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    In the modern world, many people consider themselves individualistic nonconformists; however, they are really some of the biggest conformists society has ever known. Being “different” has spawned into a growing trend. People have tendencies to act out and dress in strange ways to show that they are not conforming. This is now becoming a fad and is really becoming the most conformist thing to do.

   In this trend, people (usually teenage children) are becoming something other than what they normally would be. They tend to be outlandish and loud. In some cases, the people revert into themselves and stay away from the other “popular” people. However; in any case, the person is not being everything they want because they are trying to hard to avoid anything that other people like.

    People who are joining this trend are dressing as unusually as they act. These people are wearing dark colors matched with unbelievably bright colors. They wear anything that will set them apart from everyone else in the crowd. They crave the attention it brings but just claim to be “themselves.”

   There are many trends around already, but these people refuse to follow them. Instead they are creating their own trends. They are getting back into old trends and “making them their own.” Like previously stated, they dress to stand out and get attention, therefore they refuse to wear what is commonly seen in large groups of people. Sometimes, but not commonly, you’ll see a few similarly dressed “nonconformists” grouped together. If you see a group of these teenagers, they are at a mall or out somewhere doing something strange or destructive. Normally though, you will see one of them and they will simply be minding their own business or shopping in different stores buying the things they think no one in their area has.

    Most of these teens, tend to not be themselves truly. They strive so hard for the attention and crave to be different that they forget who they are and what they really like.  They hide their real likes and dislikes from people in fear that they will be labeled according  to what they like. They are truly die hard about what they think will make them different. They don’t want to blend in with the crowd, but with the growing amount of teenagers joining this popular trend they are becoming part of a whole new mass of “individualists.”

    It’s a terribly confusing human conditions. If they chose to be different, they should live their lives enjoying all the things that make them happy. They would truly we different if they like what they liked and didn’t care what everyone else thought about them. Being different is what a person makes it, not following some trend and being a “nonconformist.” Trying that hard to be different is something that really sets you in with the crowd. Everyone is going to like something that someone else likes, not everyone is the same though. It’s impossible to be completely different.  Every one conforms to a certain level, but the nonconformist way of life is a trend.