Sounds odd to my ears, but I remember when I was in high school how acutely aware I was of being different in so many ways and not liking it. However, I didn't want to be just like everyone else, it was more like I wanted to be the same as I was but not so bothered by it. Eventually I left high school (as everyone does, at least physically) and it didn't bother me so much anymore. But I see it in my son, who is 16 and different and I think wants to be invisible.
People like this do really exist, there are lots of them (otherwise what would they conform to?) but you don't often hear them admit it so candidly to each other, since part of conformity today is Being An "Edgy" Individual (Just Like All The Other "Edgy" Individuals). And I wonder why he is bothered by his freinds getting promotions and raises - was it because they fit in and conformed even better than he did, or because they somehow rose above the crowd? In a perfectly conformist society, no one would ever get promoted, I should think... at least it would be against their will ("No! No! Don't lift me out of the hive! Auuuggghhh...")
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Date: 2011-05-09 12:38 am (UTC)From:People like this do really exist, there are lots of them (otherwise what would they conform to?) but you don't often hear them admit it so candidly to each other, since part of conformity today is Being An "Edgy" Individual (Just Like All The Other "Edgy" Individuals). And I wonder why he is bothered by his freinds getting promotions and raises - was it because they fit in and conformed even better than he did, or because they somehow rose above the crowd? In a perfectly conformist society, no one would ever get promoted, I should think... at least it would be against their will ("No! No! Don't lift me out of the hive! Auuuggghhh...")