I'd like to call to your attention the difference between weird and normal: there isn't one.
Yeah, yeah, I know you're thinking, "Um, yes, there is. Example: YOU are weird, and the rest of the world is normal."
Not quite true.
Think about it. What is the definition of weird? Something abnormal, right? Something or someone that goes against the trend or social patterns of the world today. And normal is what the majority does, says, and thinks, right?
Well, by those standards, weird and normal change every day, every year, on different continents, countries, and even just states.
Take the 60s for example. Think about the hippies. They were WEIRD. But not to everyone. Some people thought so, some didn't. But either way, they were not nearly as weird then as they would be now, right? Because after all, in the 60s, you at least saw them around. Nowadays, if you saw a hippie-looking person, you would think, "OMG, WHAT A WEIRD-O!" In the 60s, it was more just like "Oh, another weird-o."
But, were hippies weird among other hippies? No . . .
Take peace-signs, too. They originated during the hippie reign, and they were actually pretty cool. Little circle with lines through it, whatever. But it was cool. Then, as quick as it came, it was a thing of the past. It was weird again. In the early 2000s if you saw someone wearing a peace sign, you'd probably have though "Uh, hate to burst your bubble, but hippies went out like FORTY YEARS AGO." Now, peace signs are back. A bunch of people are wearing them. It's cool again -- normal.
See, here's the thing: normal and weird are relative. Weird today, normal tomorrow. Normal today, weird tomorrow. And then normal again. Normal to you, weird to me. Weird to you, normal to me.
Ah, the beautiful of relativity. (Thanks, Einstein. Haha, just kidding.)
Normal doesn't necessarily go out with the times either. It goes out with the place, too.
Weird in the North (sweet tea) is normal in the South. Normal in the North (raspberry tea) is unheard of in the South. Weird in the USA, normal in China. Normal in the Middle East, GET-AWAY-FROM-ME-TERRORIST in the USA.
Weird and normal are so passing and relative, that there's really no such thing. At all. You're version of weird is different from your neighbor's version, and your neighbor's version may be different from your mom's version.
Normal: the constant average of how people act, think, and speak.
There is no "constant" average of how people act, think and speak.
Therefore, there can't be such thing as a normal.
Or weird.
Weird is the outrageous way of being people don't normally be.
There isn't a way to "normally be".
So there can't be a way people DON'T normally be.
Confusing? Definitely. True? Probably.
Weird vs. Normal. Does the problem even exist? If someone seems weird to you, they may be bringin' in the new trend of twenty-ten. Saying "Omg!" and "lol!" seem normal to you?
In ten years, it'll be our equivalent of "Groovy!"
Think about THAT.
