In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard to believe because, until you get good at it, knitting seems to cause those ailments. The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.
I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.
I do know that there isn't ever going to be a time when there aren't any knitters.
Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.