Historical Normality Bias

The fallacy of judging past societies, actions, or norms by the standards of the present, or conversely, of justifying outdated, harmful practices by arguing "that was normal at the time." In its dismissive form, it's used to invalidate modern moral critiques of historical figures by claiming a lack of historical context. More perniciously, it's used to defend the persistence of antiquated injustices by appealing to their historical commonality.

Example: Defending a founding father's slaveholding by saying, "It was normal then, you can't judge him," commits the Historical Normality Bias. It uses historical descriptivism ("it was common") to avoid moral judgment, implying that collective moral failure excuses individual participation in atrocity.

by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

AFK normalcy

The situation where people who have excessive screen time per day will get an eye, whilst AFK moments are "normalized" (i.e. happens more frequently and feels less painful). For example, in K-12 school campuses where smartphones must be collected during school hours, which is akcually meant to create conducive learning environments and not to "condition" students for unavoidable AFK moments in the foreseeable future.

At school, we have to hand in our phones, which makes AFK normalcy a real thing—everyone's so used to stepping away from their screens that it hardly bothers us anymore!

by Emotional Cruiser August 19, 2025

caffeine normalcy

When you have been needing caffeine to function for a while now, hence you forgot the last time you weren't dependant on black coffee or caffeine pills like Tombocantuxin — even though you were once too young to need caffeine

I can't remember the last time I went a whole day without Tombocantuxin caffeine pills; at this point, caffeine normalcy feels like a requirement just to get out of bed!

by Emotional Cruiser September 30, 2025

Twin Stacked On SC Normals

This is a common reference to the Admiral Twin putting elite members of the group GUF, to stack on Snow Core while they are bringing normal players.

twin stacked on SC normals again, man this always happens!

by Deluxe1 November 7, 2021

Kiss your homie day normally

On December 31, you and your homie have full permission to be each others new years kiss. Go to your closest homie and give them a kiss for good luck in the new year

Bro, it’s December 31 and my girl isn’t here

Well, it’s Kiss your homie day normally, so we might as well kiss

by Tyler Hiera December 31, 2022

Appeal to normalcy

A weak evasion of the actual topic. The question isn't whether it normal for a 25 year old girl to sleep with 100 guys. It's whether or not it's ethical. And you either know that and are being avoidant because you're a soy-ass shit-lib who LITERALLY ISN'T ALLOWED to tell women what they ought or ought not do OR... OR... You're dumb as dog-shit. It's one or the other.

Hym "Appeal to normalcy is not an argument I would ever make there. Because I'm not a pussy social-centrist. Is it fine for a woman to fuck 100 dudes? Yes. Even better if she's discreet and takes cash. Why are you such a sissy? And where is your wife? Ex-wife. Where's you ex-wife? I saw her pick up a spider once and it was both gross and adorable."

by Hym Iam March 10, 2024

The Great Normalization

The period of time in which foot fetishes were normalized and became a mainstream part of sexuality.

After The Great Normalization, I’m so happy to be sucking and busting on toes!!

by DXMUser January 20, 2026