Seperates wrote:Individuality-ness wrote:So we shall. Everyone has this uniqueness to them, but many see this uniqueness as abnormal, and want to be more similar, but in this world, if you're too similar, you're lost. It is seen as normal to want independent thought, and paradoxically, to be like our neighbors and our friends and our coworkers.
That I've noticed. Being hipster is so hipster, it's become mainstream.It's ridiculous, really.
Which leads to me. I've had people call me hipster, though I myself don't want to be associated with that psuedo-individuality/clique behavior they tend to exhibit. Now, if I am a hipster, you could call me "an orginal" because I have been doing and wearing the same things for as long as I can remember.
However, I've come to a realization that truely "being hipster" isn't actually about "being the original" so much as it is going out of your way to try to become "an original". And that is how I differentiate myself. I am not a hipster because I don't go out of my way to do "orginal" things. I just do what I always have, because fuck cultural standards, I know what I like to wear and by God I'm going to wear it.
There's no point in going out of your way to be an "original". It's ridiculous and it's self-defeating, and to say the least, it's quite snobbish to like/dislike something just because x number of people heard about so-and-so first.
And I know this is ironic, given my username, but I think that my nation's motto sums it fine: "individuality rules... unless it's time to conform". Why? Because sometimes society, the world consciousness tells the truth, and while it is important to be yourself, sometimes you do need to conform (laws come up to mind). But I digress.


It's ridiculous, really.


