Being socially accepted by your peers is overrated...
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fastbilly1
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Re: Being socially accepted by your peers is overrated...
Right on the head Ivo, it is pretty much a sentai series.
Re: Being socially accepted by your peers is overrated...
With legs that go all the way up to here.fastbilly1 wrote:Right on the head Ivo, it is pretty much a sentai series.
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Re: Being socially accepted by your peers is overrated...
Who cares, learn to accept yourself and then it really doesn't matter.
If you truly are a rare "type" of person (i beleive people are divided into about 8 identifiable personality types), I would say one thing: it's sensible to "play the game" and pretend to be a "normal" regular guy in most social situations (esp: job interviews, trying to get sex from a woman, etc).
Having said that, the worst thing you can do is internalize some kind of desire to ACTUALLY become like other people. If you are truly different from most people around you (ie: in the way you think, etc...not the cloths you wear or the trendy "sub-cultures" you think you belong to), always remind yourself that being socially "accepted" is a survival mechanism. The hard part is trying not to literally lose yourself in with the bargain, but it *IS* a necessary evil in order to survive among the masses who, basically, have a herd mentality and will wish to destroy anyone who shows any true signs of "individualism".
I guess everyone thinks they're quite unique, but I do beleive there are a few who stray so far from the "norm" that they need to protect themselves from "the others" in order to survive.
Keep yourself to yourself, and give others what they expect. That philosophy will save you a lot of hassle because, believe me, no one wants to hear about how "unique" you are and the idea that you might actually be quite different from most people might actually cause fear and hatred towards you from even friends and family. And that's not a nice thing to live through, just to prove a point
If you truly are a rare "type" of person (i beleive people are divided into about 8 identifiable personality types), I would say one thing: it's sensible to "play the game" and pretend to be a "normal" regular guy in most social situations (esp: job interviews, trying to get sex from a woman, etc).
Having said that, the worst thing you can do is internalize some kind of desire to ACTUALLY become like other people. If you are truly different from most people around you (ie: in the way you think, etc...not the cloths you wear or the trendy "sub-cultures" you think you belong to), always remind yourself that being socially "accepted" is a survival mechanism. The hard part is trying not to literally lose yourself in with the bargain, but it *IS* a necessary evil in order to survive among the masses who, basically, have a herd mentality and will wish to destroy anyone who shows any true signs of "individualism".
I guess everyone thinks they're quite unique, but I do beleive there are a few who stray so far from the "norm" that they need to protect themselves from "the others" in order to survive.
Keep yourself to yourself, and give others what they expect. That philosophy will save you a lot of hassle because, believe me, no one wants to hear about how "unique" you are and the idea that you might actually be quite different from most people might actually cause fear and hatred towards you from even friends and family. And that's not a nice thing to live through, just to prove a point