Normies is a term that crypto enthusiasts use to refer to folks that don't know much about crypto. I guess it's pejorative, but I use it in jest. Maybe I should stop using it.
And got out because it's not interesting anymore.
I can say that this normie predates your crypto experience with 3 years. A lot of people here way earlier.
My currently expired crypto magazine it's most popular article was "how to recover your Bitcoin password" ~ 2017. I've seen/experienced this 'movement' before ;).
Ps. Ethereum was already popular then because of it's "potential" of programmability.
I'll consider it again after tether drops the crypto market.
I'm also not following it anymore.