Things you hate about normies

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

The "Call of Duty and Madden" type of gamer, ugggggh.

Not only do you have to be kind of braindead to be happy playing basically the exact same game year after year, but I feel like it's those kind of gamers SJWs are talking when they get up on their soapbox and talk about "toxic" gamers but paint everyone else as being like, I'm just a guy who likes his video game waifus, I'm not calling anybody faggot on Xbox Live.

There's nothing wrong with that kind of gamer, but to me it's cringe when they think that is gaming as a whole. Like, I've heard people refer to being "into video games" who knew literally nothing about games besides sports ones. It's like considering yourself into music when all you listen to is pop on the radio, which I suspect a lot of people do...

That's not a reason to hate them, that's a reason to pity them; they don't have any real passions, just ephemeral fancies that they pick up and discard.

Hey, @Ughubughughughughughghlug , if all that sportsball talk upsets you so much, why not get your colleagues talking about something you're into? Like ephebophilia, for example; I'm sure they'd have plenty to say about that.

Cool suggestion, I'll wait until a real normie occasion like a friend's wedding or something to bring that up.

Wait... Some of you have experienced normiedom?!

I used to hate things about them as an angsty teenager, but then you grow up and realise that everyone you assume is normie really isn't and the idea is more of a retarded, blurred cross section of whatever interests are in fashion at any given time. That most people slide into the category in some aspect of their lives, you can't be extra or advanced in tastes and ideas at everything, human growth doesn't work like that.

Silly autist, go find a not-like-other-girls community to hugbox you with that shit, it's cringe.

The way I conceptualize a normie/normalfag, which might not be consistent with how it's generally understood, is less about specific interests and more about a vibe people give off. Although I guess it also has to do with interests, because one thing that bummed me out was that I'm into music (playing instruments) and I thought none of the others were (today I actually found out one of them - the only other guy who also doesn't watch sports - does play). But yeah, the vibe is just this kind of feeling that's indescribable, that really just exists in your head, but it's still real in a way. Kind of like it'd be hard to define an eccentric, but you know it when you see it. Normie is like the antithesis of eccentric. Even when you don't like the things an eccentric does, they themselves are fascinating to watch in action.

It's not just "normie means boring" either, because my best friend where I live is like the spitting image of a normalfaggot, but he also has intellectual interests and is fun to talk to.

 

[Dom Cruise]

There's nothing wrong with that kind of gamer, but to me it's cringe when they think that is gaming as a whole. Like, I've heard people refer to being "into video games" who knew literally nothing about games besides sports ones. It's like considering yourself into music when all you listen to is pop on the radio, which I suspect a lot of people do...

There's nothing wrong with that kind of gamer I guess, but it is lame when all games and gamers are painted like that, when you say "gamer" and someone pictures only someone playing Call of Duty or some other online shooter.

Do some normies think literally every video game is online multiplayer? I wonder what they'd think about a game like Silent Hill 2 or Rule of Rose?

 

[Baseton Repillé]

Other people are members of societies

I merely live in one.

 

[The High Prophet of Truth]

First off, what the fuck even is a normie?
As for the people I guess could be considered a "normie", I hate how content they are to be ignorant. It's fine to not be as obsessed about politics or trannies as some users on here are, but their sheer lack of any need or straight up refusal to acknowledge anything bigger then their lives is why things are so shitty now.

 

[Revo]

Could we just agree that normies/normal people have better lifes than users like @The High Prophet of Truth, @Dom Cruise and @Ughubughughughughughghlug ?

 

[Dom Cruise]

Could we just agree that normies/normal people have better lifes than users like @The High Prophet of Truth, @Dom Cruise and @Ughubughughughughughghlug ?

Maybe, but I'm not fundamentally unhappy with my life, because I always remind myself that things could be a lot worse.

I may not live a normal life but there's people who are in way worse situations than me, so I'm thankful for what I do have.

 

[Xarpho]

Part of the normalfag problem is mostly two things, and don't apply to everyone but they seem to be pretty common:

1. An inability for critical thinking and opposing viewpoints. In the last five years, this has mostly manifested itself in swallowing whatever bullshit the media had about Donald Trump but has gone into overdrive with COVID-19. You can easily come up with your theories about why Donald Trump was not a good President, but most people just are told he was bad and believed it. When COVID-19 turned from "two weeks of social distancing" to some sort of cult, they just went along with it anyway.

They also have a fairly rigid social framework of what is "acceptable" and "unacceptable", which constantly shifts due to media-induced brainwashing, with seemingly no memory of what was once unacceptable becoming acceptable (e.g. LGBT "progress"). In terms of this "acceptable" versus "unacceptable", opposing viewpoints are only allowed when they are permitted, so denying the existence of God is okay. Denying the Holocaust, not so much.

2. Somewhat related to the above is a blind worship of celebrities. I'm not even talking about eating up gossip...it's what we do here (except about different people), it's when the "willful suspension of disbelief" extends to the actors. This is where the "THE AVENGERS support Hillary Clinton/whatever the latest left-wing talking point" nonsense comes in but also is reinforced by the actors themselves, who actually believe themselves to be just as smart/interesting as the people they play. As a result, a number of celebrities have started up podcasts where they interview their celebrity friends, and the result is rather boring.

3. Above all, the so-called normies, whether smart, dumb, or aware of media bias, have amazing perception of who isn't "one of them", even in children. There's probably more science about the "outgroups" but if it's not socially unacceptable, they will treat outgroups viciously. Chances are if you are here, YOU were in one of those outgroups.

 

[Scolopendra Dramatica]

.... Whilst I'm here; who the fuck is dunking on Jerry Springer whilst regularly using the farms?

They serve the same freak watching need only one outlet encourages audience participation, the other frowns on it. If we'd been about at the same time we'd love/hate the Spring for giving our sweet, sweet cows more airtime on the pasture.

 

[Heckler1]

.... Whilst I'm here; who the fuck is dunking on Jerry Springer whilst regularly using the farms?

Culture/Moral Fags. Trying to pretend you're any better than your neighbir Ted, because he likes football and mowing his lawn, and doesn't like your pony waifu or 40K, just makes you a certified faggot.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

The biggest normie 'tell' is a sheer inability to think about anything but the mundane, prosaic, and fucking insignificant.

Hemingway once wrote that a man 'must get drunk in order to be with his fools,' the meaning there quite self-explanatory. For the thinking man (or woman,) there's oftentimes an incredible feeling of alienation when you're provoked with the idea that everyone around you is a mindless NPC, with no additional layers of complexity beyond what they reveal within the first five minutes of you interacting with them.

I'm sure we've all been there: having a conversation with someone you know, perhaps even a close family member or loved one. The conversation naturally presents an opening for deeper discussion, so you take the opportunity (and not in a sped-like iamverysmart way.) The normie will then either have a brain fart and be unable to contribute to such discussion, or more commonly, they'll make some lighthearted remark to steer the conversation back into dullsville.

There was an English writer who said something to the effect of, 'most men will go to any length in order to avoid thinking.' And he was fucking right.

Capefaggot movies, sportsball, being a brand-chasing bugman - all of that shit is just symptomatic of the above.

 

[Heckler1]

The biggest normie 'tell' is a sheer inability to think about anything but the mundane, prosaic, and fucking insignificant.

Hemingway once wrote that a man 'must get drunk in order to be with his fools,' the meaning there quite self-explanatory. For the thinking man (or woman,) there's oftentimes an incredible feeling of alienation when you're provoked with the idea that everyone around you is a mindless NPC, with no additional layers of complexity beyond what they reveal within the first five minutes of you interacting with them.

I'm sure we've all been there: having a conversation with someone you know, perhaps even a close family member or loved one. The conversation naturally presents an opening for deeper discussion, so you take the opportunity (and not in a sped-like iamverysmart way.) The normie will then either have a brain fart and be unable to contribute to such discussion, or more commonly, they'll make some lighthearted remark to steer the conversation back into dullsville.

There was an English writer who said something to the effect of, 'most men will go to any length in order to avoid thinking.' And he was fucking right.

Capefaggot movies, sportsball, being a brand-chasing bugman - all of that shit is just symptomatic of the above.

This is the rallying cry of every fart huffing, bitter troglodyte in the world. The utter arrogance to claim that your specific set of interests dictate whether someone is "worthy" of interacting is literal Chris-Chan behavior. Whining on the internet that people are dumb because they don't also want to discuss socio-political allegory of the Metal Gear Solid franchise irl, doesn't mean you are a masterful thinker surrounded by mouth breathers. It means you are a literal man child demanding attention from people who just want to have casual conversations before they go back to being productive adults.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

This is the rallying cry of every fart huffing, bitter troglodyte in the world. The utter arrogance to claim that your specific set of interests dictate whether someone is "worthy" of interacting is literal Chris-Chan behavior. Whining on the internet that people are dumb because they don't also want to discuss socio-political allegory of the Metal Gear Solid franchise irl, doesn't mean you are a masterful thinker surrounded by mouth breathers. It means you are a literal man child demanding attention from people who just want to have casual conversations before they go back to being productive adults.

Easy turbo. Despite spelling it out in crayons, you still completely missed the fucking point.

Either you're being deliberately obtuse in a fit of internet tough guy petrol sniffing fervour, or you're just fucking retarded. Feel free to the leagues of guys 'who knew a thing or two' popping up in basically every culture and time period since the advent of writing saying such things (unconnected, too) - you're clearly more intelligent and enlightened than they were.

 

[Curt Sibling]

Easy turbo. Despite spelling it out in crayons, you still completely missed the fucking point.

Either you're being deliberately obtuse in a fit of internet tough guy petrol sniffing fervour, or you're just fucking retarded. Feel free to the leagues of guys 'who knew a thing or two' popping up in basically every culture and time period since the advent of writing saying such things (unconnected, too) - you're clearly more intelligent and enlightened than they were.

He made a point. You didn't.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

He made a point. You didn't.

What's your favourite superhero movie bro?

 

[Curt Sibling]

What's your favourite superhero movie bro?

Cape movies are wank. And I am not your bro.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Cape movies are wank. And I am not your bro.

 

[Heckler1]

Easy turbo. Despite spelling it out in crayons, you still completely missed the fucking point.

Either you're being deliberately obtuse in a fit of internet tough guy petrol sniffing fervour, or you're just fucking retarded. Feel free to the leagues of guys 'who knew a thing or two' popping up in basically every culture and time period since the advent of writing saying such things (unconnected, too) - you're clearly more intelligent and enlightened than they were.

Ignoring that there is no structure to your statement, I see you have gone with the DSP "AWhole Lotta Peepul are saying" take.
I am offended you claim you wrote anything in crayon, because even a literal retarded child could write something in Crayon more compelling than what you have dribbled on your keyboard.

 

[Whatevermancer]

I am a normie. And you are probably one as well.

 

[Curt Sibling]

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Print that out and stick it on your forehead. (then learn how to handle opinions)

 

[off meds / online]

The biggest normie 'tell' is a sheer inability to think about anything but the mundane, prosaic, and fucking insignificant.

Hemingway once wrote that a man 'must get drunk in order to be with his fools,' the meaning there quite self-explanatory. For the thinking man (or woman,) there's oftentimes an incredible feeling of alienation when you're provoked with the idea that everyone around you is a mindless NPC, with no additional layers of complexity beyond what they reveal within the first five minutes of you interacting with them.

I'm sure we've all been there: having a conversation with someone you know, perhaps even a close family member or loved one. The conversation naturally presents an opening for deeper discussion, so you take the opportunity (and not in a sped-like iamverysmart way.) The normie will then either have a brain fart and be unable to contribute to such discussion, or more commonly, they'll make some lighthearted remark to steer the conversation back into dullsville.

There was an English writer who said something to the effect of, 'most men will go to any length in order to avoid thinking.' And he was fucking right.

Capefaggot movies, sportsball, being a brand-chasing bugman - all of that shit is just symptomatic of the above.

there's no such thing as an NPC, imo. part of adulthood is realizing that every other human being is leading an inner life as complex as your own.

just because someone doesn't have an interest in "deeper discussion" (philosophy? politics? ethics in gaming journalism?) with you doesn't mean that their thoughts aren't as detailed and rich as your own. I consider discussions like that fairly intimate, as they can involve a detailed view into someone's most personal thoughts, biases, and emotions. it doesn't make someone an NPC if they prefer not to be that intimate with you.

ah, wait, this is kiwifarms. scratch that, make like your guy hemingway and eat a shotgun.