Today’s post is on people.  It seems like it’s the popular thing these days for younger kids to express themselves in extreme individualistic ways.  I notice this more and more everyday.  I guess it’s actually an attempt at non-conformism.  But, if you really think about it, is it really non-conformist to act different if that’s the only reason you’re doing it?  It brings to mind the type of person that says they don’t care what people think, or don’t care what other’s opinions are of them.  99% of the people on earth care what other people think, and that ones that actually don’t care, aren’t spouting left and right about not-caring, they just don’t.  Actually, George Carlin, the comedian, had an excellent quote about it:

People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.

How true is that?  I mean, I know he was a comedian, and I know it was an attempt at being humorous, but there’s so much truth behind that statement.  I saw a guy today in a restaurant I was in.  He had long hair, a beard, some piercings, tattoos, etc…  He was sitting there by himself, and out of the restroom came two kids.  One was probably 5, and the other 9 or 10.  I assume the three were brothers, and the two younger ones probably hadn’t seen their older brother in a long time, just a guess, but that’s how it looked to me.  The younger brother’s were dressed like their older brother, minus the piercings and tattoos of course.  The younger of the two kids had a hat on, and turned his backwards, to attempt to fit in more.  That’s an exact parallel of my point of non-conformist youth.  Particularly artists.  Artists have always been portrayed as the type that is messed up in the head, and wears out of this world clothing, with odd berets, shirt and pant styles, etc… But that particular “messed up” style has become the norm, nullifying what it was in the first place.