[quote=Halo]If you think that being an individual and not feeling the need to conform to societal expectations regarding appearance means people will deliberately go out of the way to look as outlandish as possible, you're freaking deluded. Anti-conformity is distinctly different from non-conformity.[/quote]

Non-conformity is a lack of adhering to societal norms. Anti-conformity is an intentional avoidance of adherence to societal norms. The only difference between the two is whether the deference is accidental or intentional. Provided a non-conformist dresses themselves, they must also be an anti-conformist.

As for why anti-conformity is a bad thing, [url=http://www.cracked.com/article_18916_5-reasons-why-anticonformity-worse-than-conformity.html]Cracked did a good article on it awhile back.[/url]

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