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What do you make "normal" mean?

Asked by Zaku (30379points) March 9th, 2008

For example, some people seem to closely associate “normal” with “good” or “ok”, and “abnormal” or “weird” or “strange” or even “unusual” with “bad” or “wrong” or “undesirable”.
Others seem to have an opposite counter-reaction, valuing things for not being “normal.”
And, what is or isn’t “normal” also seems entirely up to opinion, even though many people seem to treat “normal” as a universal true thing, even though they aren’t sure what is and isn’t normal, and consult others.
So I’m just polling for viewpoints. I won’t judge, because I’m clear that “normal” is nearly meaningless to me, because no one agrees on its meaning.

So my request is, look at what you think normal means, and what values you give it, positive or negative, and share. Thanks.

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