grady77Jul 6, 2023

Rant: I hate the term “normie”.

Let me preface by saying, I would love to hear counter points and am fully open to the fact that I could be wrong and totally out of touch. I just want to have some dialogue around something that’s been bothering me in the fediverse....

https://kbin.social/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/148455

Rant: I hate the term “normie”. - fediverse - kbin.social

Let me preface by saying, I would love to hear counter points and am fully open to the fact that I could be wrong and totally out of touch. I just want to have some dialogue around something that’s been bothering me in the fediverse....

Show threadRxBradJul 6, 2023

Or…

“Normie” shows a hint of self awareness that the people on this platform aren’t representative of the general public. Were a bunch of tech weirdos.

We’re the “abnormies”.

Show threadgrady77Jul 6, 2023
I guess that’s something I didn’t consider. I kind of feel like that is still creating an us vs them mentality though…
Show threadmacnielJul 6, 2023
But that’s pretty much what a group of people is? The people who are inside the group and those that are outside. What is the problem with this?
Show threadZorqueJul 6, 2023
The problem isn't that that exists, it's when people decide that to not being in the group is bad, and not just a casual state of being.
Show threaddot20Jul 6, 2023
No reasonable person is implying that.
Show threadZorque
No reasonable person is implying that having different groups of people is a bad thing, either, and yet that's what DmMacniel was inferring others were saying.
Jul 6, 2023 at 11:46pmWeb
Show threadmacnielJul 7, 2023

I didn’t imply that though? I simply stated that there is an inside of a group and an outside of a group. Also people can belong to several groups that may or may not overlap.

It’s neither good nor bad up until people think it’s bad or good to be part of one specific group.