Up to now I have refrained from expressing much of my opinion about matters. Much of the content of my blog has circulated around appreciating our differences, the differences that make us unique individuals. However, today I will break away from that trend. Today I will tell you why I think 'individuality' is under threat. We are in a world that is becoming increasingly overcome by mass hysteria, and we are losing our individual voices and instead we are chanting the verse of the crowd.
I am 18 years old and in University. Every night I see my peers getting involved in the ultimate exercise of mass hysteria - clubbing. In a club it is sometimes difficult to tell whose who. Everyone dresses the same, drinks the same drinks and everyone basically acts like everyone else. Last Wednesday I went to a club for the first time. I spent most of my time standing at a corner observing people's behavior. I watched but I could not understand. I could not understand who these people were. They were all the same, I could not identify one individual from the next. All indistinguishable in character and persona, like a crowd of clones. I walked out of that club that night feeling very alone, like an alien that would never belong in this world.
Then I thought about the structure of our society. We have themed parties, formal dinners, and off-course clubs. But never have I heard of a party whose dress up code was your personality. Imagine an invitation : " ... dress code : wear your personality ! " . Have you ever thought about what you would wear to such a party ? I would love to ask all you clubbers that question, so what would you wear ?
Ok, so I think that mankind's character diversity is decreasing. But is this necessarily a bad thing ? Off-course there is a counter argument to this whole idea. May be what we are witnessing is some kind of natural selection process. A process that is selecting individuals of one personality type over others. In that case selection is working against me ! crap. May be I should change ! Or may be not, may be I'll just stand stubbornly against the forces of evolution.
I totally agree to everything you've said here. I've probably been to a club once and just like you I didn't do much. I mostly see it as people trying desperately hard to gain attention or 'fit in' with their peers. Thats not the image I would like to put across, so I feel uncomfortable going. Don't worry, you're not alone, I'm definitely with you, especially on the personality aspect. Most of these people are simply dolled up for no reason since its all about the outside and not the inside. I've haven't been to a party here, but I'm sure its pretty much the same from what I've heard!!
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