wrongpart of life is being an individual
if someone started wearing the same clothes as you can started acting like u, u would be annoyed would u not?
(if someone started wearing the same clothes as you can started acting like u, u would be annoyed would u not?
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Sat 10 Apr 2004, 20:00,
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Nope.There's a difference between popularity and conformity. Do you really think everything that's any good only stays good so long as it's only an elite minority who appreciate it?
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Sat 10 Apr 2004, 20:04,
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these are wise words.fact is, we're all cliquey. some may want to conform to the politically correct "Let All Good" side of life, but ultimately we are all different, and the more pressure a person feels to conform against their ideals, the more strongly they'll end up reacting against it. Pretty basic psychology really. I don't have to like everyone just so I can feel like a mature human being.
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.spanky is singing "PEANUTS!",
Sat 10 Apr 2004, 20:06,
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So. To recap:1) You start a thread about how rude b3ta has become, and then proceed to tell us that we lack intelligence.
2) You tell us that it was better in your day when b3ta was for a certain type of crowd and met your standards of behavior, and then you start talking about how we shouldn't conform to group psychology.
I predict that your next argument, in keeping with your inability to maintain any kind of logical point or continuity of rhetoric, will be about how ice cream should be called Dave.
I repeat: *sigh*
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Sat 10 Apr 2004, 20:13,
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2) You tell us that it was better in your day when b3ta was for a certain type of crowd and met your standards of behavior, and then you start talking about how we shouldn't conform to group psychology.
I predict that your next argument, in keeping with your inability to maintain any kind of logical point or continuity of rhetoric, will be about how ice cream should be called Dave.
I repeat: *sigh*
I don't care how rude b3ta has becomeI care that it feels more like an open day for junior school kids with no parents around. When I started frequenting the board I'd guess the average age was mid-twenties. Some people, like bananaman turned out to be 16 and you just wouldn't have known from their manner. Nowadays the average age seems to be mid-teens. This in itself is fine of course, it's just a world apart from what I used to know and love.
you also assert that I said you all lack intelligence. Perhaps, comparatively, since the average age of board members has dropped. I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying you'll have a different outlook on things when you're ten years older.
2) it was better in my day. Using phrases like "my standards of behaviour" is such a loaded argument that it doesn't really bear much inspection, but nonetheless I will. People gravitate towards others who are like them. This is a fact. It is this behaviour that helps you to assert your own individuality as you need to stand out from that crowd to find yourself. All well and good. But when the crowd and the crowd's modus operandi changes in your environment, it makes you pissed off. This is my situation.
(you also assert that I said you all lack intelligence. Perhaps, comparatively, since the average age of board members has dropped. I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying you'll have a different outlook on things when you're ten years older.
2) it was better in my day. Using phrases like "my standards of behaviour" is such a loaded argument that it doesn't really bear much inspection, but nonetheless I will. People gravitate towards others who are like them. This is a fact. It is this behaviour that helps you to assert your own individuality as you need to stand out from that crowd to find yourself. All well and good. But when the crowd and the crowd's modus operandi changes in your environment, it makes you pissed off. This is my situation.
.spanky is singing "PEANUTS!",
Sat 10 Apr 2004, 20:29,
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being an individualis not about being the same as everyone else in a small gang, instead of a big gang. It's about being yourself. And I'm not going to stop liking something just because everyone else has started liking it too. That wouldn't be being an individual, it would be deliberately not being like myself in order to make some sort of a point.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag,
Sat 10 Apr 2004, 20:07,
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