what is a normie? | TheaterFire

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Ablette531@reddit

Does spamming reels to online friends count as socialising with friends?

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karlpoppins@reddit

So the only way to not be a normie is to be... a functional human being?

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Tenko-of-Mori@reddit

What so YOU think being a normie means

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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.

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mookleti@reddit

Enjoying DND in the 2020s is very normie, yes. Enjoying it in the 1970s was definitely not normie.

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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.

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KitchenAd5997@reddit

I think its means your normal. Ie your average. Ie you dont pee in jugs and is a functioning member of society

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funkmon@reddit

By definition, yes

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power899@reddit

Dysfunctional in every way; Socially, professionally, romantically. And you have to be a shut-in recluse.

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baastard37@reddit

aka, you have to be a 4chinner

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jimbo224@reddit

Obviously?

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PomegranateHot9916@reddit

yeah? isn't that obvious

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6crem@reddit

More like who are unable/refuse to properly integrate into society.

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randominsamity@reddit

Yes.

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Joshgg13@reddit

Imagine gatekeeping the quality of being a pathetic social outcast

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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

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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.

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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.

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ThrowawayITA_@reddit

Do outcasts even go anywhere?

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adrianmlhood@reddit

> he asks on reddit

/s

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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....?

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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.

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Atitkos@reddit

That's something a normie would say

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YoungDiscord@reddit

🎵*I'm normie and I know it🎵

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baz4k6z@reddit

That's all anon has to be proud of

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General_Ric@reddit

I mean, if an average Joe considers himself a loser. Then I am even worse than a loser.

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6crem@reddit

Very normie core to actually adapt themselves to different lingos in a social settings to become relatable.

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LemonFlavoredMelon@reddit

I’m the 4chan equivalent of a vampire ‘daywalker’ then

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Distant_Congo_Music@reddit

Soft skills?

The ability to socialize?

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Sundae-School@reddit

I thought soft skills was being about to goon without being erect

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potatoesarenotcool@reddit

Did that once, felt wrong but good

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SpicyBarito@reddit

anyone under 25 doesnt have them anymore.

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Hearasongofuranus@reddit

You don't have piss-jugs: Normie.

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davin_bacon@reddit

I have a piss jug(singular, for the compost pile) and a girlfriend, what does that make me?

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PFGtv@reddit

You pour your pee on the compost pile? Does that help?

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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.

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djmcdee101@reddit

A liar

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HerbLoew@reddit

What about a piss box?

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FrouFrouLastWords@reddit

Piss drawers are also acceptable

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FrouFrouLastWords@reddit

Don't forget about dookie bags

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Dry_Blueberry6806@reddit

You have piss jugs but don't drink them? Totally a normie.

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wild-wiesel@reddit

The two genders: normies and truckers.

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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.

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DrakenDaskar@reddit

First paragraph is extremely white middle class quirky girl. Extremely normie coded.

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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.

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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.

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FrouFrouLastWords@reddit

Normie or not, the person/people you're describing sounds pretty cool tbh. Especially the DIY beetle'd bones jewelry part.

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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 😞

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BlackIronSorceress@reddit

But anon I love the Mets

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Treesn@reddit

It's not always about the money, Spider-Man

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FrouFrouLastWords@reddit

Yankees fan? Normie. Mets fan? Not normie.

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Remarkable_Call3900@reddit

Normie isn't an insult. Most people are normies

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tacozombie741@reddit

chud tryna feel speshul

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Hugo_Spaps@reddit

Normie means anything I don’t like.

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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.

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AutomaticGrape9263@reddit

Guess I'm a normie

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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

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baudmiksen@reddit

Motherfuckers be getting lonely as fuck so they make up groups to feel not so lonely

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Kaidaan@reddit

What is a normie? A miserable little pile of secrets.

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CallReaper@reddit

TIL I'm not normie. I passed 0/5

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BlackIronSorceress@reddit

Congrats

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CallReaper@reddit

Is there a special place where all non-normies go to become normalized?

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Good_Problem_6576@reddit

No you're just stuck in limbo (reddit). Unless you decide to radicalize and join an imageboard or incel community

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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.

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Ambadeblu@reddit

You are always someone's normie. But some people are the normies of more people than others.

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pentox70@reddit

Gatekeeping being a pathetic loser is quite the achievement of the uninspired.

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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.

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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

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mandrewsf@reddit

So does one have to check all of the above to be a normies or does meeting just one criteria count?

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Spiritual_Parking_70@reddit

I think this is just how someone with Asperger's uses the word normie

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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

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amcrambler@reddit

Shutup normie.

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Treqou@reddit

Bros just an NPC and is angry at normies lol

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ApXv@reddit

I've thought of normies as people with only surface level knowledge of something

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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.

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