Being socially accepted by your peers is overrated...

[Luke]

This depends on who your peers are. In high school, being socially accepted by your peers equals being popular. In undergrad, being socially accepted by your peers usually equals lots of parties and sex. In grad school, being socially accepted by your peers equals you are on the same intellectual level.

In the real working world, being socially accepted = $

Just my experience though.

[Haoie]

And that's why we all like to hang around here.

[Erik_Twice]

Socially accepted by idiots = Useless

Socially accepted by coll people = $$

I'm already the weird guy in my class but everyone is nice to me and the girls like me =D

[fast]

Like Luke said, it depends in the world you live in. In the business world being socially accepted is a goal, however in ones personal life it may or may not be. Several of my peers attempt to belittle me in damn near everything I do, but in the end it doesnt really matter.

[grittykitty]

being socially accepted by your racketboy peers = no crapping on your threads. i think it's a pretty nice thing

[Luke]

Like Luke said, it depends in the world you live in.

You said it better than I did. There are a lot of occupations where being socially accepted can go against you. I was an assisted living administrator, and when managing a group of 30+ employees, the last thing you want to do is become friends with your employees. You can be friendly, but can't be friends. Same thing with coaching.
Now if you are running your own business, or are in sales, it's crucial to be socially accepted by your clients/peers.
As a rule, I'd just say don't be a dick.

[fast]

Let me give you an example from my life.

At work I am a bit of a pariah when it comes to my coworkers - I am a Support Specialist for an evil ISP’s commercial sales team. There are a lot of reasons for this but the one that is the most obvious is that I CAN do the bulk of the departments work by myself in a typical workday, however I do not. We all know I can because earlier this year I did for two days when everyone else was sick. So showing that I am capable and efficient means I get more work at less pay than my peers (don’t get me started on that). However when a promotion came up, they gave it to one of the other people. I found out later that they thought if I moved on the work would not get done… So at work, since I am outcast to my peers I am stuck doing the lionshare of the work.

A lot of those problems have been rectified recently when I informed them I would be doing equal work for equal pay. And after spending a week of only doing 30 minutes or so of work a day, they realized something needed to change. However my coworkers still hold that grudge and I am often “forgotten” when events come around. And yes I am fervently looking for another job.

However, once I leave work I go from being a pariah to a “go to guy.” But like I said, even that has its limits in that some people still try belittle me in everything… For example, at the convention last weekend I was wearing a Sailor Moon shirt and an associate of mine called me gay because of it (which I am sure some of you are thinking the same thing). Well let me tell you this, I got hit on the most I have ever been in said shirt. I seriously got something like forty (40) girl’s business cards and a couple napkins. It also helped me get in good with another conventions staff and I will hopefully be doing panels for them in the near future. More on that later.

[Anayo]

And that's why we all like to hang around here.

Win.

[DuManchu]

If you're not socially accepted by your peers it means you have the wrong friends...

I kid I kid...

That aside, I generally enjoy being socially accepted, though if half the people knew my thoughts on religion, politics, and science they would immediately stop talking to me (and probably start hating me). This is the reason I generally stay out of those types of conversations with most of my friends/peers except for the very closest of them.

[Ivo]

For example, at the convention last weekend I was wearing a Sailor Moon shirt and an associate of mine called me gay because of it (which I am sure some of you are thinking the same thing).

If I would think something about a guy watching Sailor Moon it could be that he is a bit of a pervert (not that I think you are). Those "transformations" sequences are a bit out of place for something that kids watch.

Other than that, it's essentially Power Rangers in anime form, with girls (and cats), isn't it? I never followed it, saw it some times on TV and it seemed to follow the same "every episode is the same with minor tweaks" template that Power Rangers uses. But from the amount I watched, I may be entirely wrong.

Ivo.