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Why can't you just be normal (blank)

Use when a plea for ordinary restraint is answered by loud, chaotic, or proudly abnormal behavior.

What it expresses: One party requests normality while the other immediately demonstrates why that request is hopeless.
Example: You ask the group to choose a restaurant without turning it into a spreadsheet, and they launch a forty-column scoring model.
When not to use it: The group calmly chooses from two ordinary options; there is no chaotic answer to the request for normal behavior.