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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: NastyDHL]
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NastyDHL said:
people who think they don't conform are just not aware of what they are conforming to.


That and their in denial.


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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: NastyDHL]
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NastyDHL said:
I really don't believe in people who say they don't conform to anything, at least not strangers on the internet.  The peer pressure to conform is usually a pretty subtle thing, and I think that maybe the people who think they don't conform are just not aware of what they are conforming to.


I hear what you are saying. Subtle conforming I can def understand.  But I take pride in the fact that I do my own thing!  I've never ]lied about my beliefs or what I am into just because a group thinks it's not cool or whatever. I'm sure I have socially conformed around people I like by mimicing the way they act, but I don't know if that is conforming or just being social :confused:

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: skatealex2]
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Yeah, doing your own thing is great but its hard when you are placed in a social setting, it's almost as if we lose our rational minds or something.

The most evident example of conformity for me is the clothing one wears, and the thinking that goes behind them.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
NastyDHL said:
I really don't believe in people who say they don't conform to anything, at least not strangers on the internet.  The peer pressure to conform is usually a pretty subtle thing, and I think that maybe the people who think they don't conform are just not aware of what they are conforming to.


I hear what you are saying. Subtle conforming I can def understand.  But I take pride in the fact that I do my own thing!  I've never ]lied about my beliefs or what I am into just because a group thinks it's not cool or whatever. I'm sure I have socially conformed around people I like by mimicing the way they act, but I don't know if that is conforming or just being social :confused:


The people who "do their own thing" are almost always a clique just like any other group.


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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: NastyDHL]
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NastyDHL said:
Yeah, doing your own thing is great but its hard when you are placed in a social setting, it's almost as if we lose our rational minds or something.

The most evident example of conformity for me is the clothing one wears, and the thinking that goes behind them.


I've been wearing the same type of clothing all my life.  comfy big pants and a t-shirt + sweatshirt :omgawesome:

I think clothing conformity can come with people being part of an upper class clique or because they are required to wear nice clothing to work.

Give me an example of what you mean

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
I've been wearing the same type of clothing all my life.  comfy big pants and a t-shirt + sweatshirt :omgawesome:


Same here, but sometimes I wear gym shorts outside, sometimes I wear my sleeping pants, and sometimes I don't even wear a shirt.


Fuck people who care about stupid shit like clothes! :thebird:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
I've been wearing the same type of clothing all my life.  comfy big pants and a t-shirt + sweatshirt :omgawesome:

I think clothing conformity can come with people being part of an upper class clique or because they are required to wear nice clothing to work.

Give me an example of what you mean


A 'noob' wanting to be accepted at a Shroomery gathering may wear patched corduroy pants, tie-die shirt, hemp jewelry, sandals, and a drug rug.

A white dude living in the city might wear baggy jeans, Nike or Jordan sneakers, a loose t-shirt with a picture of Obama or something to do with money on it, a gold chain, and a New York Yankees fitted cap.

A black dude trying to keep up with the evolving hip hop scene might wear tighter jeans, converse sneakers, a tighter t-shirt with bright colors, and a studded leather bracelet or another accessory typical of a 'rocker'.

A dude living in the suburbs might wear plaid shorts, nike sneakers, and a fitted baseball cap, and listen exclusively to lil wayne.

It's all about marketing and making people feel like they need to belong to a social group.

Relatedly, marketing seems to have shifted as to try and make white guys idolize black rappers, and black rappers, and therefore black kids, are now transitioning into a rock'ish style.  It seems to me that marketers are trying to merge the white and black cultures.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Poid]
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Poid said:
Same here, but sometimes I wear gym shorts outside, sometimes I wear my sleeping pants, and sometimes I don't even wear a shirt.


Fuck people who care about stupid shit like clothes! :thebird:


word bro! I thought you were giving me the finger for a second :eek:  I personally like wearing band t-shirts, because that is the one clique I can usually identify with, people that like similar music. I love when someone calls me out on a t-shirt.

clothing is a ridiculous thing to obsess over  though  :heresjohnny: I hope business' are more laid back about clothing as time goes on. I would hate to have to dress nicely to work one day  :rant:  :noway:  :boring:  :weirdeyes:

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
word bro! I thought you were giving me the finger for a second :eek:


:lol:, who said I wasn't? :awesome:

JK!


skatealex2 said:
I personally like wearing band t-shirts, because that is the one clique I can usually identify with, people that like similar music. I love when someone calls me out on a t-shirt.


Coincidentally, I am wearing a Yellow Submarine t-shirt today.


skatealex2 said:
clothing is a ridiculous thing to obsess over  though  :heresjohnny: I hope business' are more laid back about clothing as time goes on. I would hate to have to dress nicely to work one day  :rant:  :noway:  :boring:  :weirdeyes:


QFT.


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Poid]
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My primary criteria for choosing what to wear is:

1. Does the article of clothing smell?
2. Does it have any visible stains / food morsels / bodily fluids on it?
3. Does it fit?

If I'm going out I'll normally try and co-ordinate in some fashion, but mostly I couldn't care less. I don't know how I survived without hiking trousers :lol:.


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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Cepheus]
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Cepheus said:
My primary criteria for choosing what to wear is:

1. Does the article of clothing smell?
2. Does it have any visible stains / food morsels / bodily fluids on it?
3. Does it fit?


Perfect list of criterion for clothing! :thumbup:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: NastyDHL]
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I didn't even shower in high school and just the start of it.


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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: UnholyChild666]
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:lol:, really?


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Poid]
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Really, I could go a week or more, I would wash my hair even less, I would go a month with out even getting it wet.  The most I would go without showering would be just a few days over a week.


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"I am the Highest Power the leader of the pack"

Actiavte My Dream Sequence Machine

GOD of the hologram earth

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Poid]
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I find that to some, clothing can be an interest and/or hobby just like anything else.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: badchad]
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UnholyChild666 said:
Really, I could go a week or more, I would wash my hair even less, I would go a month with out even getting it wet.  The most I would go without showering would be just a few days over a week.


Why?


badchad said:
I find that to some, clothing can be an interest and/or hobby just like anything else.


Lots of people become unhealthily obsessed with their hobbies, like me and the Shroomery! :wink:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Poid]
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i think it really depends on where you go. colleges in general are more tolerant of everyone. like other people have said, you're judged for who you are, not who you were.

i've been to a few private/ivy league schools to visit friends and they definitely seem to care more about cliques. at my state school we have a little bit of everything here, but at case western and miami it's pretty much just preppy kids. i was up there to see my friend play at a bar, and from one end of the room to the other it was just white popped collars and plaid abercrombie shorts. it was pretty hilarious considering the band was covering mostly rage against the machine and similar artists...lol.

at case western i also got called a "dirty fuckin hippy" for wearing a tie dye shirt. then this girl came up to me and asked me if i went to school here. i said, "no, i go to ohio university" and she was just like, "oh, i'm sorry." gave me a dirty look and walked away.

it seriously surprised me because no one at my school would care at all how i looked or dressed. whatever tho.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: JT]
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What shitty people, I truly feel sorry for them. :sad:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: Poid]
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Poid said:
UnholyChild666 said:
Really, I could go a week or more, I would wash my hair even less, I would go a month with out even getting it wet.  The most I would go without showering would be just a few days over a week.


Why?



It just came natural to me, by senior year I started to though.


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"I am the Highest Power the leader of the pack"

Actiavte My Dream Sequence Machine

GOD of the hologram earth

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Re: Everybody says that high school is the main era of conformity in one's life [Re: UnholyChild666]
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To each their own. :monkeydance:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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