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How "normal" do you think you are?

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Dimmukane:
So your concept of time is kinda like how math only works because we assume we're using the correct system of numbers?

yelley:
i don't know how i would compare to my friends of my own age... since i've moved to california i don't really have any friends of my own age. most of the people i see outside of work are closer to 30 or older and are knitting friends, which i guess already makes me not normal. but when i was in college and shortly after, when most people i hung around with were my age, it was pretty clear to me that i am not all that normal.

ways that i feel i differ from the average person of my age...
-i don't like to go out to bars and clubs and stuff. at first i thought it was because those places are smoky and i can't handle smoke... but now that smoking isn't allowed in those places, i still don't want to go. i just don't like going out and paying ridiculous amounts for drinks and listening to music i don't like while watching everyone try desperately to score a mate for the night. maybe i'm going to the wrong places?
-my idea of an awesome saturday night - knitting and watching ninja warrior.
-i get along with my family and i genuinely enjoy their company. growing up i rarely had any problems with my parents or how they were raising me. yes, they were a little over-protective at times, but even then i understood why.
-watching other people destroy their relationships or stay in relationships that destroy them kills me. so many people that i know seem to enjoy sabotaging things! women who make a big deal out of everything and seem to enjoy the drama that ensues... what the hell? i don't get it. relationships aren't easy, but they're not all that hard either. people that can't see that they deserve better for themselves... i can't live like that anymore and i am starting to forget how anyone else can. granted i had some pretty extreme experiences with this before i finally learned not to take shit from people...
-if i want something, i'm going to do what it takes to get it. if i like a guy, none of this sitting at home wondering, wishing he'd call, debating about it shit. i will do something about it and find out if he likes me too. if not, he's not worth my time, move on to someone else. i don't get people that don't go after what they want.
-i think it is perfectly fine to have a network of friends that lives in my computer. traveling across the country to meet up with people that you don't technically know, perfectly okay. also it is fine to date them. ^_^
-if you guys knew what sort of stupid shit jason and i talk about when no one else is around... well let's not get any further into that.

that being said... i don't feel abnormal either.

Caleb:
This is such a hard question to answer.

I think most people wouldn't consider themselves "normal".

Honestly I never really fit in anywhere and I don't make friends very easily.

I did well on standardized tests and did well in all schoolwork without working too hard.  But I am not really smart.  Not in a way that let me make a ton of money or anything.  Plus I am too lazy to really do any of the "important" things that would get me ahead in society.

I don't really have any strong views on anything.  Except that people lie to themselves too much.

It seems like sometimes I am just sleeping through life and sometimes I wake up and I realize just how separated I am from reality.

I dunno.  I mean I suppose from the outside I am doing well.  I have a cake library job through the city.  I get to help people with genealogy questions and order books.  I am paying off my college dues and own my car.

But I still don't have any friends and I don't believe in anything because most other people on this planet seemed to be filled to the brim with horseshit.  I am am scared to death that I am missing out on something and that I just did something I could find out really matters.

Thlayli:
Ha. I spend most of every day dealing with people who have Axis II disorders. I know for a fact that I'm one of the sanest people around.

However, to answer this in the spirit in which it was presented, I think most people have some sort of group in which they're considered 'normal'. Even crazy people don't seem quite so odd when the only people they interact with are other headcases. I don't drink heavily, do drugs, or sleep with slutty girls, so I don't fit in with other young guys; but whenever I hang out with people ten to thirty years older than me, I fit in perfectly.

Sox:
Every single person is different!

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