“Normal” simply means “the way most people (or things) are,” and it isn’t a value judgment. I don’t imagine anyone falls within the norm in every conceivable way; it is normal to be abnormal to an extent, and to be “perfectly normal” would be abnormally normal, which would be a paradox perhaps only Bertrand Russell could resolve. It would seem logical that there must be those who are normally normal, i.e. they are no more abnormal than is normal, but again it isn’t a value judgment.
Everybody is odd in one way or another, but I suspect that Agnes is oddly odd rather than normally odd.
seanfear almost 2 years ago
now I’m wondering who’s odder
rshive almost 2 years ago
The famous endless loop rears its ugly head.
Susan00100 almost 2 years ago
I bet more people talk like that than Trout thinks. And not all of them are odd.
Just-me almost 2 years ago
She’s engaging, or about to engage in a thought paradox.
mfrasca almost 2 years ago
Kōan.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“Normal” simply means “the way most people (or things) are,” and it isn’t a value judgment. I don’t imagine anyone falls within the norm in every conceivable way; it is normal to be abnormal to an extent, and to be “perfectly normal” would be abnormally normal, which would be a paradox perhaps only Bertrand Russell could resolve. It would seem logical that there must be those who are normally normal, i.e. they are no more abnormal than is normal, but again it isn’t a value judgment.
Everybody is odd in one way or another, but I suspect that Agnes is oddly odd rather than normally odd.
gopher gofer almost 2 years ago
impossible mind loop, another good name for a band…
paullp Premium Member almost 2 years ago
If people were able to get used to Agnes’ oddness, she wouldn’t get sent to the principal almost daily.
JLChi almost 2 years ago
I was thinking Agnes was right, but then I got confused.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 2 years ago
No one but Agnes says that. A true individual.
“Beat of her own drum? She uses a sousaphone!”