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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 30 Jan 2018
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    One reason I don’t share subculturalist disdain for “normies” is that though they may be more aware of ongoing change in parts of zeitgeist, normies are generally adapting better to it overall In terms of adaptive success, I suspect edgy subcultures are no better than luddites

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      1. Tom LaPille‏ @tomlapille 30 Jan 2018
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        That’s just what a normie would say

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      1. Where the Tweets have no name‏ @andrewthesmart 30 Jan 2018
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        But wouldn't you say that Silicon Valley was once an edgy subculture that has become normie?

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      1. Dan listens to the last days of the first days‏ @danlistensto 30 Jan 2018
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        this has a fallacy stink to me. "adaptive success" in a social context is defined by prevailing norms, i.e. what the normies do, right?

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      2. Brian Duffy‏ @brianduffytweet 30 Jan 2018
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        I feel like all the cultural fetishes of Normie culture are Wylie Coyote walking on air past the cliff. More people watched the League of Legends championships than the NBA Finals and World Series combined.

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      3. Brian Duffy‏ @brianduffytweet 30 Jan 2018
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        Normie culture is the dwindling momentum of the media landscape that reigned when there were 5 TV channels to choose from. Normie’s are failing to adapt because they still believe there’s someone in charge of what’s worth paying attention to.

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      2. 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘆‏ @mnolangray 30 Jan 2018
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        Normies are (by definition?) the best adapters in a stable state though, they always take the path of least resistance professionally and culturally

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      3. 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘆‏ @mnolangray 30 Jan 2018
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        Meanwhile non-normies know they are playing a much more dangerous game and so buffer themselves from regular pain of failure by developing narratives making risk taking a virtue and low-risk lifestyles evil. Normies can ignore them but they can't ignore normies

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      2. Charlene Chambliss‏ @blissfulchar 30 Jan 2018
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        This reminds me of how “emo” is essentially the same as it was back when I was in high school. Everyone still wears black and rainbow, band tees, skulls, and listens to post-hardcore. Many examples of this: juggalos, metalheads, certain religious groups.

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        I don’t really keep up with music stuff, so I have no idea what any of this means 🙂

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      1. Vegan‏ @vegan 31 Jan 2018
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        I'd assert, without any evidence but in my usual unlikable and overconfident way, that normies are the people disproportionately likely to be drowning in credit card debt, drinking soda, and eating McNuggets.

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