The idea of it being acceptable by someone in public office to state things that clearly aren't true, as fact, without that being scandalous.
Are we already in some sci-fi dystopia?Īnd there are bigger trends that aren't normal as such, but being normalised. It's now normal to wear a mask much of the time, only leave the house for essential reasons, and almost only see friends and family online. But for much of this year already, what feels like normality, or our definition of it, has turned upside down. And then for many more of us in a month's time, the usual Christmas or other traditional holidays. So did you wake up this morning feeling normal? And what does that mean? What does it feel like to be yourself? And what is a typical day? And what would you habitually do this weekend? For our US readers on this particular one, that would normally be visiting family for Thanksgiving and all the usual trimmings.
What? But I'm really normal! At least I am in my head. I was quite shocked to find that, when considering the many the people I had met through her who were as nutty as a Dundee fruitcake, her unequivocal answer was – me. I think I used it for the first time when asking a very good friend from university days who was the strangest person she knew. But the point is that even the most conventionally normal person can seem bizarre to someone, somewhere, or indeed vice versa, and everything, and everyone, is relative. I've been using it so long, I can't remember if it's one that I thought up, or read somewhere. This is a phrase I've used many times when discussing catch-all contexts over conflicts of opinion, whether that's personal or perhaps political differences, clashing perspectives, behaviour and outlook. “I remixed a remix, it was back to normal.” – Mitch HedbergĮverybody is someone else's weirdo. That is to be normal.” – Alejandro Jodorowsky Aware that you are not the same as the others. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. “Whatever situation you are in, that is what is normal for you.” – Jo Brand Their ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.” – Sigmund Freud “Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average.
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