Hello all, for those new guys who may know me by my shitposts and antics, a couple months ago I use to do these "social experiments", where I would ask #offtopic a question with a set of dynamic answers to produce a possible correlation, or just to survey the fine users here in our little corner of the web. I just ask that you reply seriously, or don't reply at all, so we can have some quality discussion.
So the topic of the day, conformity. The term is a tad vague, but for all intents and purposes, I would like you to define it for yourself, and choose where you belong. I separated into age groups because I feel like there could be a stigma for or against the term depending on which part of life one is at. I focused on the teenage/young adult years because that is when our perceptions and opinions on things change the most frequently.
[b]Would you consider yourself a conformist?[/b]
And for further inquiry, [b]what is your opinion on the term "conformist?" Negative feelings towards it? Positive?[/b]
Please comment with your age (or age group if you feel more comfortable doing so) and answer, I just put the poll as a visual aid. And remember, every time you vote in a poll and don't comment, a little kid drops his ice cream on the ground, and unknowledgeable of germs, eats it and dies from a tragic case of e-coli. Think of the children.
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Edited by Railgun: 7/25/2015 5:36:52 PMTo be completely honest, yes. I don't conform to really stupid shit, but I follow the latest trends in fashion, gaming, and etc. I don't have any negative opinions towards the term really. It's a good way to label the people who like to follow the crowd and separate them from the oddballs and leaders. My only qualm with the word I guess is that it is sometimes confused with adaptation; In the sense that some people only adopt to follow the crowd because it's a genuine necessity. For example, someone who is subject to extreme bullying in school may choose to adapt all the latest trends in order to fit in better elsewhere and escape their past.