20090523
People.



As much as they oppose it, people actually can be categorized.

They never fail to fall into several archetypes, several, stereotypes, all exhibiting similar qualities and behavioral patterns. Of all the many different types I've come across thus far, I'd like to blog about one type, just one: the Conformist Wannabe.

To even be a Conformist Wannabe, there first must be a monumental obstacle for that individual to be normal. There first, must be some trait of his or hers in his or her life which prevents that person from being normal. What the Conformist Wannabe must first lack is something which everyone else has, which he or she doesn't have, cannot have, or perhaps will never have. Any person can take this three ways:

First, to accept the fact that this lacking or absence of that something can't be helped and move on with life. Second, to even boast of this lacking and live life proud of this lacking which other people might not even have the ability or will to lack even if they wanted to, or third, to try to cover this lacking up by ANY means necessary, even if it means sinking into the covers of blandness and conformity for the rest of the individual's life. If one has taken the THIRD path, he or she has become the Conformist Wannabe.

I have no issues with people who have a certain lacking, be it in social status, wealth, looks, intelligence or even body parts or functions. But what really ticks me is that some Conformist Wannabes really take it too far, way too far, off the charts into the next available galaxy. Every single anal mundane aspect of their lives has to be attuned to the crowd, has to be the popular choice, and of course, has to be the "majority" of what people are doing.

And I really fucking hate, yes I FUCKING hate people like that. I hate people who rush down to the next iPod, iPhone, iWhatever launch and get themselves a clone product just because everyone else is rushing down to get one. I hate Conformist Wannabes who get so fucking OBSESSED with keeping their cover in the midst of the general crowd they lose track of their morals and any sense of right and wrong and blindly seek the shelter of the GENERAL MASS wherever it is moving.

They flock mindlessly and helplessly to general opinion, POPULAR opinion, acceptance of the MAJORITY, SAFE methods, SAFE jobs, SAFE decisions, SAFE words, SAFE friends, SAFE educational paths, NORMAL lives, UNHAPPENING lives, MOST popular products and other conformist bullshit of the like. Not only do I have absolutely zero respect for people who let the majority make up their mind, I really do bear a lot of dislike and disgust for people like these.

Sad thing is, I happen to know perhaps one or maybe even two Conformist Wannabes.

It seems they are still down there on Maslow's levels of living.

Isn't it just so ironic, that people like these, who think that they'll make it by simply riding the wave of the "trends" and "fads" and other majority bullshit almost always end up being the main prey to marketing schemes, consumer brainwashing techniques, mob mentality, mindless consumerism, manipulation, and willessness?

They think they're making choices, but no, the only choice they've made was the one which they soul their souls to the crowd. For free.

So, FUCK YOU CONFORMIST WANNABES, YOU GUYS LEAD A DAMN SAD LIFE.


 Tianyong
20 years old.
The time will come soon.