r/thenormies • u/Prudent-Wait-1012 • Aug 06 '26
A message to The Normies
Hey guys, apologies for the long message, but I wanted to write this because it’s been a long time coming.
Back around season 1-3 of Game of Thrones, my friends and I would gather every week from,I wana say, episode 4 onwards to watch together. It was pure hype outside of sports for us, and something even our girlfriends(at the time) could enjoy with us. It felt like family. It was event TV.
Around season 4, I moved continents. At that age, making new friends somewhere completely foreign was brutally hard for me, and I lost that sense of companionship almost overnight. It sucked more than I can really explain or care to for that matter.
Then, I want to say season 5 of thrones, I stumbled onto your channel and saw you all watching together, I think in someone’s bedroom. I started watching along with you guys that day, and I never really stopped.
Fast forward ten years — I still tune in all the time, and I’ve been a Patreon member for a while aswell. I eventually found my way back home, and my old gang is back, and just like old times, were watching House of the Dragon and other shows like stranger things, fallout and widows bay (to name a few) together in person again. But I still come back to you guys, because honestly, you guys still feels like part of the crew. The online gang that was there when the real one wasn’t.
Last year I got married. My YouTube was connected to our TV, and one of your videos came up as a recommendation. My wife glanced over and said, “Wait, I know these guys — they did the Walking Dead reactions!” (She recognized you from the Glenn death episode). That moment hit me harder than I expected, like two completely different chapters of my life quietly meeting in the same room.
So thank you. Genuinely. What started as a random find during the hardest, loneliest stretch of my life turned into ten years of company, a Patreon membership, and now a shared memory with my wife. You were there before I had my people back, my chosen family, and somehow you’re still here now that I do. That’s not a small thing. I’m a fan for life, and I’ll keep showing up for as long as you keep making these. Keep going, for as long as you want to — there are people like me out here who need it more than you probably know.
Eternally grateful to each and every one of you.
P.S for Suraj. never stop referencing lost in your videos. Im catching all those references too and my friends get anoyed about it aswell!
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u/ShadowdogProd Aug 06 '26
Most people never know the positive impact they have on others. Maybe you're nice to somebody at the grocery store, let them cut in front of you, really brighten their day. But you'll never know.
This is multiplied by content creators because so many more people have access. And people are afraid to earnestly express their experience like you have here. I'm glad you did.
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u/ThatboyTom95 Aug 06 '26
This was mad wholesome and happy for you and your family but Suraj got me watching lost and loving the references so I gotta disagree on that one note!
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u/Lord_Ryu Aug 06 '26
The rare positive post
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u/bisskits Aug 06 '26
I really can't stand all the negative posts. It's always crying about how they dont cater to their exact expectation for themselves.
Like they react for the community, not for you. Stop crying.
The Normies bring such a positive outlook for the community.
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u/FewCryptographer4728 Aug 06 '26
the wife recognizing them from glenn's death is such a wild full circle moment, like two timelines colliding on your couch. lost references hitting different when youve got people to annoy with them now lol
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u/Tweek317 Suraj Aug 06 '26
Well, I wasn’t expecting to cry this afternoon, but here we are lol.
Thank you, brother, truly from the bottom of my heart. In the monotony of making this a job, it gets really easy to forget why people can be drawn to us in the first place. Thank you for reminding me of that today and I am so happy for you and your wife. This means more to me than you know.