I stopped following the crowd many years ago. I assume there is a crowd...I prefer to ignore the whole concept and just focus on individual people.
Always. There is never a time that I don't do what everyone else tells me to do. That's why I want to move to China.
Always. There is never a time that I don't do what everyone else tells me to do. That's why I want to move to China.
What is the definition of a crowd? Is it society with laws and principles or just trends based on our media?
Or is it just the people in your immediate vicinity? If that is the case, is this in reference to changing yourself to align with their opinions of the world, or is it simply overlooking small things to get along?
A lot of the time I go with the flow. I don't speak up a lot unless it is something I feel really strongly about. If it means trying to keep up with trends or to feel like you need the latest stuff to fit in, then no.
If it means adjusting your behavior based on who you are around, then yes. But I never say something that isn't "me," nor do I let people believe I am something that I am not. However, I can't always guarantee things are that way.
If it means following a crowd that is running away in a panic or screaming to lynch someone, then hell no.
It is all relative.
I hate it when people "don't follow the crowd" or instantly hate the latest trends because they're popular.
Crowd? Other people? Where?
In all truth, it's absurd to claim that you DON'T follow the crowd, because you wouldn't even be able to speak and think, without them. Your whole perceptions about the world are entirely manipulated by the monkeys before you; and even your rebellions are manipulated. ^^ All underground and counter-culture movements are still popular culture, and that's how they got to you. Unless you make something entirely in your head, in which case it doesn't even matter.
You can be presented with A.
You can rebel: not A!
Meanwhile, there are also B and C, but you wouldn't even know.
I mean - negation of what is offered is not freedom. And choice is an illusion, when you simply don't know.