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It isn't just you, the article reads almost exactly like something i'd have conjured up at 15 years old. It sounds to me like it is designed to massage the ego

It isn't just you, the article reads almost exactly like something i'd have conjured up at 15 years old. It sounds to me like it is designed to massage the egos of disaffected under achievers to make them feel that they might be special; that the day to day humdrum is a result of a war against their special, now dampened, genius. In a world where the masses want to identify as mentally ill and where psychiatrists expand the definition of aberrant mental constructions and outward behaviours it is hardly surprising this might sell some books. I doubt this book has much to add over Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow et al.

t0astbread 7y ago
I wouldn't put this on the same level as an increase in mental illness cases in recent times. The scientists making those definitions know what they're doing. This article seems to just be... rambling, I guess?
- crawfordcomeaux 7y ago
  I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). It's hard to put into words because it's a very personal shift from society. Everyone I've met who is like this has got their own path, approaches life differently, and seems to have shed some unique subset of society, while still carrying some of humanity's codependent ways. To me, rhe article seemed to be trying to introduce a new idea to the mainstream without a clear grasp on what the idea is. I imagine the author either isn't hypersane and/or doesn't have many collaborators looking at the subject.
  - easytiger 7y ago
    > I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). I'm sorry, but this is self indulgence on a new near psychopathic level.
    - crawfordcomeaux 7y ago
      Would you be willing to go into more detail as to what you mean?
      - crawfordcomeaux 7y ago
        And to clarify, I refer to it as hypernormal because I'm making perfectly normal choices others wouldn't today, but might in the future. Example: I choose to abandon my taste preferences around things. Since doing this on accident, I enjoy everything I eat, drink, and listen to. Most people I've talked to about this (everyone except for 1-5 people) have no desire to even try doing it. I have no idea why, but people seem really attached to their preferences. And yet having such strong preferences limits aspects of the world one can enjoy. I suspect strong preferences is cultural programming gone amok, so I'm raising my child while only asking what their experience is like, instead of asking if they like or dislike something. Being hypernormal here means choosing to allow myself to experience more things. I think it'll be normal to do these things in the future, but it's non-normative right now, so it's hypernormal compared to current times. Hypernormalcy is going to look weird compared to the status quo, by definition.
        easytiger 7y ago
        I'm sorry, but this is just silly

t0astbread 7y ago

I wouldn't put this on the same level as an increase in mental illness cases in recent times. The scientists making those definitions know what they're doing. This article seems to just be... rambling, I guess?

crawfordcomeaux 7y ago
I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). It's hard to put into words because it's a very personal shift from society. Everyone I've met who is like this has got their own path, approaches life differently, and seems to have shed some unique subset of society, while still carrying some of humanity's codependent ways. To me, rhe article seemed to be trying to introduce a new idea to the mainstream without a clear grasp on what the idea is. I imagine the author either isn't hypersane and/or doesn't have many collaborators looking at the subject.
- easytiger 7y ago
  > I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). I'm sorry, but this is self indulgence on a new near psychopathic level.
  - crawfordcomeaux 7y ago
    Would you be willing to go into more detail as to what you mean?
    - crawfordcomeaux 7y ago
      And to clarify, I refer to it as hypernormal because I'm making perfectly normal choices others wouldn't today, but might in the future. Example: I choose to abandon my taste preferences around things. Since doing this on accident, I enjoy everything I eat, drink, and listen to. Most people I've talked to about this (everyone except for 1-5 people) have no desire to even try doing it. I have no idea why, but people seem really attached to their preferences. And yet having such strong preferences limits aspects of the world one can enjoy. I suspect strong preferences is cultural programming gone amok, so I'm raising my child while only asking what their experience is like, instead of asking if they like or dislike something. Being hypernormal here means choosing to allow myself to experience more things. I think it'll be normal to do these things in the future, but it's non-normative right now, so it's hypernormal compared to current times. Hypernormalcy is going to look weird compared to the status quo, by definition.
      - easytiger 7y ago
        I'm sorry, but this is just silly