We always used the term norms as teenagers when on acid. “Go buy some soft fruits from the norms in the garage” massive paranoia as attempting to pass as a norm while your mind swirls around itself.
Norms were the people not staring into the chemical event horizon
He he he. I remember a bunch of us still tripping about six AM on a Sunday morning plucking up the courage to go up to a Milkman and ask if we could buy a pint of milk off his float. Felt like a monumental task to speak his language!
Using the term 'norms' to refer to the general populace. The implied exceptionalism of the user is almost always wildly inaccurate.