Poll: CONFORMISTS!!!!

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I think that being different for the sake of being different is silly and childish. Sometimes conformity is a good thing, but its up to the individual to use their best judgement on whether or not they should do something. But "is everyone else doing it?" can't be the only thing to consider.

 

[Mikeyfell]

and there's nothing academic or intellectual about comic books

You sir have never read V for Vendetta, Watchmen or Transmetropolitan. To name just 3 big ones off the top of my head.

ok you're right I've never read them but that's not really what I'm talking about

it wouldn't be an academic pursuit to read a story book over a text book
no matter how intellectual the story was

and "nerd" being synonymous with "smart" is a symptom of nerd-dom not a cause

they're so slavishly devoted to their field of interest that interacting with normal people is a drag
so instead of making friends and going to parties they do their homework

but speaking as a nerd who isn't into comic books or sports you can trust
Merriam Webster got the wrong definition

 

[Daverson]

Have you ever noticed that members of "anti-conformist" groups all dress the same, talk the same and all listen to similar music?

Humorous, no?

My outlook is, do what you like and what you have to. Don't do something because other people do it, and more importantly, don't do something because other people don't do it.

 

[the lapalminator]

just let me quote a rush song on this one

"if you choose to not decide you still have made a choice, i will choose a path thats clear i will choose free will"

 

[lacktheknack]

I wear what's comfy and groom myself to not look sloppy. I don't know - or care - about what people expect me to wear (except for formal occasions).

 

[Anarchemitis]

The uneducated masses of sheeple who conform to norms say the norm is not being Racist.

What does that spell for Anti-conformists?

Your poll does not give the option which I feel applies to me: That Conformity is not a dichotomy because there is the option to not care and not notice.

 

[Caliostro]

I apologize if i'm not being clear, but i never said that popular activities are always practical.

That was my entire point.

A lot of things (in general) are popular because they're good, but being popular does not mean something is good.

 

[lacktheknack]

tt: i picked a little. You can't get past schoolage without conforming a little.

Oh yes you can.

I stuck through Physics, despite it having about 4 people in it, and dropped Biology, despite it having about 80 people in it. I had a completely non-descript wardrobe that clashed a bit, responded to requests to conform with angry glares and the occasional "Cthulhu fhtagn" (yes, really), ran the school choir mostly by myself, left with the school's first "Best Vocalist" award and a spot on the honor roll.

I even had some friends!

And I didn't do a single thing because it was "cool".

 

[Caliostro]

ok you're right I've never read them but that's not really what I'm talking about

it wouldn't be an academic pursuit to read a story book over a text book
no matter how intellectual the story was

Because?

I'm not arguing the rest of your point, I kinda agree with it, it's just the idea that comics can not be intellectual pursuits that I'm trying to demystify. Comics like the ones I mentioned above are incredibly intellectual. You could write entire scientific dissertations on each of those books.

 

[ayuri]

I don't give a crap what other people think but the finniest thing to see is non conformists its not that they don't care about what they wear but they conform in a different way (often to a much greater extreme) and call it non conforming the only way to really not conform is not care whether or not you are conforming. if you do or don't look like someone it does not matter as long as you wear something.

 

[Mikeyfell]

ok you're right I've never read them but that's not really what I'm talking about

it wouldn't be an academic pursuit to read a story book over a text book
no matter how intellectual the story was

Because?

I'm not arguing the rest of your point, I kinda agree with it, it's just the idea that comics can not be intellectual pursuits that I'm trying to demystify. Comics like the ones I mentioned above are incredibly intellectual. You could write entire scientific dissertations on each of those books.

I haven't read them but would you say those comics are just as (or more) informative than an article in a scientific magazine on the same subject matter?

if you had to write a research paper on that subject would you read the comic or an excerpt from a text book?

I'm not down saying the intellectual value of a comic it would probably be better (or at least less clouded by story line) to get the info from a different source

it wouldn't be efficient to pick around the story for the information you want

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Doing what everyone else is doing just for the sake of being the same or "normal" is absolutely retarded. Though it's not likely that you'll go through life being completely unique, there have been to many people for something not to have been done.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

when something works really well and is adopted by the majority of the population...
an artist calls it cliche
and a biologist calls it evolution

I agree. I've been thinking about social evolution a bit recently although my thoughts on it're probably worth little because of my ignorance of the area.

I am my own person. I wear what i want to wear and if you don't like it well fuck you.

Nobody cares what you wear.

and that's fine with me.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

tt: i picked a little. You can't get past schoolage without conforming a little.

Oh yes you can.

I stuck through Physics, despite it having about 4 people in it, and dropped Biology, despite it having about 80 people in it. I had a completely non-descript wardrobe that clashed a bit, responded to requests to conform with angry glares and the occasional "Cthulhu fhtagn" (yes, really), ran the school choir mostly by myself, left with the school's first "Best Vocalist" award and a spot on the honor roll.

I even had some friends!

And I didn't do a single thing because it was "cool".

Thats not what i meant. What i meant was that it is easy to not conform in school, but it gets difficult afterwards.

 

[Prince Regent]

The Nonconfirmist sketch.

Person 1 (to person 2): Are you a nonconfirmist?
Person 2 : No.

 

[Canid117]

I don't care about being a conformist or a non conformist

 

[Del-Toro]

I just dress comfortably. That tends to bring me in line with everyone else in a lot of ways, but I don't go out of my way to look like everyone else. For example, I don't buy labelled clothing (Mark's Work Warehouse ftw) because it's fifty bucks extra. Actually, the kids who go out of their way to look different are the worst in my mind. Because you're still dressing on the whims of everyone else and you're still going to have a collection of people who dress exactly like you anyway, yet everyone else are the sheeple.