Is This Considered Normal

What isn't considered normal?

Hmmm..People being born (or thrown) into this planet randomly anywhere during a random time and era and the fact that this very randomness plays a crucial role in deciding their fate ( inherited socio-culture and financial background). There are a couple exceptions sure.Death ! Can happen to anybody anytime anywhere. (Quit whining today ;)The topmost rich people (5–7%) owning as much as 70% of the total wealth while the other 95% just 30% wealth.Facebook connecting more than 2 billion people virtually while almost half of the world populace doesn’t even have a few close friends in real life (which matters more than the online one I hope). Loneliness in the urbanised 21st century world is anything but normal.Pretentiousness, douchebaggery and breach of trust proudly being the cultural norm today.Day by day, month by month, year by year dying hopes of fulfilling dreams due to comfortable living, procrastination and lack of courage.We humans (obviously) have to get accustomed and acclimatised to millions of small-big things, from brushing our teeth a certain way to resisting the urge to squeeze cheeks of the cute girl next to you in the elevator.This years of conditioning and societalising of behaviour has resulted into us becoming effortlessly indifferent, insensitive and apathetic to the remarkably tiny and enormous spectacular things constantly happening around us.Regardless, this doesn’t deem all these wonders normal in the least ! Shut your phone for a while, look outside, go for a walk and hopefully you’ll find even the most common and lifeless things carrying some meaning and companionship. Be a normal.., human again !

What is considered normal now that would have scared people 100 years ago?

They’d be terrified that they’re not allowed to SMOKE anywhere! Not even in COURT!… not even while PREGNANT!And they’d be shocked that women who aren’t pregnant don’t cinch up their bellies with rigorously tight whalebone corsets—in fact it’s not even LEGAL to get whalebone anymore!Also, some women even cut their hair! ABOVE the neckline!Speaking of haircuts… they’d be shocked that the do-gooders of our day don’t think it’s a morally virtuous thing to force Native Americans to cut their hair, wear western clothes, convert to Christianity and only speak English! In fact we think it’s morally REPUGNANT to do those things and even send linguists and other folks out to try and preserve the Native American languages that are left, plus legalizing their original form of ceremonial religious practices AND even letting them fund some autonomous political power by letting them own GAMBLING halls!Needless to say, they’d probably see that as just one part of a larger “lack of civilization” in our society, e.g. our men going to the theater WITHOUT wearing a top hat and tails.Worse still, the fairer sex goes to the theater without a chaperone!Then, when a young lad inevitably leads a lady down the wrong path and she gets “in a family way,” it’s actually ILLEGAL to rouse him from his house on pain of death and march them both to the altar while the whole town watches.They’ll be shocked to learn that when women are in the later throes of pregnancy, the moms most likely spend far too much time in a disease-ridden hospital, not only during labor but in dozens of life-risking doctor visits BEFORE she gives birth! In fact almost no one gives birth at home anymore!And finally, they’d be shocked that we let women even HAVE babies, what with the ferocious elements of nature that we’ve let run loose: we’ve put limits on alligator hunting, and we’re even putting WOLVES back into our nation’s PARKS! They’d probably wonder how we can expect kids to survive a typical childhood of playing, free and unattended, in the wilds of nature, or perhaps chaperoned by a stranger bearing candy to safeguard them, if the WOLVES are loose again?

Why is it considered normal to hear music on repeat in your head but hearing voices defines you as crazy?

Everyone hears voices in their head. "Sane" people are able to ignore them, or recognize them as being their own internal thoughts. Schizophrenics experience their internal voices as coming from outside, and can't ignore them any more than they could ignore someone yelling in their ear. I'm not aware of any form of mental illness where people think that the musical memes inhabiting their heads are playing externally "for real." Though if someone can correct me on that, I'd be interested!

Why is it considered normal to sleep at the opera? In other public events, wouldn’t this be considered rude?

Some people fall asleep when sitting in places like opera houses and theatres because of the extra heat and the way their bodies settle. Some also make the mistake of eating heavy meals before going to the opera. They should eat lighter meals and getting up and stretching between acts.

What are some examples of acts or behaviors considered normal in one culture or context, which may be seen as abnormal in another culture or context?

Many such behaviors still exist: In many African cultures - polygamy and polyandry. In Swaziland for example, thousands of bare-bodied virgins take part in 'Reed Dance' every year in front of the King (hopefully the last monarch of that poor country) after which the king picks up his next wife (so, he picks one every year). (search online for more info). Also, in many cultures (West Asia and Africa) still, barbaric practices such as FGM take place. (Female genital mutilation) - a lot of NGOs are trying to change it. In some Arab countries like Egypt, it is still customary to test virginity on the wedding night and declare it publicly.. (details too graphic). Many eating behaviors: Many people in East and SE Asia eat insects with delight - something considered icky in the West and South Asia. Insectivorous behaviors may be getting more popular in North America though - high source of protein and fiber apparently.  In Vietnam, snakes are wound around a tree log that is dipped in alcohol. The snake is left there to 'ferment' and after many days, that alcohol is drunk - apparently bestows longevity, strength and virility.

What is the shortest female height still considered 'normal' (not a dwarf)?

Medically and biologically speaking, a short person is not generally referred to as a a dwarf; a proportional short person is a midget.the definition of midget an extremely small person having normal physical proportions. General Tom Thumb, pictured below, was about 40 inches tall; but the proportion of his body to his legs suggests that he was a midget, not a dwarf.More often, dwarves are disproportionate, having arms and legs much shorter than what you would expect viewing their body.the definition of dwarf a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.The one time I had a dwarf as a student, I didn't know he was a dwarf until class break. When he was sitting at his desk, his height looked approximately like the height of his classmates; then he got off his chair for break and got shorter instead of taller.Midgets or other short people generally don't have physical or mental disorders accompanying their stature. Dwarves often have deformations of the spine, hips, and leg bones. If the shorter arms cause any associated medical conditions, I don't know of it.I suspect the height defining the difference between a normal short person and a midget has changed over time, just as the average height of an adult has changed. When I grew up, 5'10" was considered a very tall height for a man, and 5'6" was considered a very tall height for a woman. At that time (50 or more years ago), a person wasn't referred to as a midget unless they were under 4 feet tall. But that was before we grew basketball players who were over 7 feet tall.