You can be amazed at how mundane things can produce powerful reactions in an audience. You could have a character that only enjoys chunky style peanut butter and half the readers will think that's awesome and the other half will be outraged because they think that creamy peanut butter is the only acceptable form.
The less mundane things get, the more powerful the reaction can be. How they feel about fashion, what they say about pop culture, who they respect as role models, those can get far stronger responses. And part of that is that far more people care about those subjects, and often they care far more deeply about them.
When weird things are normal, we get this strange response where we see the characters in repose, yet being different than we would accept.
Two big nerds having dinner together would be very weird to a non-nerd. Most of the conversation and jokes would go over people's heads, or may simply be twisted. But the same kind of thing would happen if nerdy readers read a story about two hillbillies having dinner together.
Ultimately, normalcy is where people are peaceful and happy, and almost anything can be normal, depending on what you've been through.
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