoticHarmony]

like i said before, i dont really think anything defines "normal". its just how you perceive things.....kinda like the happy emo said

oh and ur welcome!

[Giles]

In my eyes the word normal represents the majority and the average.

Whenever I use the word average that is what I am implying. That the majority of average people are like that, feel that etc..

[nick]

I wouldnt use the word average, there are some exceptional people that are in few senses average but would still be "normal" in most respects. There are some behaviours that are statistically performed by a tiny minority of the population and in that respect can be seen to be abnormal. Normal sexual activities whatever your sexuality are not that uncommon, whereas having sex with your car probably is.

[2D]

The ones that never do anything special, the ones that are okay to have a desk job while digging their own graves. The ones that try to fit in with everyone. The people that have no will. That is my definition of the normal person.

Normal as defined by dictionary.reference.com is "conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural."

[Kapitan Kokenbalz]

^ That. Considering a vast majority of people (especially where I'm from) conform to the standards of others, damn near everyone here is considered normal. Meanwhile, I'm apparently a fucking nutcase because my views, preferences, etc. are outside of the accepted norm. It's fun stuff.

[woody92]

Normal as defined by dictionary.reference.com defines normal as "conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural."

I know what normal means. I mean there is no book, or anything written telling people whats "normal" and whats not. Look, me for example, I have dispraxia, is that normal? I also have Aspergers, Is that normal? who knows whats normal and what's not. There is nothing in concrete saying what is normal and whats not.

[Fruit_Tart.]

EXACTLY^^ thats wat i mean... i don think there is an actual TRUE "normal". normal could mean anything from having a "normal" appearance like casual clothes while others dress in all black and have piercings. to the person in the black thats normal to him while other people find it very inappropriate. EVERY person has there own opinions on anything that they come to mind. No one will or ever will be perfect because of the way we as humans were built with feelings and opinions. many people will try to be "normal" but why cant you just be YOURself and not wat other people see as "normal". "normal" is wat society wants us to have but are they really going to get wat they want. NO!! because people are all different in many ways...

[2D]

Thanks for disregarding the other half of my post explaining how I define normal.

[woody92]

Thanks for disregarding the other half of my post explaining how I define normal.

If you wnat I will put it back in, its just easier to get straight to the point!

[2D]

Normal is the average, the majority, and anyone who tries to fit in.

You missed my point.

[woody92]

Normal is the average, the majority, and anyone who tries to fit in.

You missed my point.

I realy do understand your veiw of "normal" I really do, I was just saying that I know what normal means in in literal meaning.

[2D]

You're confusing. Anyway, no, having disorders like dispraxia and aspergers is not normal.

[woody92]

You're confusing. Anyway, no, having disorders like dispraxia and aspergers is not normal.
Thanks! LOL!

[INFERNO]

The problem with defining what a "normal" person is, is it's subjective as to how much is needed for them to conform to the standards of society and their culture. I know this is simplifying it far too much but it's the best way to explain my point. Suppose a society has 10 norms or values. The majority, average and median (always consider the median don't disregard it for the mean) conform to 8/10 of these values. So, for this artificial society, a normal person is defined as conforming to 8/10 values. When Person A comes along, he/she conforms to 10/10 of the values. He's not in the majority and he's outside the value of the mean and median. Suppose the standard deviation is +/- 1, he's deviating. So, the question arises: is he normal? Perhaps yes when we look at various statistical theories but the society may not consider him normal because most don't statistically analyze such decisions before making a call, so he may not be normal.

When Person B adheres to 9/10, now it's difficult to say. Statistically speaking, yes, he's normal but will the rigid society that defines 8/10 to be normal accept him as normal?

The other problem is what is accepted and what is not accepted changes. It may be 8/10 that is normal then later it may 10/10.

In my view, we can define what is normal behavior, clothing, etc... but for a person, it's too subjective to be done objectively. There are countless features that need to be taken into consideration and if someone is normal for some features but not for others, then what? There are too many variables to consider and each of the defining variables are constantly changing over time so whenever you make a model for showing what's normal, you need to re-define it.

When you take other cultures and sub-cultures into consideration, now it's beyond screwed. Each culture has their own view on what is normal and so someone from a foreign culture, to us may be viewed as abnormal but the same goes when we enter their culture. Unfortunately, when there is a country (i.e. Canada) that's so multi-cultural, you cant help but analyze different people from different cultures. Depending on how long they have been here and for how many generations, they may be more similar but there are transitions along the way.

So, in summary, I think it's impossible to define what is "normal person" when considering all the static and dynamic variables and perspectives at work. It's very possible and feasible to define a "normal person" when considering only a few variables that are more stable.

[Nelson]

No, nobody should be classified as "normal", if we had a normal classification, we would all be robots, followers of one trend, who wears one style of clothes, we all use the same phone company and we all do dirty things to ourselfs hehe.

But, normal is bias

[Bluearmy]

There is no such thing as normal. There is a such thing as conformity, however.