Why do people conform?

[Vendetta21]

Re: Why do people conform?

Why do people try to fit in?
Why do people try to be what they're not?
Why are people so prone to do these things?
It makes no sense to me.

People conform because they are a product of their environment. Their environment suggests, and sometimes forces them, to conform. Following the path of least resistance is inherently natural to humans even without environmental influences. It is in the path of least resistance to conform to what their environmental influences suggest.

[ljw5021]

Re: Why do people conform?

I think if you look up what the word 'irony' means, you may wish to reconsider your accusation that I'm being childish.

You just took my definition of conformist/nonconformist, completely out of context.

I'm not talking about labels, I'm talking about JUST conformist/nonconformist. People who TRY to be either are stupid, because either way you're changing yourself and becoming just like a group of people. So the kids who think they're really different for being nonconformist are really just conforming to a different crowd.

[devonin]

Re: Why do people conform?

And my point was that by saying

I just wore and did what I wanted and found other people who didn't give two ****s about what other people were thinking.

You were conforming to the "Labels are stupid" crowd. It was half irony, one quarter jest, and one quarter serious statement. I'm sorry if you felt it was childish.

[Bamboozler]

Re: Why do people conform?

To fit in with a social group, and feel accepted... acceptance is a primary factor in a humans life.

[atalkingcow]

Re: Why do people conform?

Because it's easy, and because no matter who you are, there is someone out there who is enough like you, that it seems as if you are a group.

There's 5.5+Billion people out there, and guess what!

EVERYONE OF THEM IS UNIQUE- JUST LIKE YOU!

~Enjoy~

~~No matter how different you may think you are, someone will find a label for you, get over it~~

*edit*screw the H3, I forgot how to do even the simplest HTML T.T

[Xack24]

Re: Why do people conform?

You were conforming to the "Labels are stupid" crowd.

It's impossible not to confrom to a label because we have labels for everything and everyone.

[devonin]

Re: Why do people conform?

It's impossible not to confrom to a label because we have labels for everything and everyone.

<family guy>
Yes Ted, that was the joke
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[g4z33b0]

Re: Why do people conform?

hey a talkingcow you do know that "</h>" is not how you close an <h3> tag right?

on-topic: it's natural to want to fit in a feel accepted.

[ljw5021]

Re: Why do people conform?

And my point was that by saying You were conforming to the "Labels are stupid" crowd. It was half irony, one quarter jest, and one quarter serious statement. I'm sorry if you felt it was childish.

But the major difference is, I'm not going out of my way to be like/unlike anyone else.

[slipstrike0159]

Re: Why do people conform?

I think the most basic reason for this whole situation wasn't hit strongly enough. The main reason is because people dont like to be alone. There is a reason why solitary confinement is one of the strictest punishments in prison. So naturally people will do what they can to be around other people and sometimes this means trying to change who they are and ultimately becoming what they changed into.

Conformity/Nonconformity is only part of the label system of modern day media and interactions. Because today we have the ability to be whomever we please, the natural tendency is to label each and every thing as a way of keeping track of it all. Emo, preppy, jock... Its all just a way to closely classify someones habits of dress, attitude, etc. What people dont realize is that taking to a specific classification is just giving the media more justification to praise or hate one classification over another which brings the whole controversy of being in a "clique".

I think ljw5021 has somewhat of the right idea but isnt getting it across as strongly as it could be. If all logic points to conforming as an act of not being lonely, then it would also mean that all you simply have to do is find people who you enjoy being around regardless of which "class" they fall in and if someone rejects you because you are not the same as them then they are obviously to immature to deserve your friendship. If you dont worry/care about the whole thing then you will find that you are happier without it.

I base my friends off of their morals and if i have fun with them or not. For whatever reason, the public tries to make it more complicated than that.

[SOS-Bam]

Re: Why do people conform?

Let's face it, society needs conformity. If all us teens didn't conform to the school's and their idiocy, we'd have no foundation for a future society. If adults didn't conform to working at a job as opposed to stealing the money from a bank, economies would cripple. Why do people conform? We act based on role models we look up to, essentially conforming to what they believe.

[amandaissingle]

Re: Why do people conform?

conformity is stupid it's sucking the creativity from the world and eventually the world wil be boring.STOP CONFORMITY!

[MarisaKirisame]

Re: Why do people conform?

It's impossible to be "original". Everything you do will've been done by someone else at some time.

Well, impossible isn't the word for it, but let's put it this way. You're probably never going to meet an "original" person in your life. Is everyone different in some way? Yeah. But does that make everyone original? No. At least not anymore than they would be if they all wore the same things and did the same things.

That being said, I just do as I like and know that no matter what I do, someone will always agree with me. What's the point of trying to do otherwise?

EDIT: Oh god, bad typo. Fixed it.

[amandaissingle]

Re: Why do people conform?

i h ate when people listen to the music i do because they saw that one song on MTV and it is possible to be original that is why the great Peter Lewis Kingston WEntz III created fueled by Ramen b/c conformity is ruining our lives

[MilfeulleSakuraba]

Re: Why do people conform?

yeah damn people for having different reasons from you for listening to the music you listen to!