I need several ways to violate social norms for a project. These must be actual things I can do and document, that are not psychotic, illegal, rude, etc.
2007-11-24T11:17:59Z
Also, there /are/ plenty of ways to violate a social norm that are not rude, and certainly not psychotic. For example, talking while looking at the sky, or just staring at the sky. And I'm not in college, I'm in 8th grade, so I don't have dorms, and this isn't part of my regular school, this is an extra course I'm taking from a program for highschool credit. And also, I'm not aiming to get in trouble.
Anonymous2007-11-24T10:06:40Z
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Oh, geez, there's TONS of ways to violate social norms without being psychotic, illegal, rude, etc.
Example: wear clashing clothes. Like checkerboard pants with dots on the blouse and an orange hat, green shoes, purple belt.
Wear clothes out of season For example, wear a heavy coat in summer.
Wear clothes inappropriately. Be fully clothed but wear a swimsuit outside your other clothes.
Gosh, I can think of a ton of "rude" things (like sneezing into your hand then wiping it clean on someone's jacket) but you ruled out "rude."
OK, pretend to be reading the newspaper but hold the newspaper upside down. Or hold the newspaper like you're reading it but have cut out eye holes so you can watch the people around you.
Carry a closed box around with you and periodically lift the lid just a tiny bit and ask "Are you still OK in there?" then laugh like a maniac.
RE: Ways to violate social norms? I need several ways to violate social norms for a project. These must be actual things I can do and document, that are not psychotic, illegal, rude, etc.
There are tons of little things you can do. One of my favorites is to smile and hand somebody (a friend) a handful of my trash. Y'know...I open a pack of cigs and say, "here!" all friendly-like and then they have to deal with my trash. It's also fun to violate social norms by forcing checkout people off their scripts. I can't nail this one down better than that, but making someone with a rote, boring job think outside the shell is always fun.
Be punk in drublic before 4PM. Smile and insult someone. Dance in inappropriate venues. Being too loud is the province if teenagers, but try being too quiet sometime. Freaking /everybody/ will listen to you. Fake a yawn and see who follows-up. Instead of scrawling "Shirleey sux dick", scrawl something actually clever on a bathroom wall. Or keep your pen in your pocket. Mess with people's heads. Running out of steam here. Later.