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By: Knocked Up: Desi septuagenarian edition | Über Desi

Knocked Up: Desi septuagenarian edition | Über Desi — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:19:48 +0000

[...] and pursuit of happiness. But I also have a theory that I’ve written about previously – *most* human beings are incapable of decision making, even in free societies. What you saw in this story is a prototypical example of conformity (”hey if all these young [...]

By: Santosh

Santosh — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:15:48 +0000

Pooja,
Your write
That was a mishtake of the speling.

By: Pooja

Pooja — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:05:06 +0000

What Steve said about the rebels ultimately conforming to their own standards is so true! Look at your average ‘rebellious’ teenager…weird hair colours, body piercings and/or tatoos etc. They end up following the same rules of conformity to such an extent that they become stereotypes of themselves. I suppose the thing is that most of us feel safer with a tried and tested formula, even the most rebellious of us.

P.S. I think the word is ‘conform’. You’ve used ‘confirm’ throughout the post. Just thought I’d point that out. Cheers!

By: Divya

Divya — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:59:02 +0000

as long as conformity comes from people’s own choice, it’s ok. It can’t be compared to the communist system.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:44:44 +0000

Once in a while you will find a “true rebel” but most of the time it is indeed just sets of people who conform to different standards.

Think of the Hippies of the 1960s, all with their tie dyed shirts. They thought they were non-conformists, but the truth was that they were being just as conformist as those they criticized. It was just that they were conforming to a different standard.