Normies - in my understanding - are people whose traits are all 'mainstream', so to speak. They consume the same media as everyone else, have one of few 'normal' opinions on things, steer away from controversial opinions and niche interests, live the same life as everyone else, and so on. A generally unremarkable person that follows the grain.
Would you call, uh, I don't know, Matt Mercer a normie? The guy has one of the most autistic interests ever and is globally known for it. He also has a wife and overall seems like a functional adult.
DnD, anime, etc are still "nerd" hobbies. It's now considered ok to do these things, but I wouldn't say it's what the proverbial chad or brad spends his time with.
There is a kind of advantage; social invisibility.
The loser learns this skill as everyone treats them like a non-person. As long as the chud is quiet, he’s basically a shadow and can eavesdrop like no other.
I think the point is that normies will cast you out and when you make a space with other outcasts. then the normies will invade that space, and cast you out again.
Free nitrogen. It needs to go through some conversations to be used by plants, hence the compost pile, but urea is concentrated urine sold as a fertilizer.
There are so many ways to interpret it... Like, okay, I've met people who are very socially and sexually active. They wear handmade or thrifted clothes only. They own flesh eating beetles which they use to clean animal bones to make goth jewelry. They go to art festivals and burning man and do psychedelics and wiccan full moon rituals.
According to anon's criteria, people like that are normies?
That's not the right term. Normie doesn't just mean "not a loser," it means following along with mainstream trends, norms, and expectations. An unmarried, introvert office worker is more of a normie than a festival hippie.
Normie is more than just a caricature of a middle aged white women. A Wiccan who goes to burning man and does phsycadelics is extremely normie behaviour.
Being a normie is a behavioral choice; not being one usually isn't. Normies just commit to the bit and participate in The Big Larp. Non-normies are usually disqualified from the Big Larp because they have trouble grasping all the unspoken rules. In school they taught us to ostracize and pick on anyone who doesn't know how to play; since we learned as kids it instinctively makes normies uncomfortable to be around someone who isn't participating and pretending correctly.
I feel like society needs a hard reset or something. We are all off on too many tangents. We are all too deeply invested in one thing or another or what other people are doing
People who are hung up on what normies are are probably dysfunctional an ineffective. I don't know if I would be considered a normie or not but I don't understand the relevance of distinguishing the difference.
Being an outsider isn't really a badge of honor. An outsider character in a movie may seem cool but most of those characters would be completely terrible to deal with if they were real people.
honestly I think "normie" may have unknowingly been slang for "neurotypical" before the latter even hit public consciousness, considering the large number of dysfunctional, socially outcast aspies using 4chan
hell, some popular autism-related subreddits constantly have people angry at "neurotypicals" akin to an anon ranting about normies, except it's coming from the social-justice-y crowd instead
Trend followers to cast the illusion of being unique. Any light probing into their actual understanding of any given non-normie type activity reveals just how little they truly know what any of it is. The veil is shed the moment it becomes more inconvenient than beneficial for them.
Ablette531@reddit
Does spamming reels to online friends count as socialising with friends?
karlpoppins@reddit
So the only way to not be a normie is to be... a functional human being?
Tenko-of-Mori@reddit
What so YOU think being a normie means
karlpoppins@reddit
Normies - in my understanding - are people whose traits are all 'mainstream', so to speak. They consume the same media as everyone else, have one of few 'normal' opinions on things, steer away from controversial opinions and niche interests, live the same life as everyone else, and so on. A generally unremarkable person that follows the grain.
Would you call, uh, I don't know, Matt Mercer a normie? The guy has one of the most autistic interests ever and is globally known for it. He also has a wife and overall seems like a functional adult.
But perhaps I got the idea wrong.
mookleti@reddit
Enjoying DND in the 2020s is very normie, yes. Enjoying it in the 1970s was definitely not normie.
karlpoppins@reddit
DnD, anime, etc are still "nerd" hobbies. It's now considered ok to do these things, but I wouldn't say it's what the proverbial chad or brad spends his time with.
KitchenAd5997@reddit
I think its means your normal. Ie your average. Ie you dont pee in jugs and is a functioning member of society
funkmon@reddit
By definition, yes
power899@reddit
Dysfunctional in every way; Socially, professionally, romantically. And you have to be a shut-in recluse.
baastard37@reddit
aka, you have to be a 4chinner
jimbo224@reddit
Obviously?
PomegranateHot9916@reddit
yeah? isn't that obvious
6crem@reddit
More like who are unable/refuse to properly integrate into society.
randominsamity@reddit
Yes.
Joshgg13@reddit
Imagine gatekeeping the quality of being a pathetic social outcast
NotRandomseer@reddit
Being a "loser" is considered socially optimal in some niches, so you see a lot of fairly normal people overplay their social awkwardness to fit in
LemonFlavoredMelon@reddit
There is a kind of advantage; social invisibility.
The loser learns this skill as everyone treats them like a non-person. As long as the chud is quiet, he’s basically a shadow and can eavesdrop like no other.
It’s a skill I know pretty well.
Avocado_with_horns@reddit
If you don't do that then outcasts don't have anywhere to go and feel amongst themselves. Sounds stupid but it does make sense.
ThrowawayITA_@reddit
Do outcasts even go anywhere?
adrianmlhood@reddit
> he asks on reddit
/s
Tenko-of-Mori@reddit
Why would normies want to deny they are normies and pretend to be a pathetic social outcast when they're not....?
PomegranateHot9916@reddit
I think the point is that normies will cast you out and when you make a space with other outcasts. then the normies will invade that space, and cast you out again.
Atitkos@reddit
That's something a normie would say
YoungDiscord@reddit
🎵*I'm normie and I know it🎵
baz4k6z@reddit
That's all anon has to be proud of
General_Ric@reddit
I mean, if an average Joe considers himself a loser. Then I am even worse than a loser.
6crem@reddit
Very normie core to actually adapt themselves to different lingos in a social settings to become relatable.
LemonFlavoredMelon@reddit
I’m the 4chan equivalent of a vampire ‘daywalker’ then
Distant_Congo_Music@reddit
Soft skills?
The ability to socialize?
Sundae-School@reddit
I thought soft skills was being about to goon without being erect
potatoesarenotcool@reddit
Did that once, felt wrong but good
SpicyBarito@reddit
anyone under 25 doesnt have them anymore.
Hearasongofuranus@reddit
You don't have piss-jugs: Normie.
davin_bacon@reddit
I have a piss jug(singular, for the compost pile) and a girlfriend, what does that make me?
PFGtv@reddit
You pour your pee on the compost pile? Does that help?
davin_bacon@reddit
Free nitrogen. It needs to go through some conversations to be used by plants, hence the compost pile, but urea is concentrated urine sold as a fertilizer.
djmcdee101@reddit
A liar
HerbLoew@reddit
What about a piss box?
FrouFrouLastWords@reddit
Piss drawers are also acceptable
FrouFrouLastWords@reddit
Don't forget about dookie bags
Dry_Blueberry6806@reddit
You have piss jugs but don't drink them? Totally a normie.
wild-wiesel@reddit
The two genders: normies and truckers.
bdrwr@reddit
There are so many ways to interpret it... Like, okay, I've met people who are very socially and sexually active. They wear handmade or thrifted clothes only. They own flesh eating beetles which they use to clean animal bones to make goth jewelry. They go to art festivals and burning man and do psychedelics and wiccan full moon rituals.
According to anon's criteria, people like that are normies?
That's not the right term. Normie doesn't just mean "not a loser," it means following along with mainstream trends, norms, and expectations. An unmarried, introvert office worker is more of a normie than a festival hippie.
DrakenDaskar@reddit
First paragraph is extremely white middle class quirky girl. Extremely normie coded.
bdrwr@reddit
But you put that in the same bucket as Jan from accounting who has a Live Laugh Love poster and an "it's wine o'clock" mug?
That application of the word "normie" is so widespread as to become meaningless. I also question how common you think animal bone jewelers are.
Normie means a lot more than just "not a loser." Plenty of losers are nornal.
DrakenDaskar@reddit
Normie is more than just a caricature of a middle aged white women. A Wiccan who goes to burning man and does phsycadelics is extremely normie behaviour.
FrouFrouLastWords@reddit
Normie or not, the person/people you're describing sounds pretty cool tbh. Especially the DIY beetle'd bones jewelry part.
sacules@reddit
I am social, love going out, have friends, once had a gf, so i guess my noise and dark ambient solo project doesn't count, I am normie 😞
BlackIronSorceress@reddit
But anon I love the Mets
Treesn@reddit
It's not always about the money, Spider-Man
FrouFrouLastWords@reddit
Yankees fan? Normie. Mets fan? Not normie.
Remarkable_Call3900@reddit
Normie isn't an insult. Most people are normies
tacozombie741@reddit
chud tryna feel speshul
Hugo_Spaps@reddit
Normie means anything I don’t like.
Sen-oh@reddit
Everyone is the same.
Being a normie is a behavioral choice; not being one usually isn't. Normies just commit to the bit and participate in The Big Larp. Non-normies are usually disqualified from the Big Larp because they have trouble grasping all the unspoken rules. In school they taught us to ostracize and pick on anyone who doesn't know how to play; since we learned as kids it instinctively makes normies uncomfortable to be around someone who isn't participating and pretending correctly.
AutomaticGrape9263@reddit
Guess I'm a normie
soiboi64@reddit
I feel like society needs a hard reset or something. We are all off on too many tangents. We are all too deeply invested in one thing or another or what other people are doing
baudmiksen@reddit
Motherfuckers be getting lonely as fuck so they make up groups to feel not so lonely
Kaidaan@reddit
What is a normie? A miserable little pile of secrets.
CallReaper@reddit
TIL I'm not normie. I passed 0/5
BlackIronSorceress@reddit
Congrats
CallReaper@reddit
Is there a special place where all non-normies go to become normalized?
Good_Problem_6576@reddit
No you're just stuck in limbo (reddit). Unless you decide to radicalize and join an imageboard or incel community
CallReaper@reddit
I do be in an obscure imageboard.
But everyone there are "normies" according to anon's definition and they talk about hobbies and stuff.
Ambadeblu@reddit
You are always someone's normie. But some people are the normies of more people than others.
pentox70@reddit
Gatekeeping being a pathetic loser is quite the achievement of the uninspired.
Luther_Manning@reddit
People who are hung up on what normies are are probably dysfunctional an ineffective. I don't know if I would be considered a normie or not but I don't understand the relevance of distinguishing the difference. Being an outsider isn't really a badge of honor. An outsider character in a movie may seem cool but most of those characters would be completely terrible to deal with if they were real people.
RadaRAW@reddit
So being a weird person with weird interests doesn't cut it? You have to be total loser too? Life is sooooo unfaire
mandrewsf@reddit
So does one have to check all of the above to be a normies or does meeting just one criteria count?
Spiritual_Parking_70@reddit
I think this is just how someone with Asperger's uses the word normie
PanAthens@reddit
honestly I think "normie" may have unknowingly been slang for "neurotypical" before the latter even hit public consciousness, considering the large number of dysfunctional, socially outcast aspies using 4chan
hell, some popular autism-related subreddits constantly have people angry at "neurotypicals" akin to an anon ranting about normies, except it's coming from the social-justice-y crowd instead
amcrambler@reddit
Shutup normie.
Treqou@reddit
Bros just an NPC and is angry at normies lol
ApXv@reddit
I've thought of normies as people with only surface level knowledge of something
HanselSoHotRightNow@reddit
Trend followers to cast the illusion of being unique. Any light probing into their actual understanding of any given non-normie type activity reveals just how little they truly know what any of it is. The veil is shed the moment it becomes more inconvenient than beneficial for them.
GREASE247@reddit
normies are now anyone how inset a total loser i guess.
B_r_y_z_e@reddit
Normie ≠ normal
DAN3KE@reddit
Tell me you get no bitches without telling me you get no bitches.
Amathril@reddit
I guess we all agree OP is not normie in the head.
MrBingly@reddit
I always thought normies were the people unaware of internet knowledge, like not knowing what 4chan is.
DCay1000@reddit
If you breathe: normie
xvsanx@reddit
have a mom and/or dad? normie
NotNonbisco@reddit
that comma does not belong there
DasToyfel@reddit
Damn i'm like the king of normies
S4l47@reddit
Such a normie thing to say