Are you normal?

[Gyrate]

A simple survey, here. Using any definition of "normal" you like...

1) Do you consider yourself to be "normal"?
2) As far as you know, do other people consider you to be "normal"?
3) Do you wish you were less/more "normal" than you are now?

Still thinking about my own answers...

[messiah]

No/No/No

except sundays and on the 33rd of may (ignoring leap years of course)

[Xploder]

1. Yes, as far as a manic/depressive, Navy/Army Reserve/Army Vet can be.

2. As far as I know...then again, I'm not very paranoid.

3. Not particularly. This is me after all.

[hypergirl]

No.
Yes, they're all about as not normal as me.
No, I'm perfect. :)

[Turpentine]

Of course I'm normal.

Just read my profile

[Ashtar]

1) No.

2) No.

3) Why? I'm already perfectly normal in every way.

[Bboy]

[list=1] Absolutely not. I am the standard.
Normalcy is defined by an acceptible level of deviation either way from a centerline, which is me. Absolutely not. They either think I am a perfectionist, or apathetic, depending on their degree of deviation from, well, me. This question is moot, but just in this one instance.[/list=1]

[Lyllyan]

No, No, and, uhhhhh





NO

[fish in the sky]

1.) Dear god, no.
2.) No, probably not.
3.) Sometimes I sit around and mope about how much *easier* life would be if I was normal, but in the end I'm happy being a freak. Normal is boring.

[Johanna]

No.
No.
No, thank you.

[DigitalMuse]

1. No
2. No
3. Wish I could be more "normal"

[Mercutio]

NO
Niet
No

I actually wish I could be a tad more out-of-the-ordinary

[Caliban]

1) Do you consider yourself to be "normal"?

Yes. In fact, I am the only normal person in the world.

2) As far as you know, do other people consider you to be "normal"?

No, but they are deluded.

3) Do you wish you were less/more "normal" than you are now?

No, I'm fine -- everybody else needs to be more normal.

[Alonist]

1.Definitely not.
2.No.
3.Less.

[TVeblen]

No.
Some.
No way.

I've learned to pass as normal in some situations but it still suprises me when accept it at face value. It's a suprising amount of work, appearing normal. It's a huge relief when I can drop the facade and be my eccentric self. (Like here!)

Odd duck and happy with it,
Veb

[Dr.Pinky]

Flange.
Bloviate.
Carbuncle.

_____
Isn't "Norm" the guy we stand atop?

[flikker]

!.no....i'm a weird one
@.they know i'm weird
#.my weirdness is what makes me, why would i want to change

[Lux Fiat]

1) Do you consider yourself to be "normal"?
No. Does anyone?
2) As far as you know, do other people consider you to be "normal"?
For the most part, I think. The big words probably tip 'em off that something's up, but they'd probably be surprised by the extent to which it's up.
3) Do you wish you were less/more "normal" than you are now?Nah. I'm good. Just have to figure some way to channel it, is all.

[Crusoe]

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Quite happy at the moment, so neither.

[Cumber]

1) In some ways yes, in many other ways no.
2) Probably. Normalish anyway.
3) Usually I'm happy with myself, so no. Sometimes I wish I was differently non-normal though.

[Ice Wolf]

Normality is just way too normal a shade of abnormal for me.

BTW, flikker -- that's one heck of a long sig!

[Eve]

No, I am a freak. A super-freak. I'm super-freaky.

The older I get, though, the more tired I am of not being the type you take home to mother . . .

[Alonist]

Originally posted by Eve
No, I am a freak. A super-freak. I'm super-freaky.

The older I get, though, the more tired I am of not being the type you take home to mother . . .

Yeah, those were probably Isadora's last thoughts as her scarf got caught in the wheel.

[Monkey Chews]

Originally posted by Lux Fiat
1) Do you consider yourself to be "normal"?
No. Does anyone?
Er... yeah, me. And everyone I know. But I have a fairly broad definition of "normal". (Hey, it's ALL good.)

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. I am what I am.

Does that last part make me sound like Popeye?

Originally posted by mattk
2. Yes.
You're lucky I have such a broad definition. :)

[Soda]

1) Yes. I have my quirks and oddities, but I'm normal none the less.
2) Yes. And no. It depends on who you ask. People who find out that I hang out here and consider my fellow Dopers as my friends, sometimes tell me I'm wierd.
3) I am who I am. I don't want to change that too much.

[UrbanChic]

one) No, I am not normal.
two) People who don't know me very well think I'm normal.
three) I like me just the way I am. Or at least that what the voices tell me.

[celestina]

There is no such thing as normal. Having said that,
1.) No, I'm not normal.
2.) No, my friends think I'm from another planet.
3.) No, I don't want to be more normal. I like myself just fine as I am. Why would I want to be something that I don't think exists?

[wolfstu]

1) Not really, but more of late
2) Nope.
3) You know how y=secX goes to both extremes but never touches the axes? My answer [Do I Want to] looks a bit like that.

[Just A Girl]

1. I dress "normal" and I look "normal" I suppose; but I don't believe I am. I don't think my day-to-day thoughts and feelings are the norm.

2. Anyone who's heard me talking may not think so...but I think the majority considers me semi-normal.

3. I wish I was more of a "free spirit." More open with expressing mu not-so-mainstream views.

[Just A Girl]

and sometimes "mu" is translated as "my"...but only sometimes....

[Eo Echo]

1. I'm abnormal but quite regular.

2. My friends consider me normal (relatively speaking). They also consider me a weird, sarcastic asshole whose lifestyle they envy (or so they tell me anyway. I think they're lying.)

3. If I were any more normal, I'd be outlawed under the Geneva Convention (or was that SALT? I can never keep those straight.)