# Things Normal People Do That You Never Do **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430 "2012-04-30T17:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/21 "2012-04-30T19:23:29Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Eat ice cream. I try it once a year or so, just to make sure that I really and truly don’t like it, no matter how much everyone else raves about it. This too. There is an ice cream plant here and everyone raves about the ice cream, I just don’t see the appeal. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/22 "2012-04-30T19:37:34Z")
I haven’t been inside a bar in 20 years. I drink occasionally, but never in a bar. I don’t dance. Ever. I haven’t been to a movie theater in about 15 years. I like watching movies on DVD but I hate the cinema experience with people kicking the back your seat, gum on the floor, and the reek of artificial butter-flavored popcorn. I haven’t flown in an airplane in about 20 years. It’s not that I’m afraid to fly but that I don’t like the cramped seats (I’m 6’2") and being stuck in a tin can with a few hundred other coughing, hacking, and crying people for hours at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/23 "2012-04-30T19:41:46Z")
Have sex. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/24 "2012-04-30T19:43:56Z")
Haven’t been to a movie in years. Don’t shop for clothes unless I absolutely have to, then I find some jeans or v-neck t shirts I like and buy a half dozen each. Same with shoes. Never ever shop for or buy jewelry, make up, or accessories of any kind. I don’t carry a purse, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/25 "2012-04-30T19:54:20Z")
Have never had a manicure or pedicure. Haven’t been to a salon to “get my hair done” since 1999 (when my dad passed). **cher3** - I cut my own. And don’t do my toenails at all. I sometimes do my fingernails, but it’s pretty rare. Know exactly where you’re coming from! ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/26 "2012-04-30T20:29:12Z")
I have never had a manicure or a pedicure. I can’t stand the thought of a massage. I don’t own or carry a purse. I don’t go to the salon to get my hair cut. I don’t wear jewelry. I hate shopping, thank goodness for Amazon and Zappos! I don’t dance. Last movie theater visit was the 2nd Harry Potter movie. I don’t drink alcohol or coffee. I loathe bell peppers. To name only a few. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/27 "2012-04-30T20:33:17Z")
I don’t go to a salon, go shopping with friends, take vacations, or watch movies. I would do the vacation thing, though, if we had the money. I don’t willingly talk on the phone unless I’ve had a couple of drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/28 "2012-04-30T20:56:54Z")
Makeup. Getting nails done. Massages. Dating. Going out with friends. Just a few of the things I don’t do that normal people do. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/29 "2012-04-30T21:43:55Z")
I’ve never been to Spain . . . ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/30 "2012-04-30T21:48:24Z")
Not care so much. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/31 "2012-04-30T21:51:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Watch TV shows. I don’t follow anything. Me too… > [@bibliophage](#): > > . . . I don’t dance. Ever. . . . Me too… This almost got me in a fistfight at my sister’s wedding, because, dammit, I don’t dance. (Can’t!) > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Have sex. Me too… Sigh… Add: I don’t buy lottery tickets. I don’t follow sports. I don’t listen to contemporary music. (It’s Vivaldi all the way!) I’m unchurched. I read an awful lot! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/32 "2012-04-30T23:05:52Z")
Goopd grief… so many of theings I never do! \*watch TV \*get my hair done \*look forward to summer (I HATE summer) \*use a cell phone regularly \*have sex (dammit) \*go to the doctor \*have anyone in my house I am not a normal person. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/33 "2012-05-01T00:12:29Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Girly stuff like going to a salon. \ I don’t really do the salon/manicure/pedicure thing, either. I had a manicure and pedicure once, and it was okay, I guess, but I won’t go out of my way for one. I do paint my toenails, though - I think natural toenails look gross, so I always keep mine painted up nice. > [@elbows](#): > > \ drink coffee, drink alcohol. > > It’s just not part of my life, so I don’t miss it. When people hear these things, they look at me like I’m crazy! I don’t drink coffee (much), alcohol, or smoke - I like it when I go to my annual physical and my doctor looks vaguely pleased that I’m not doing any of the bad things. 🙂 > [@Arrendajo](#): > > Eat ice cream. \ You’ve reminded me of one - ice cream cakes. I tried to eat a piece of one recently since it was for someone’s birthday, but I just don’t like them. I don’t know why - they just leave me cold (no pun intended). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/34 "2012-05-01T00:34:44Z")
I don’t watch movies and I don’t play games (except solitaire when I can’t sleep). I don’t watch any TV shows with an actual plot. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/35 "2012-05-01T01:34:28Z")
I don’t take pictures. No idea why, I just never seen to feel the need to. It really seems like the not going to salons etc isn’t as odd as people think. FWIW I don’t do any of those things. I don’t drink coffee, or anything caffeinated besides tea. I don’t wear makeup or carry a purse. Here’s a weird one- I don’t seek alone time at all. Either I’m just an extreme extrovert, or I get too much of it already, or something, I don’t know, but I have simply never actively desired to be alone. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/36 "2012-05-01T02:02:40Z")
I don’t watch CNN, FOX, or MSNBC. In fact I don’t watch any broadcast news. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/37 "2012-05-01T02:22:33Z")
Order ‘ordinary’ food in sit-down restaurants. That includes steaks, pastas, and plain side dishes like mashed potatoes. I have never ordered a steak in a restaurant in my life. I am a decent cook and I can certainly make all the steak I want at home better than a restaurant. The same goes for most Italian pasta dishes and plain side dishes. I am always going to pick the thing on the menu that I can’t make well or would find it inconvenient to. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/38 "2012-05-01T02:23:49Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > I’ve never been to Spain . . . Do you kind of like the music? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/39 "2012-05-01T02:25:46Z")
I don’t watch football, hockey, tennis, golf, baseball, lacrosse, track or anything to do with the Olympics, bowling, lawn bowling, tiddly winks. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430/40 "2012-05-01T02:33:36Z")
I never follow sports. I never go to movies theatres. I never eat dessert. I’m fuckin’ full already. I never make the dumb, obvious joke. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430.md?page=3)