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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
Morituri:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 17 May 2016, 09:14 ---
--- Quote from: Morituri on 17 May 2016, 09:04 ---If everybody were normal,
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Perhaps "average" would be a fairer word to use.
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Perhaps it would. Maybe "normal" is too pejorative.
Neko_Ali:
--- Quote from: Morituri on 17 May 2016, 09:35 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 17 May 2016, 09:14 ---
--- Quote from: Morituri on 17 May 2016, 09:04 ---If everybody were normal,
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Perhaps "average" would be a fairer word to use.
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Perhaps it would. Maybe "normal" is too pejorative.
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When talking about people, it usually is. 'Normal' is usually implied as the desired and default state, and those that are 'abnormal' as being broken, flawed and/or unwanted. You can see how that would get people's backs up, because how they are is normal to them. Yet they are constantly told that there is something wrong with them, and because of it people will not want them around.
Morituri:
In the circles I move in, "Normal" is usually an insult.
Unless, you know, it means at a 90 degree angle.
cesium133:
I'm not just normal, I'm orthonormal. :claireface:
APersonAmI:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 17 May 2016, 08:42 ---In reference to comic 3215, she's apparently able to quickly and easily discern the real source of Clinton's conflict, get right to the heart of the matter, and precisely steer him towards a clear and immediate self-realization. As an aspie myself, I only have my own experiences to go off of, but I can't possibly see that kind of immediate and precise social navigation ever being in my wheelhouse of skills.
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Data point of one, but I frequently pull of the first two steps when I observe the conflicts of others. Step 3 is more uneven, sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I don't. Often, people tell me later down the line that I was absolutely right, but in the moment I failed to make them understand. Ability to understand ≠ ability to communicate, basically.
On the subject of "normal", I have distressingly often gotten the question "can people with autism spectrum disorders be normal?” My response has usually been "Wrong question. If you meant "can they be happy", then yes, absolutely."
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