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My stages of learning to be a socially normal person

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631 points eatitraw | 1 comments | 15 Nov 25 13:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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SirMaster ◴[17 Nov 25 19:52 UTC] No.45957491[source]▶
Why do we need to be normal anyway? Why can't we just be unique?
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1. Dilettante_ ◴[17 Nov 25 21:51 UTC] No.45958764[source]▶
This to me reads as someone who has never been "the bad kind of unique". Not being normal carries very heavy practical repercussions in some cases.

"Just be yourself" is only good advice for people whose 'self' is acceptable and well-functioning.