It's not completely weird. When one gets peer acceptance pushed into them for their entire life, they have no way of knowing how to think differently, or for themselves. They use things like tattoos, creation of music, painting, and other forms of expression to display their "individuality", but still toe the line of acceptance very, very closely. Rebellion while still conforming, i.e. "Rage against the machine, man!". The media, schools, ad companies and brand pushers, the (IMO, pathetic) pushing of "role models" and false "idols" in a manner that people can pretend that they're someone else, and others push relentlessly to reinforce this. On a personal note, once I was "rejected" as a grade schooler, I never looked back, and thought of those people as total automatons, and reveled in my total freedom from such programming. As I've gotten older, I've learned to be more sympathetic to those who are waking up (or starting to) and dare question everything, but there are those who are truly lost.

My grandfather once said, "People spend 98% of their time talking about other people." and he was right. That falls into line with everything else I've stated above.

It's not completely weird. When one gets peer acceptance pushed into them for their entire life, they have no way of knowing how to think differently, or for themselves. They use things like tattoos, creation of music, painting, and other forms of expression to display their "individuality", but still toe the line of acceptance very, very closely. Rebellion while still conforming, i.e. "Rage against the machine, man!". The media, schools, ad companies and brand pushers, the (IMO, pathetic) pushing of "role models" in a manner that people can play pretend that they're someone else, and others push relentlessly to reinforce this. On a personal note, once I was "rejected" as a grade schooler, I never looked back, and thought of those people as total automatons, and reveled in my total freedom from such programming. As I've gotten older, I've learned to be more sympathetic to those who are waking up (or starting to) and dare question everything, but there are those who are truly lost.

My grandfather once said, "People spend 98% of their time talking about other people." and he was right. That falls into line with everything else I've stated above.

It's not completely weird. When one gets peer acceptance pushed into them for their entire life, they have no way of knowing how to think differently, or for themselves. They use things like tattoos, creation of music, painting, and other forms of expression to display their "individuality", but still toe the line of acceptance very, very closely. Rebellion while still conforming, i.e. "Rage against the machine, man!". The media, schools, ad companies and brand pushers, the (IMO, pathetic) pushing of "role models" so they can play pretend that they're someone else, and others push relentlessly to reinforce this. On a personal note, once I was "rejected" as a grade schooler, I never looked back, and thought of those people as total automatons, and reveled in my total freedom from such programming. As I've gotten older, I've learned to be more sympathetic to those who are waking up (or starting to) and dare question everything, but there are those who are truly lost.

My grandfather once said, "People spend 98% of their time talking about other people." and he was right. That falls into line with everything else I've stated above.

It's not completely weird. When one gets peer acceptance pushed into them for their entire life, they have no way of knowing how to think differently, or for themselves. They use things like tattoos, creation of music, painting, and other forms of expression to display their "individuality", but still toe the line of acceptance very, very closely. Rebellion while still conforming, i.e. "Rage against the machine, man!". The media, schools, ad companies and brand pushers, the (IMO, pathetic) pushing of "role models", and others push relentlessly to reinforce this. On a personal note, once I was "rejected" as a grade schooler, I never looked back, and thought of those people as total automatons, and reveled in my total freedom from such programming. As I've gotten older, I've learned to be more sympathetic to those who are waking up (or starting to) and dare question everything, but there are those who are truly lost.

My grandfather once said, "People spend 98% of their time talking about other people." and he was right. That falls into line with everything else I've stated above.

It's not completely weird. When one gets peer acceptance pushed into them for their entire life, they have no way of knowing how to think differently, or for themselves. They use things like tattoos, creation of music, painting, and other forms of expression to display their "individuality", but still toe the line of acceptance very, very closely. Rebellion while still conforming, i.e. "Rage against the machine, man!". The media, schools, ad companies and brand pushers, and others push relentlessly to reinforce this. On a personal note, once I was "rejected" as a grade schooler, I never looked back, and thought of those people as total automatons, and reveled in my total freedom from such programming. As I've gotten older, I've learned to be more sympathetic to those who are waking up (or starting to) and dare question everything, but there are those who are truly lost.

My grandfather once said, "People spend 98% of their time talking about other people." and he was right. That falls into line with everything else I've stated above.

It's not completely weird. When one gets peer acceptance pushed into them for their entire life, they have no way of knowing how to think differently, or for themselves. They use things like tattoos, creation of music, painting, and other forms of expression to display their "individuality", but still toe the line of acceptance very, very closely. Rebellion while still conforming, i.e. "Rage against the machine, man!". The media, schools, ad companies and brand pushers, and others push relentlessly to reinforce this. On a personal note, once I was "rejected" as a grade schooler, I never looked back, and thought of those people as total automatons, and reveled in my total freedom from such programming. As I've gotten older, I've learned to be more sympathetic to those who are waking up (or starting to) and dare question everything, but there are those who are truly lost.