How do you convince the Normal Person* you don’t need to change. (Bad advice actually.)

I started drafting a post because I finally made a breakthrough with the Normal Person*. As I was writing this post, I hit a wall again. I decided to publish this anyway because this is freaking interesting how IMPOSSIBLE it is to communicate with the Normal Person*!!

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the Normal Person* hate change. They also hate options, too much choice, because it confuses them. The Normal Person* changes their mind when they feel it is safe. They don’t take risks. They want everyone to choose with them, so they’ll rest assured the next change will be way down the line.  These are your cues.

When they pressure you to change “because this is how it is done”

When the Normal Person* want you to change, the Savants* protest: “I am NOT LIKE THAT. That’s just NOT ME.” This doesn’t make sense to the Normal Person*, who is also rarely the same as everyone else, but that is not a problem, that is a starting point to the Normal Person*. “That’s okay, you can change!” To them, being different is not an issue, you can always fix that and become like everyone else.

So change your message. You are tired to change with everyone else. You don’t want to change: “I don’t WANT TO change with everyone else. This is the way I am and that’s the way I like it.” This, to a Savants*, is obvious. However, when you are talking to the Normal Person*, you need to make that one point clear.

You also need the right tone. If you are too defiant, they think you’re down on yourself and try and make them convinced that you “don’t want to” when in fact you’re afraid you can’t change, like, you are incapable too stupid to. So they’ll encourage you to believe in yourself and your ability to be like them.

However, they understand tired. “I am TIRED of trying to be like everyone else. I like my life and I don’t want you to mess with it.”

The message doesn’t go through if you look too energetic saying it. So fake tiredness.

Cancel that.

Cancel that. If you fake tiredness, then you’ll always have to pretend to be tired and depressed with them. If you seem too happy and excited, they’ll think “you’re just having fun”, which to the Normal Person* is a bad bad thing and must be curbed immediately. They also hate people having fun because they’re unpredictable.

Still, so far the only working solution I’ve got…

Renounce them. Vanish. Cut all contact and ties and let them deal with it as they see fit. So far the ONLY real solution I’ve come up with. Currently, the problem is the Internet. Google makes sure your every move is documented and all of your nice old friends will be able to find your rebellious ass.

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