They copy each other. Those who are "just trying to be themselves" always end up being just like each other. See the Goths etc. Those who shun convention, always do it in a uniform, as in the "copy nothing" ad.
When I was growing up, I had an uncle who was a hippie or hippie-adjacent.
He always said they were "doing their own thing". Even at a young age I wondered why they were "doing their own thing" exactly the same way as everyone else in that group. It looked an awful lot like conforming to my young eyes.
They copy each other. Those who are "just trying to be themselves" always end up being just like each other. See the Goths etc. Those who shun convention, always do it in a uniform, as in the "copy nothing" ad.
When I was growing up, I had an uncle who was a hippie or hippie-adjacent.
He always said they were "doing their own thing". Even at a young age I wondered why they were "doing their own thing" exactly the same way as everyone else in that group. It looked an awful lot like conforming to my young eyes.