Is this (f**king) "normal"?!

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kenthepen

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I gave up on normal many many years ago. I can pass, for brief periods, but it's not fun to do so.

The hard part is to accept all the weirdness without becoming rationalizing, snobbish, snarky, smug and generally unbearable to be around.

I genuinely like people, but I have a hard time with a lot of their choices.
 

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Everyone likes to think they're special.

Writers, especially.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I'M NOT SPESHUL?

I'm speshul. Very, very speshul.

Also completely normal.

Fribbligit. Purple.
 

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Oh man, I am so glad I asked that question. I am so fucking normal compared to you people.

*hides under Putputt for protection*

:D

Oh yeah? Watch me pop a few Wellbutrin and Lithium tabs and see if you don't just disappear (with the rest of them).
 

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Oh man, I am so glad I asked that question. I am so fucking normal compared to you people.

*hides under Putputt for protection*

:D

Hey, everybody!! Clogging contest on the Putputt!!! And the desert bar is open!
 

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It's human to wonder if you are like other humans or alone in your experiences.

Everything you described sounds normal.

Here is what would be abnormal.

1) Illegally obtain an anaconda.

2) Tattoo intricate magical symbols all over it that represent, in a detailed fashion, various plot trajectories, themes, archetypes, character types, flaws, obstacles, settings, and random descriptions.

3) Repeat process with an alligator.

4) Fill a baby pool with sacred bull urine.

5) Place alligator and anaconda in the baby pool and wait for them to become locked in a deadly epic battle.

6) When one finally wins out, parse out the meaning of patterns in which injuries were sustained over the symbols.

7) Wait for the winner to poop out the remains of the loser.

8 ) Interpret the tone of the story from the nature of the excrement.

9) Kill the winning creature, stuff it, and implant a typewriter in its open jaws.

10) Drink laudanum and bull urine.

11) Pierce your lip with a sharpened crochet needle to heighten your senses and flood your brain with alertness.

12) Start writing.


Well damn! Now what the hell am I supposed to do with this snake? They won't let me return it with all the tatoos on it.
 

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Oh man, I am so glad I asked that question. I am so fucking normal compared to you people.

*hides under Putputt for protection*

:D

Oh yeah? Watch me pop a few Wellbutrin and Lithium tabs and see if you don't just disappear (with the rest of them).

Hey, everybody!! Clogging contest on the Putputt!!! And the desert bar is open!

gAPIU.jpg
 

Hootie821

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I don't have a lot of myself invested in being normal. I just want to be able to pass for normal when it's necessary or desirable, you know?

Funniest thing I've heard in awhile...and SO TRUE! :)
 

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Normal, abnormal, meh, but incessant navel-gazing and seeking external validation for every stray thought is probably not terribly productive.

Allow me to worship your Swanness.

Normal is highly overrated, except in medical test results.
 

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Normality is a statistical illusion. It only ever exists in large-scale observations of human populations. Go down to the level of the individual and look deep enough, and the picture shatters. Nary a damn one of us ain't messed up on some level.

'course, saying everybody is special is just a nice way of saying no one is, so I guess it's a matter of perspective.
 

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I don't think there is a normal. Everyone is a snowflake in some way or another :)

Everyone is a unique and special snowflake...that inevitably gets crushed in the pile of six billion other unique and special snowflakes that make up the world, turning us all into a big pile of slush.
I'd rather be a fart. Everyone leaves you alone but the damn well know when you've entered a room.
 

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Then I thought, I'm a writer, so am I normal? Let me see:

1) I sit at my computer, chewing my cheeks incessantly whilst staring at the blank screen.

Well normally I switch it on first :D
 

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Will someone tell me how I'm supposed to get a tattoo on this darn snake?

Part of being a successful writer is the ability to placate, outsmart, or subjugate an anaconda.

Figuring it out is a vital part of the learning process.

Well normally I switch it on first :D

I find that switching on the computer is disastrous for my productivity.
 

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Snowflake or fart, which do I want to be? A normal person would make a list of pros and cons for each.

Snowflake Pros:
Unique and therefore, speshul.
Did I say 'unique'?

Snowflake Cons:
Shortlived, generally speaking.
Easily lost in the crowd.

Fart Pros:
Easier to write "fart" than "snowflake"
Rhymes with a lot more words than "snowflake" does.
More fun to say.
Difficult to dismiss.
Can make a statement.
Can be stealthy.

Fart Cons:


I do believe we have a winner. :)
 
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