Is "normal" a positive or negative description of something for you?

_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
edited November 28 in Chit-Chat
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  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Haha. I love this question. "Normal" is boring IMHO
  • Negative_X
    Negative_X Posts: 296 Member
    Depends on the context in which it was said.
  • HG93022
    HG93022 Posts: 80 Member
    Depends on whether the thing you are describing has a "positive" or "negative" connotation.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    In for personal growth and self exploration.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Negative_X wrote: »
    Depends on the context in which it was said.
    I'm deliberately not giving or allowing context
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    Normal blood pressure is AWESOME, normal blood sugar another awesome. Normal in relation to either crazy or boring? I'd say normal is normally pretty good
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Depends on your POV
    _John_ wrote: »
    Negative_X wrote: »
    Depends on the context in which it was said.
    I'm deliberately not giving or allowing context

    That doesn't seem like the normal way to get something defined ...

    "Normal" is a neutral word. The context is the only thing that matters.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    edited January 2016
    neither! normal just means that something is similar to how it is for the majority of people. there's a more technical, statistical-oriented explanation, but its not even necessary to understand what the word means. "normal" is usual and "abnormal" is unusual. that is all.
  • Negative_X
    Negative_X Posts: 296 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    Negative_X wrote: »
    Depends on the context in which it was said.
    I'm deliberately not giving or allowing context

    I love lamp.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    Not sure, but I have it on good authority that it's fun.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    tincanonastring wrote: »
    Not sure, but I have it on good authority that it's fun.

    *tummy rubs*
  • runningforthetrain
    runningforthetrain Posts: 1,037 Member
    upon attractiveness: negative; people generally would aspire for superior rather than "normal" attractiveness
    upon health: positive; having unusual or "interesting" LDL levels is not something I want to hear at Doc's office.
    for the athlete:negative
    upon character: either
    learn to find the extraordinary in the ordinary....
    so "it depends" on context- as HG93022 commented. WHY deliberately leave out context?
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    "WHY deliberately leave out context?"

    Lol , cause he's John
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    edited January 2016
    "Normality" should be an MKX finisher
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    "Normality" should be an MKX fatality

    The game just shows Scorpion going to a cubicle job, stuck in traffic, cleaning gutters, etc. for 50 years before dying of a heart attack.
  • Mexicanbigfoot
    Mexicanbigfoot Posts: 520 Member
    Smokebomb!!
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    was that a terrorist attack on my thread or wtf?
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    was that a terrorist attack on my thread or wtf?

    I smiled at first when I read it. Then I read it aloud and laughed after.
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Normal is boring. Unless you are talking about the results of a pap smear. In which case, normal is great.
  • motterotter
    motterotter Posts: 701 Member
    Blood test normal good
    Date normal good
  • motterotter
    motterotter Posts: 701 Member
    Weight normal good
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    I don't want to be normal.
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  • hopeandtheabsurd
    hopeandtheabsurd Posts: 265 Member
    I like normal. It has glass windows that let me peer in from the outside.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    It's a mathematical term to me.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    ilfaith wrote: »
    Normal is boring. Unless you are talking about the results of a pap smear. In which case, normal is great.

    Not for me, it ain't
  • MaxPower6868
    MaxPower6868 Posts: 220 Member
    Never been called 'normal', so I wouldn't know.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It's neither here nor there, but sometimes it's everywhere.
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