Conformity Examples Mega-Thread

[Natasha Tori Maru]

3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

They pay money to look like this:

https://molempire.com/2012/01/19/yaeba-new-trend-in-cosmetic-dentistry/

I am generally more intrigued and attracted to odd, offbeat and striking looking people over basic beauty standards .. but this is getting full niche mode. Even for me 🤪 

4 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Wabi-sabi in Japanese aesthetics is the appreciation of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete."  So different from our western notion of aesthetics which seems to favor symmetry, perfection, flawlessness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

Oh yeah! Like Kintsugi! I forgot about this - I think my relatives have some pieces in their collection. I love the flaws in things ⭐☄️

Edited Friday at 07:08 AM by Natasha Tori Maru

[ExploringReality]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

In Japan they have the opposite: a snaggletooth fad.

Ugh...

Snaggletooth, snaggletooth

I always said snackatooth growing up haha

[Nemra]

I guess Japanese people would love me. 

[mmKay]

Wearing the same type and color of each shoe. Why? 

[Vali2003]

The book "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport is a good example of non-conformist media use. 

Thinking that highlighting/underlining sections in a book will help you remember them is conformity. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rishabh R]

Average person's perspective on self-help is conformist.

[Raze]

 looksmaxxers are the purest example of conformity I’ve seen that’s getting popular recently

 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

16 minutes ago, Raze said:

 looksmaxxers are the purest example of conformity I’ve seen that’s getting popular recently

 

Oh my gosh. What am I watching ...

[Leo Gura]

Titles of nobility like: Sir, Lord, Count, Duke, princess, king, your Highness, your Honor, etc.

[LoneWonderer]

 Really random one but when you are driving down the highway and everybody keeps just a little over the "two cars apart rule of thumb" distance from the vehicle in front of them because it is polite. 

Edited yesterday at 06:00 AM by LoneWonderer

[Terell Kirby]

Real time insight on holiday conformity:

• Using gift wrap for Christmas presents.
• Giving gifts on Christmas Day
• Santa hats
• Ugly Christmas sweaters
• Christmas lights / ornaments

[Yimpa]

13 hours ago, LoneWonderer said:

distance from the vehicle in front of them because it is polite. 

I don’t do it out of politeness. Radar cruise control allows the car do most of the work, effortlessly. The car’s sensors are conforming to the road conditions.

 

[Terell Kirby]

giving condolences after someone's passing/death

[Carl-Richard]

"Snus" in Norwegian high schools (nicotine pouches). Probably the purest example of conformity I've seen. Joining the military is basically always conformity and basically the entire culture there.

Edited yesterday at 07:53 PM by Carl-Richard

[integral]

2 hours ago, Terell Kirby said:

giving condolences after someone's passing/death

I know right we should all celebrate on a child's premature death

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

Joining the military is basically always conformity

My high school best friend was so into guns and making explosives as a kid that he couldn't wait to join the military. He spent 10 years on and off in Iraq and has served in the military for 20 years. He loved it. It was his passion. It was the perfect job for his personality.

So no, it's not all conformity. Some people's life purpose is being a soldier or an explosives experts.

Blowing shit up is inherently cool.

Edited 23 hours ago by Leo Gura

[UnbornTao]

Sticking with your computer's stock options.

Assuming that emotions are caused by external circumstances.

Edited 10 hours ago by UnbornTao

[r0ckyreed]

Add Kriya Yoga and Kundalini to the conformity list. It’s definitely conformist and so is the whole chakra system. Awakening isn’t chakras and Kriya Yoga. The only reason why you do Kriya Yoga is because you heard from others that it would produce awakening most likely. However, there are non-conformist ways of doing Yoga, but it seems mostly conformist.

Edit: Following the Eight Fold Path in Buddhism is also conformity.

Edited 23 hours ago by r0ckyreed

[Leo Gura]

Yes, all yoga is very confromist as far as precise techique.

But pranayama itself works and it is hard to develop it on your own out of thin air.

But for example, I use my own technique. It took me some years to break out of the conformity of yoga.

Edited 23 hours ago by Leo Gura

[r0ckyreed]

25 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

My high school best friend was so into guns and making explosives as a kid that he couldn't wait to join the military. He spent 10 years on and off in Iraq and has served in the military for 20 years. He loved it. It was his passion. It was the perfect job for his personality.

So no, it's not all conformity. Some people's life purpose is being a soldier or an explosives experts.

Blowing shit up is inherently cool.

He may like it, but he still has to act like a conformist zombie to be in the military. Just because you love your conformity doesn’t make it not.