One of the recent assignments for my homeopathic studies was to finish the phrase "Is it normal to...?" One person asked "Is it normal to catch every illness your children catch?" and another "Is it normal to feel cold after you eat?" While we homeopaths were asked to finish the sentence with plausible symptoms, I just could not stop there.
is it normal
to fall head over heels
for shiny new things?
is it normal
to suffer ailments
for a cause?
is it normal
to look for your phone
while you are on it?
is it normal
to fight or flee
on command?
is it normal
to feel as though you have
only one choice?
is it normal
to place a noose
around your own neck?
Is it normal
to consider the norm is
just an imaginary value?
Нормально ли считать
что норма всего лишь
мнимая величина?
Abnormal! Not encouraged by any government, anywhere!
@qwerrie stole my immediate reaction! ... The one that scared me was fight or flee on command, but I guess that's just the military, an extremely normalized psychosis.
That one is def scary! But it's not only military, we saw it at play often during covid con quite a lot; fight against and flee from anyone who resisted government dictates, no matter how ridiculous they were. You could sit at a table at a table unmasked, but had to wear one if you stood up, for instance. People freaked out if I walked in unmasked. They wanted me arrested, or worse. I'd get verbally attacked in packs.
Good point. Thankfully in my little town we didn't see the worst of covid reactions.
It seems that the farther left a population, the worse those reactions were. Their president presided over most of it, although the other side's started it all off nicely with operation warp speed. Ae you familiar with Jason Christoff? He's done a bunch of interviews lately, but this one tells his thoughts succinctly, and is very much worth a listen.
This is absolutely brilliant @owasco. It captures the mess we are in so perfectly.
Is it normal
to look for spectacles
When your eyes can see?
Well put! I don't have the problem because without my specs I can't take a single step forward.
😂
How about, is it normal to look for your glasses while you're wearing them?
Nice collection of 'normals'.
haha! I don't think I have ever looked for my glasses while I was wearing them! But have many times looked for my phone when I have it pressed to my ear.
I did! a few times =)
Um all the time.
😇
Oh boy, I could add a lot of suggestions to that list!
Please do if you get the chance!
Absurdity is the new normal. The once unthinkable has been normalised in the name of inclusivity.
Edit: and I should have said...great stuff!
is it normal
to consider the absurd
normal?
No. That's absurd:)
I like this poetic exercise, and it sends my mind in all kinds of wild places.