Top 5 Ways to Practice Non-Conformity in the Matrix

[Christopher O'Brien]

[I have engaged in non-conformity w/ not only these five practices, but more than a few others as well... yeah, I know, so what, it 'must be a personal problem,' right? —chris]

Article HERE:

The human mind is easily programmed, and human behavior is largely autonomous once the sub-conscious has a suggestion of what to do. By default, people seem inclined to conform to the ideas, environment and behaviors around them, at least as a means of survival and of fitting in. Unless an individual takes charge of their own mind and their own behavior, most people are content to follow along with what other people are doing, even if that means doing something self-destructive.

As we grow, we learn how to play and interact with others, and we learn how others react to us. We begin to develop an understanding of which behavior is acceptable and which is not, and if we are paying attention, we realize that there is a subtle system of rewards and punishments involved in social interaction. Adherence to this system is what keeps society together, and depending on what rewards and punishments appeal to us, we choose which ideas and behaviors to conform to and comply with. As a result, different societal roles become open to us.

The new rebel then, the new hero, is someone, anyone, who combats the staleness of a decaying society by looking at the areas in our lives most in need of repair and then, deliberately, does not do what the conformist majority is doing. This is the thoughtful person who applies the knowledge and information we have available today in the pursuit of living in creative ways that defy the herd and defend life and liberty.

In no particular order, here are the top five ways to practice non-conformity in the world that we have created for ourselves – the matrix of self-destruction. REST OF ARTICLE HERE:

 

[exo_doc]

Really cool website! Thanks for sharing Chris!

 

[mike]

I often go out in public dressed as the Tom Baker version of Dr Who, does that count ?

Edit:
Funny story, where i live is structured as a series of small villages than run up the length of the mountain i live on.
On monday i had to visit the next village up to see The Doctor (The Doctor not The Doctor)for some test results.

I debated wearing my 4th Doctor costume

which consists of a poet shirt

Of which i bought from the goood old US of A (turns out the pirate , pilgrim and poet shirts are more or less the same design)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A poet shirt (also known as a poet blouse or pirate shirt) is a type of shirt made as a loose-fitting blouse with full bishop sleeves,

Pirate Shirts & Renaissance Shirts

(i was so impressed,by these hand made beautys i reordered another white and the other colours which i wear often) does that count ?

Floppy brown hat (oddly enough a herbet johnson poet hat)

The Herbert Johnson "Poet" hat is a classic fedora. It was the model worn by Indiana Jones in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"

Waistcoat and baggy brown corduroys and of course a season 12 scarf knitted to precise specifications

http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/pdf/original.pdf

And a rather nice pocket watch i found on ebay

And do you know when i don this esemble....... i look nothing like the 4th doctor whatsoever
I do get double takes in the shopping centre and sometimes the ocassional "doctor ?"

But i digress

On monday i decided on just the pocket watch, wearing T shirt and jeans.

So after the doctors visit lol. i walk past the village notice board, a properly constructed affair with locking glass panels which you must ask the chemist to open for you if you wish to use it.
Someone had graffiti'd the glass. Two words

BAD WOLF

I just stood there thinking WTF WTF WTF ?

 

[GeoShift]

Good article Chris. Thanks.

 

[Stagger Lee]

Mike, I want to live in one of those villages you mentioned. I think I would much enjoy that- compared to my current "neighborhood"

 

[nameless]

I often go out in public dressed as the Tom Baker version of Dr Who, does that count ?

Edit:
Funny story, where i live is structured as a series of small villages than run up the length of the mountain i live on.
On monday i had to visit the next village up to see The Doctor (The Doctor not The Doctor)for some test results.

I debated wearing my 4th Doctor costume

which consists of a poet shirt

Of which i bought from the goood old US of A (turns out the pirate , pilgrim and poet shirts are more or less the same design)


Pirate Shirts & Renaissance Shirts

(i was so impressed,by these hand made beautys i reordered another white and the other colours which i wear often) does that count ?

Floppy brown hat (oddly enough a herbet johnson poet hat)


Waistcoat and baggy brown corduroys and of course a season 12 scarf knitted to precise specifications

http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/pdf/original.pdf

And a rather nice pocket watch i found on ebay

And do you know when i don this esemble....... i look nothing like the 4th doctor whatsoever
I do get double takes in the shopping centre and sometimes the ocassional "doctor ?"

But i digress

On monday i decided on just the pocket watch, wearing T shirt and jeans.

So after the doctors visit lol. i walk past the village notice board, a properly constructed affair with locking glass panels which you must ask the chemist to open for you if you wish to use it.
Someone had graffiti'd the glass. Two words

BAD WOLF

I just stood there thinking WTF WTF WTF ?

haaaaaaa

 

[Christopher O'Brien]

When it comes to fashion, I tend to go the opposite direction from the herd... when long hair was fashionable, I got a buzz cut...now that short hair is the 'in' thing, I have hair almost to my waist. Sometimes it seems as if I am on the cutting edge of the fashion anti-zeitgeist w/out trying. About five years ago, I started wearing camo-ball caps, now everywhere I go in AZ I see dudes in camo-ball caps. When I moved back east in 2002, I bought a bunch of surplus cargo pants, long and short—nobody was wearing them. About 2 or 3 years later it seemed everybody was wearing them. Maybe it is due to my many years living in Manhattan: what's "cool" tends to be whatever nobody else is wearing, saying, listening, styling or doing. I had several "pirate" shirts in the early '80s. I wore them constantly at night and on-stage w/ the band. Then the "new romantic" look became fashionable and by then I'd wore them all out... Maybe I should cut my long hair into a Billy Ray Cyrus mullet.... uuhh maybe not...

 

[Wade]

When it comes to fashion, I tend to go the opposite direction from the herd... when long hair was fashionable, I got a buzz cut...now that short hair is the 'in' thing, I have hair almost to my waist. Sometimes it seems as if I am on the cutting edge of the fashion anti-zeitgeist w/out trying. About five years ago, I started wearing camo-ball caps, now everywhere I go in AZ I see dudes in camo-ball caps. When I moved back east in 2002, I bought a bunch of surplus cargo pants, long and short—nobody was wearing them. About 2 or 3 years later it seemed everybody was wearing them. Maybe it is due to my many years living in Manhattan: what's "cool" tends to be whatever nobody else is wearing, saying, listening, styling or doing. I had several "pirate" shirts in the early '80s. I wore them constantly at night and on-stage w/ the band. Then the "new romantic" look became fashionable and by then I'd wore them all out... Maybe I should cut my long hair into a Billy Ray Cyrus mullet.... uuhh maybe not...

I hear giving away ones record collection is "out"

 

[mike]

Wish mine would grow that long. It seems to have decided just below my shoulder blades is optimum