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Absolutely. You are always a sheep in some regard; non-conforming in every regard is an exhausting and worthless endeavor. Not to mention, you almost have to pay more attention to trends than the unconscious conformer, at which point... who is the slave to trends?


Nonconforming is not the same as anticonforming. And the fact that you observe and analyse trends doesn't mean you're a slave to them.


the fact that you observe and analyse trends, doesn't mean you're a slave to them

Even if you are making the opposite choice, if your every decision is predicated on the trends, I'd still call you a slave to them.


"To manipulate children, you simply say 'no'. " --The Fantasticks


Prescription: 2 doses of zen, stop thinking so much about it, just be and do.




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