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I think there is a strong argument to be made that the myth of normal is a socially counterproductive concept -- much as the myth of race. "normal people" mayb

I think there is a strong argument to be made that the myth of normal is a socially counterproductive concept -- much as the myth of race. "normal people" maybe sounds sort of close to "those people" which is trigger language that suggests one might not value diversity or might not judge all people as individuals. When I read your comment, I translated it to "adult consumer internet user" but still could not really empathize with your point.

Udo 14y ago
There is also a point where misguided attempts at political correctness drag you down the rabbit hole into a land of pure absurdity where instead of communicating, perpetually offended people are just engaged in a cyclical exchange of trite phrases. I recognize it might well be an expression of a cultural divide between us, but this is the way I see it: HN is populated by a huge group of very diverse people. While we are diverse in pretty much every aspect, we are also bound together by being hackers and by living, at least party, in whatever hacker culture means for each us. That's not normal, it's a subculture. Almost every single human being is part of at least one subculture, and many are members of several, and there are millions of overlapping points that defy categorization. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it would be considered wrong to express this fact. I can say for sure that I am not normal in many aspects, and then again I am normal in a lot of others. It's not somehow evil to recognize and talk about this. I think before dfc's comment, the number of people who misunderstood my original comment was very low, but my point is tainted now, subverted and burnt beyond recognition.