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There's a kid at my school that goes by the name Greg. I don't see him that often or know much about him but...
word on the street, he goes by the name, Normie.
I think it was some kids on the baseball team that started it but basically, Greg's nickname is Normie because he's too "normal". I asked my friend Jon (who's on the baseball team) about it, and he's like, "yeah, we call him Normie cuz he's just a normal kid."
My first reaction was, "what the hell, how can someone be too normal?"
But when I thought about it and applied some concepts from AP stats to the situation and came to the striking conclusion that yes, it is possible to be too normal.
Based on the normal distribution, or bell, curve, approximately 68% of the population falls within 1 standard deviation of the average. But what if you're so normal that you're less than 0.1 or 0.05 standard deviations from the mean? Or what if (gasp), you ARE the mean?
It's scary how normal some people are, I mean seriously, what the hell is this, Phantom Tollbooth?
  
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Pretty neat. But I'm curious what exactly being too normal entails. What does this Greg fellow do that makes him so normal?
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United States4024 Posts
so can u describe more about him? how is he so normal?
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If its so wierd that he is normal than how can he be normal at all?!?!?!
BOOM! That was your brain exploding.
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to be normal would be average.. so he must comply with certain rules
a vision of normal would be
he is not great at anything.
he like normal stuff no weird music.
he hits on girls and has bad luck but once in a while he gets some.
he has a "normal" father and mother and 1 brother family.
he likes what the mayority of people like.
he drinks on weekends and the has smoked some pot but dosent regularly.
there really isnt any normal by any standards. you must be some kid who hasent found out that there is no "Normal"
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Canada8036 Posts
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By being too normal I assume you mean he very greatly fits within the commonly accepted standards and expectations the society in which he lives in holds for someone of his gender, age, and background. If he fits these qualities, then I suppose it would be very possible for someone to be "too normal."
Being normal is boring though. 
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I don't get what "too" is supposed to mean here. If nobody but him sits on the mean, then maybe there's a case for applying that label on the grounds that he is more "average" than everyone else. But I doubt that's the case. And in any event, how does one take the mean of a group of people? Too many parameters. And what group of people are you averaging over? World population or your high school (making an assumption here)? Seems like a pointless excuse to label.
Edit to add that "too" usually implies excessiveness. In what way is any degree of "normality" excessive?
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um you needed AP stats to figure out if someone doenst deviate very little from mean, he might be considered normal?
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What headhunter said.
So the guy must be completely average in every way, average in statistical perception. He simply doesn't get out of the line in any way.
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On April 19 2010 08:09 allluckysevens7777 wrote:
I don't get what "too" is supposed to mean here. If nobody but him sits on the mean, then maybe there's a case for applying that label on the grounds that he is more "average" than everyone else. But I doubt that's the case. And in any event, how does one take the mean of a group of people? Too many parameters. And what group of people are you averaging over? World population or your high school (making an assumption here)? Seems like a pointless excuse to label.
Edit to add that "too" usually implies excessiveness. In what way is any degree of "normality" excessive?
I assume the definition of "too" used in this context is represented by the second definition I found on dictionary.com.
2. to an excessive extent or degree; beyond what is desirable, fitting, or right: too sick to travel.
Just personal thoughts here, but I suppose being "too normal" would define a case in which remaining excessively in line with means and averages eventually becomes detrimental to the overall value of his life.
Edit: Wow, why are we going this in-depth about a random kid from the OP's school? Haha. It's fun though, anyhow. 
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if you are "too normal" then you are clearly messed up.
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On April 19 2010 08:04 HeadhunteR wrote:
to be normal would be average.. so he must comply with certain rules
a vision of normal would be
he is not great at anything.
he like normal stuff no weird music.
he hits on girls and has bad luck but once in a while he gets some.
he has a "normal" father and mother and 1 brother family.
he likes what the mayority of people like.
he drinks on weekends and the has smoked some pot but dosent regularly.
there really isnt any normal by any standards. you must be some kid who hasent found out that there is no "Normal"
Yeah, that's actually really accurate
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Brag post in disguise? YOU BE THE JUDGE!
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Baa?21247 Posts
Slightly off-topic but semi-related, watch Idiocracy, about how a guy who was chosen because he is the mean for a cryogenics experiment ends up the smartest guy in the future lol.
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Well... we're all normal to the ground!
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Yeah if you're uninteresting not funny or otherwise bland... It's very possible for people to describe you as "too normal".
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Korea (South)11601 Posts
On April 19 2010 08:44 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Slightly off-topic but semi-related, watch Idiocracy, about how a guy who was chosen because he is the mean for a cryogenics experiment ends up the smartest guy in the future lol.
hilarious movie
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There is no such thing as normal, beacuse what is "normal" is in itself subjective and differs between cultures and individuals. What may be normal for one may not be normal for another.
The term "normal" is overrated anyway.
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