After all, it is our body and our life. Shouldn't everyone do what they want with it? I just hate it when people make fun of me for who I am. I'm different...so what. They seem different to me. I love myself for who I am and I would rather be hated for it than loved for trying to pretend to be someone who I'm not.

In other words, it's a web spun of cliches, and I'll just be the spider with broken legs who dare not ascend it, but undeniably play a part.

All humans are linked. Conformity is relative, but mostly, people are radically the same. Contradictions, tut tut tut. You're not as special as you think you are, and they're not as different from you than you think. I'd rather try to love everyone to make life a little easier.

I'd rather be respected for recognizing all points in the system - I don't care where I fall in it.

Albeit, I've been told I'm eccentric, out there, whatever. But I certainly don't aim for it. I try to be real in a surreality made from realism. It's an equation I'd rather not tackle.

Either way, either way.

Personally, I like being me. I like pretty much everyone. People do what they want with their body and lives. I don't try to be different by being who I am. I just am me. I just don't like people who want to be someone else.

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

- Colleen

yes， there are heaps of people， esp。 teenagers who do not like the idea of conformity as it restricts their individuality。。

but seriously， conformity in our society isnt restricting anyone，and even if it was they would be a good reason why。 you can still conform to a society and be an individual。

you stereotype and label all these subcultures in our society who say ’we‘re non-conformist’

now that dosent work， does it？

conforming is part of socialisation。

i have more to say， but i‘m done。

Actually, that's a common saying that's been misattributed to Kurt Cobain.

To be on topic, conformity is inevitable. There's always someone like you. Just do what you want, man.

You just really get sick of it after a while, especially if that person doesn't know you. I mean, I don't label anyone else, so why should we be labeld just because we're a bit different.

If I had to label myself, I'd label myself as just "A Person". Trying to conform with "the crowd" is just giving up your true identity. If people only like you for the person you have to pretend to be, they're not worth it.

everybody is trying to fit in. that they dont notice that they are losing their uniqueness

people end in "imitating-the-majority of the society" that they almost forget to "fit in"

it is hard to separate both perspective i guess.

fitting in the society maight be hard for some au de contrary so easy for others..

(hope you get my point)

there is a "scene" for everything. even the people that don't fit it.

it's hard to even put a label on conforming.

bascially it is trying to fit in or find a place in life.

i think the whole 'conforming' thing is based on the reasons you go into that scene.

i went into the punk scene because i loved the music, wanted to learn to play bass, and loved all the fun stuff like local shows etc.

i dont think saying im punk or anything is conforming.

i dooo think it is conforming when you go into the punk scene because it looks cool. you feel dangerous. all the people at the mall stair at you. you feel bad **. its what is the new cool thing to do.

to me that is a conformist.

i hope people get what im saying here.

Do we really need to express ourselves through what we wear?I think people should just be themselves.I guess in a way,it makes me a hypocrite.I can't go out and say I like certain stuff.What if my friends ditch me?I don't want to be alone.As a culture...we do not want to feel alone.Even the most unfeeling of people would tell you they don't like being lonely.I can understand why people conform.Fitting in is important,especially to my age-group.Maybe it's because there's no real subcultures where I am.You're like us,or you're not.Wow,I'm rambling.

Maybe you see my point?We don't have to dress a certain way...but we do.It's just the need to be in something bigger then ourselves.But.hey,ehat do I know?I'm only a kid.

1. Who I truly am.

2. A great friend.

I found out that truly I wasn't as extreme as I was perceived. So, I forced myself to act/dress/whatever else, like myself, not acting like something I saw, or wanted to be. I'm very comfortable with who I am now, not as self conscience or deppressed as I was before. So, I do feel like someone who doesn't try to be something other than themselves is quite an anomily. Another thing I found was that with my acting so different than I really was inside, I ended up with problem friends. I couldn't really relate to them, and they got into trouble all the time. My mom started getting worried about me, and it just wasn't good. Now, with me acting true to myself, I found a great friend, who doesn't really care about the groups of friends or anything of the sort. She's her, and I'm very grateful to have someone like that in my life.

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To think a bit outside the box... Everyone that says that they do not conform are conforming by saying that. Many people believe that it's "individual" or "unique" to not conform. Everyone has to conform somehow. Its basic humanity. In saying that, everyone is also different, or "unconforming".

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