\nI wish I knew a synonym for normies that didn’t sound so internet-poisoned–“people aligned with mainstream culture in an unexamined way” is a useful concept, but I can’t describe it without sounding like I’m sneering.
We used to say “mundanes,” or, less freqently, “MORs” (from Middle Of the Road). But “mundanes” also sounds like you’re sneering, and “MORs” is obscure, so probably neither will do for what you want.
The men in the gray flannel suits?
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