Hot take but a life lived in perceived normalcy usually stunts a "neurotypical"'s development, impeding them from developing actually normal levels of empathy.
And yes, this is why I fall on the side of slight anti-normalcy, rather than true neutrality.
Not because it's bad to like normal things or to like stability, but that living in a bubble of preconceived ideas of what is normal vs not normal, implying acceptable vs unacceptable on the basis of popularity, ruins a lot more than people realize. It ruins one's ability to think objectively, it ruins the ability to be creative, it discourages originality.
I am not pro-arrogance and elitism, either. In fact, elitism itself relies on others being stuck in what is considered normal and average for the elites to stand on as their little pedestal.
Without acceptance being primarily based on normalcy, even people who feel high-and-mighty on the basis of uniqueness would have no basis for their arrogance.
It's okay for certain things to be popular. In a way, it's beautiful that trends exist,to see repeating patterns across groups of people and to see it flow into other patterns. I like to see the way even strangers can create and revel in shared joy in something.
And certain norms that make up verbal an nonverbal language and communication is valuable, and forms the basis of art.
But the idea of acceptance on the basis or popularity is the problem.
Common is beautiful. It can be very, very beautiful. But we can't get stuck in the horrible, twisted, wrong idea that only common is beautiful.
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