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- cogitocogito, on 10/10/2007, -1/+65Don't conform to nonconformity either. There are plenty of things the crowd gets right. Figure it out for yourself.
- khedoros, on 07/31/2009, -2/+52There have, however, been people that are like you, except better. Feel insufficient now? Deal with it. And have a nice day :-D
- Sornos, on 10/10/2007, -3/+52I consider this a pet peeve, but I absolutely hate it when some kid walks around wearing carbon copy "nonconformist" clothes, listening to all the same "nonconformist" music, and claim themselves "I totally be myself, I'm no one's bitch". Only the irony stops me from smacking them.
- mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -5/+41I hate to be the digg douche who makes the Fight Club reference, but "you are not a unique snow flake".
- sQPha7e, on 10/10/2007, -8/+35O RLY?
- bobbydiamondz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20"There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist."
- AegisC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18The only way that you can be a non-conformist is if you dress just like us and listen to the same music we do. --South Park goths
- LordSkywalker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Mr. Rogers better not have been lying to me.
- Manuelmty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11You're just the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
- D0P3M4N, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14What if you have a twin?
- skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I really liked the article, especially after all the "if you don't do or like the things on this list, you're not a real man" articles we've had.
- sonick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13You douchebag
- Krumm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I'm Spartacus.
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Just do whatever you like (within the boundaries of non coercion) and damn the consequences and any who stand in your way. If it's conforming that draws you then conform.
Seeing the results of popular opinion though I'd say more often than not the majority are wrong. The main point is it shouldn't be about rebelling, if you find yourself taking drugs to spite your parents then you are already acting for the benefit of another. The majority of non-conformists fall into this category IMHO. There are very few who just do what they want and usually they don't question whether they are non-conformists, they wouldn't consider the opinions of society to be altogether relevant so as to give it a title. - nissanskyrice, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Brian: Please, please, please listen! I've got one or two things to say.
The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of them!
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not... - ZaZ2137, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11Just remember, you're unique....just like everyone else :)
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Citation needed.
- Rocketbird, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5No way.
- XopherMV, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Ah, you noticed that "non-conformists" tend to dress, look, act, and think alike.
You want to be a real non-conformist? No, the way you dress does not really count. Neither does the music you listen to or the television shows you watch. Neither does your hair style, number of tattoos, or how many piercings you have and where. These are superficial differences that really mean nothing.
Examine every aspect of your life that really counts. Examine your political assumptions. Go all the way down to the base of your thoughts. WHY is all government bad? WHY is government good? Examine your religious assumptions. WHY is your religion correct? HOW could your religion be incorrect? Examine the way you live and truly understand WHY you do the things you do. Going through these assumptions takes years.
Throw out the nonsense in everything and keep the things that are true for you. That nonsense you throw away is likely what everyone else believes. That nonsense is what you believed because everyone else believed it, even though you never really agreed. Only then can you really be yourself. - Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5The value in individualism is experienced especially potently when one can understand that (from a certain perspective) nothing is inherently valuable. If one's appreciation for individualism is only in contrast against frustrations with conformity, one is still a slave to conformity. Value exists only where we chose to place it, knowingly or otherwise.
Choices can be made (theoretically) individually, or arranged collectively with an eye toward preservation of the individual's ability to appropriate power, all in the in pursuit of happiness... provided no one else is harmed or prevented from such along the way (ie: much of western society society). I guess this is meta-obviousness though.
At surface value, this article seems to perpetuate a "special snowflake" syndrome that can bring about uncompassionate egotism. I appreciate my individuality tremendously... but I also appreciate allowing my identity to disintegrate as much as possible, and listening to the valueless stream of noise that my mind erupts with. Both are dandy, neither inherently though.
Pardon the inarticulate spots of this post... reach for the two or three word stretches where I express something meaningful.. I'll stop now, else this post could also turn into a bioshock quote fest... but I'll just wait for the diggdowns and flames. - murty, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Its funny, people often expect Christians to not conform to the world. It even says in the bible
"I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world." 1 Corinthians 10:2
But as a Christian for several years now, i have noticed so many people (mainly youth) conforming to the standard of a Christian youth. I myself have let myself become like that and i don't want to be the same as everyone else.
So i really encourage you, Christian or not, to be who you are, cos there ain't gunna be anyone like you again! - CrypticSkeptic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What if yourself is to imitate or copy others? Paradox.
- ebcreasoner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4NO. I am Spartacus!
- jjb123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Ya Way.
- arevolutionof1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Everyone so far who has dogged the article is missing the point. Yes it's true, that there are fake non-conformists who are in reality just a different brand of conformist. Yes, the crowd is right about a lot of things. No one can tell you whether to be conformist or non-conformist. And it is true, you can't truly be anything other than yourself, "how am I not myself?" (I *Heart* Huckabees). All very good and valid points. But what the article is about is the fear of being who you truly are and want to be. And about trying to be one thing because of that fear, rather than allowing yourself to be who you are. Don't get hung up on the words conformist and non-conformist and the way we see them in our heads. This article has a valuable message.
- CarpeFishem, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This is way too ironic, given how much of a hive mind Digg has become.
- Emceay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Eh, they're young, they don't know that the word they're looking for is "counter-culture"
- du4l1ty, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
- thePheonix9, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5That was a nice read and carries with it a lesson I've been following for the last 5 years. I can honestly say, once you break away and can recognize yourself, you have a better time.
- carve, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5What if you're an *****?
- Plinkotic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4as Carol Channing:
I'm Shparticush!
/I wish Ryan Stiles was still on TV - aeoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I think you missed the point. The point is not that we're only unique after we do something. Just as you say, we are unique no matter what. That's not the point. The article speaks of courage to be oneself. It speaks of personal integrity, of being honest before thyself. That sort of thing. I guess it went over your head. Yes, even if you're not honest to yourself, you're still unique, duh. But it's better to be courageous than to be fearfully conformist.
- khedoros, on 07/31/2009, -0/+3...you want to be lit on fire?
- Hetman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4lol. I agree. People naturally find people who are similiar to themselves. Their crowd may not be the largest crowd with the most majority but they still conform to basic beliefs of whatever group their in.
- Sornos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3/I/ AM SPARTACUS!
- OneLess, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3To roughly quote South Park, "to be a non-conformist, you have to look and act exactly like us" :)
- Emceay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3So that's why everything tastes like chicken!
- arevolutionof1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Is that hippy as in wide hipped? Or hippie as in peace and love generation of the '60's. Because I can take your taunts at the summer of love generation, and even, though hardly, at the great Mr. Rogers, but if you're insulting large hipped women, that I cannot tolerate!
- jacenat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2this gotta be the best comment so far.
- bagboyrebel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2there is a difference between conforming to non-conformity and actually being yourself.
- Rocketbird, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2@TGMD
If that's the real you, then you'd probably get your ass kicked to within an inch of your life by somebody who got lit on fire by you and you'd (hopefully) reconsider doing it to another person. - monsterofNone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2you are the only you that has ever been or ever will be... and we'd all appreciate it if you'd sod off.
- arevolutionof1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How would you know?
- AaronMan24, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Yet every ***** is the same.
- cankillar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually, there's a 4% chance that somebody out there, right now, looks exactly like you (or at one point did), because of the number of possible combinations of the human genome. I forget what the principle is called, so i can't wiki it, but if somebody else knows it then please reply with the name.
- nebion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That's why the article talks about being *yourself*.
However, all of us being ourselves must accept other people being themselves - and quite possibly ending up mainstream or organized counter-mainstream in the process...it's not as if humanity is particularly impressive or enlightened. The few that are should be encouraged to be true to themselves. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2well.. twins have different mitochondrial dna, so on some level they are not the same even genetically. they also have different experiences and memories. oh and twins are not made up of the same matter, so i'm sure there is some quantum theory stuff that makes them different, but i don't really know anything about that.
- Memnochxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Blah blah blah. You guys take ***** too seriously.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3^_^
- gwhardyiv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Speak for yourself.
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