Defining 'Normal' People

Cluster discusses debates over what constitutes 'normal' people or behaviors, challenging categorizations, definitions, and perceptions of normality in society.

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kyberias • Nov 11, 2017 • View on HN

Quit categorizing people into normal and not normal. It's not normal.

dncornholio • Sep 1, 2022 • View on HN

Nobody is saying that this is normal?

kwhitefoot • Feb 3, 2021 • View on HN

'Normal people'? That's a bit of a stretch.

mrmincent • Oct 19, 2023 • View on HN

If it is something that many people do, how is it non-normal?

hgsgm • Jun 3, 2023 • View on HN

Normal people isn't the same as normal behaviors.

gorlilla • Jul 28, 2023 • View on HN

Ummm, apparently 'normal' people do. I wouldn't know as I'm quitr abnormal myself.

gameswithgo • Jul 20, 2019 • View on HN

you are normal but normal is strange :)

mjg59 • Aug 20, 2024 • View on HN

It's not normal. That's the point.

SpaceNoodled • Dec 13, 2025 • View on HN

Right, they said normal person.

psychoslave • Oct 1, 2020 • View on HN

Everything is normal, according to some definition of normal. Did you mean with a normal definition of normal?