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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Sample Comments

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?