Have you done something simply because everybody else is doing it? Have you chose paths in life you have no idea why you did? Have you made a choice that the only choice you will make is not to choose? Have you lost your nerves? I have.
Get yourself stuck in the traffic jam. Do you keep out of the yellow boxes? Do you leave a spot in intersections for cars to pass even when you don't have to? Do you readjust your car's position to allow motorbikes space to pass? Did you not do them because nobody do them and you'd look weird if you do? Do you beat that red light because everyone else is doing it? Spineless wimps.
You love Thom Yorke so much, when he farted you recorded it, psychoanalysed it and called it an experimental work of art. You love Apple so much when they launched the Face Talk which can only be used on Wifi connections as compared to Video Calls on 3G, you called it a revolutionary advancement in technology. You love BMW so much when they launched the ugliest 6-Series and X6 a few years back, you thought they deserve a spot in The Louvre.
People take a bloody stand! So what if nobody else thinks the same? So what if you're the only person in the world who's doing it? They may insult you or sneer or laugh at you. Deep down inside, I guarantee you, they admire you for having the balls to stand up for what you believe in.
Most of us go through the most uneventful lives any self-aware being on Earth can ever waste a century of existence on. Grow up, study and study and study, graduate or not graduate, work work work work work, get car get house get wife (husband) get married get kids, work work work work, retire and die. What makes life mean more than pathetic is when you have something to stand up for. A reason, a purpose, a mark, a goal. I'm not talking about making money. Money is only as useful as you are shallow. I'm talking about making a difference. Saving sharks or greening your lifestyle or going on a paleo/vegan diet or even stopping your car outside of yellow boxes when driving. It makes you you.
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