Conformity Examples Mega-Thread

[Leo Gura]

Slurping noodles is conformist in Japan. 

They deliberately slurp noodles loudly to suggest they love the food. How insane.

Those Japanese have invented levels of conformity unimaginable to white man. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Davino]

 

[Alexop]

9 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Slurping noodles is conformist in Japan. 

They deliberately slurp noodles loudly to suggest they love the food. How insane.

Those Japanese have invented levels of conformity unimaginable to white man. 

Dude don't tear down my reality. I don't want to believe that I hate people slurping soup just because of the culture I was raised in.

[UnbornTao]

1 hour ago, Human Mint said:

I am sure this is psychological from evolution, as it could alarm predators. And now is funny

I say take the risk.

[Cubbage]

34 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Slurping noodles is conformist in Japan. 

They deliberately slurp noodles loudly to suggest they love the food. How insane.

Those Japanese have invented levels of conformity unimaginable to white man. 

@Leo Gura I'm travelling Japan for a few months and the conformist behaviour here is off the charts it's actually fascinating to see how attached most of the population is to stage blue but equally as interesting to meet more individually minded Japanese people who "conform" to the American stage orange type of mindset.

Edited 11 hours ago by Cubbage

[RisingLane]

1 hour ago, bazera said:

@Leo Gura I've always wondered, what's the use of that? Why should one do it? Do they get something out of changing their name to a spiritual one?

Indian words are popular as spiritual names.

Stephen Gray, Richard Alpert, and Jagadish Vasudev wouldn’t have sold a single book.

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, Cubbage said:

I'm travelling Japan for a few months and the conformist behaviour here is off the charts

Yup

[UnbornTao]

2 hours ago, RisingLane said:

Stephen Gray, Richard Alpert, and Jagadish Vasudev wouldn’t have sold a single book.

Hiking in the Andes, by Minnesota-based Jagadish Vasudev.

Yeah, doesn't sound that enticing.

Edited 8 hours ago by UnbornTao

[Natasha Tori Maru]

This Labubu landfill trash. It's Beany babies v.2 only worse, lootbox RNG style

[Natasha Tori Maru]

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[Miguel1]

Has Christmas been mentioned before?

My God I hate this one. The idea is beautiful but the forcefulness, sheepness and conformity ruins it for me.

Another one is travel ”vacations”, especially with a budget. It can be extremely stressful that involved lots of brain energy. I prefer my real rest and vacation at home / in nature. If I were to travel to explore the world, that’s a different story but I wouldn’t call it vacation. 

[Alexop]

@Miguel1 almost all people who travel. Sheep level conformity. Even the german Stage Green style of travel. They have to check all the fancy hipstery experiences. Volunteer in Gambia, meditation in India, Ayahuasca in Peru, see northern lights in Sweden, teach English in Laos. Then after you flew everywhere around the globe on your parents money, protesting against climate change and feeling sorry for poor people.

Edited 7 hours ago by Alexop

[ExploringReality]

Saying bless you when someone sneezes and taking it personally when others don't say it.

Shaking hands upon introducing ones self. Also saying "hey how are you"? To sound nice. We're fake lol

We're all walking around in a collective consensus bubble of socialism.

Edited 7 hours ago by ExploringReality

[PenguinPablo]

6 hours ago, Alexop said:

@Miguel1 almost all people who travel. Sheep level conformity. Even the german Stage Green style of travel. They have to check all the fancy hipstery experiences. Volunteer in Gambia, meditation in India, Ayahuasca in Peru, see northern lights in Sweden, teach English in Laos. Then after you flew everywhere around the globe on your parents money, protesting against climate change and feeling sorry for poor people.

Guilty.

You won't take away van life from me though, or my tiny home dream!

[LoneWonderer]

56 minutes ago, Alexop said:

@Miguel1 almost all people who travel. Sheep level conformity. Even the german Stage Green style of travel. They have to check all the fancy hipstery experiences. Volunteer in Gambia, meditation in India, Ayahuasca in Peru, see northern lights in Sweden, teach English in Laos. Then after you flew everywhere around the globe on your parents money, protesting against climate change and feeling sorry for poor people.

 

8 minutes ago, PenguinPablo said:

Guilty.

Where is the sign up list for the guilty? I'm vacationing to Sri Lanka in a few months with family will spend 3 weeks doing conformist activities. 

[integral]

20 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Dude, who has that level of understanding when they fit in? Almost no one. They just do it like monkeys.

Does a Christian or a MAGA or a Nazi or a Flat Earther or a Goth know he's conforming? No! They think those are genuine, independent, truthful positions. Conformity involves a self-deception that you are acting of your own volition when you aren't.

The Christian is the best example. A Christian is not aware that he's only a Christian out of conformity. And if you tell him that he will deny it to his grave.

I fully agree when it comes to unconscious conformity.

An example:

Growing up for the first 25 years of my life, I was a strong people pleaser, I couldn't say no. In every situation for 25 years, what I wanted was to say no but I did it anyway. I was fully conscious that I had this problem. While I was making the decision to follow what other people wanted me to do or behave I consciously watched myself do it. The fear of displeasing or causing conflict over ruled me.

• Conscious: yes, real time self-awareness and observing myself act out the play. Conscious of act
• Integrity: No, I did not act through my values or identity or thoughts.
• Unconscious: a fear put into me outside of my control. That I later grew out of. This is why some people commented "self-conformity".

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In social psychology, conformity is specifically defined as:
A change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure, even when there is no direct request or explicit demand to comply (Deutsch & Gerard, 1955; Asch, 1951; Cialdini & Goldstein, 2004).

Peer pressure:

1. Peer pressure + unconscious + not integrity = Unconscious conformity: Leos Pizza (regret)
2. Peer pressure + unconscious + integrity = Unconscious conformity: Smoked cigarettes/drugs with his friends has a blast.
3. Peer pressure + Conscious + integrity = Authenticity (you feel the pressure but act from your own values)
4. Peer pressure + Conscious + not integrity = Conscious conformity: people pleaser 25 years or insert cousin word (compliance):. 

 

Group think:

1. Group think + unconscious + not integrity = Unconscious conformity: Classic hidden conformity (the Christian/MAGA example you gave)
2. Group think + unconscious + integrity = ???
3. Group think + Conscious + integrity = ??? 
4. Group think + Conscious + not integrity = ???

It's OK I know this one if you read it is gonna go over terribly. 

Edited 5 hours ago by integral

[integration journey]

Are there any conformity examples that happen specifically on this forum? 

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, integration journey said:

Are there any conformity examples that happen specifically on this forum? 

Nope.

Everyone here is a giga-unicorn.

[Psychonaut]

15 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Nope.

Everyone here is a giga-unicorn.

But Leo...

[CARDOZZO]

28 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Nope.

Everyone here is a giga-unicorn.

NLP course, when?