Conformity Examples Mega-Thread

[UnbornTao]

Do the terms comfort and conformity share etymological roots?

[UnbornTao]

8 minutes ago, Jannes said:

Feeling forced to do something after you announced you would do it

That could be seen as a matter of keeping one's word. 

[Kid A]

The idea that you should be happy with being single.

People mean well when they say this because it gets a lot harder to get a (healthy) relationship if you're desperate, but I don't think it's very realistic for most people and I think this saying does more harm than good overall. If you crave love, you shouldn't let yourself be gaslit into believing there's something wrong with you. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Kid A

[Jannes]

4 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

That could be seen as a matter of keeping one's word. 

True. I mean when you dont make a promise and people dont rely on it and you still feel forced to not change your plans to fulfill peoples perceived expectation of you. 

[UnbornTao]

12 minutes ago, Jannes said:

True. I mean when you dont make a promise and people dont rely on it and you still feel forced to not change your plans to fulfill peoples perceived expectation of you. 

Ah, got it.

[MuadDib]

35 minutes ago, Vali2003 said:

@MuadDib Of course you could argue that it’s some sort of conformity. What I tried to say with my previous post is that conforming to speaking a language vs. something like acting as though you like redwine even though, in truth, you have to represss your urge to puke every time you take a sip  — and yes there are thousands of people who say they love redwine — are two very different things. So maybe it doesn’t make so much sense to call both ‘conformity.’ 

How do they say they love it? And in what context? 

There is more to language than the face value of words... because all words are meaningless, and to grok another's meaning you have to conform to their expression in the specific context.

1.5% of all wine sales are non-alcoholic. So 98.5% of people love the alcohol component of the overall experience of drinking wine. 
I would wager that of that 1.5% who don't, a significant proportion are alcoholics, kids and asians who can't process aldehydes ... hence the lack of red wine consumption in asian cultures, and the lack of the use of the english word "wine" there as well; people conform to different things, like enjoying a dog bbq, which I'm sure is delicious although I haven't tried.

[UnbornTao]

2 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

Do the terms comfort and conformity share etymological roots?

Apparently not.

[Alexop]

3 hours ago, Vali2003 said:

@Alexop Could be. I think the high heel increases the risk of ankle injuries so I wouldn’t wear them but I don’t doubt they’re comfortable.

That is correct, I would only wear them while running. It is a tradeoff, You save your knees from strong impacts while altering the complex biomechanics of your feet. They are ok in moderation. Like alcohol