Anthem For The Non-Conformists

Slipknot's "People = Shit" might be the anthem for those who are fed-up with social life. And i think social life makes people get 'imprisoned' by certain social standards and values.

Weezer is one of my many favorite bands. And they have a song called "Pork and Beans" which is about the resistance of being 'imprisoned' by those standards and values. Rivers Cuomo wrote the lyrics and i bet he refuses to be a 'social prisoner'. As in the chorus :

"Im'ma do the things that i wanna do

I ain't got a thing to prove to you

I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans

Excuse my manners if i make a scene

I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like

I'm fine and dandy with the me inside

One look in the mirror and i'm tickled pink

I don't give a hoot about what you think."

The social prisoners are those who couldn't live independently. They struggle to be liked and loved by the society. Well, it's the social law. To get a perfect social life, you gotta be a conformist; a person who does everything in order to get accepted, liked, and loved by the society.

It's great to be well-accepted, liked, and loved by the society. But don't you feel sick about the conformists? They crave for social acceptance. They obey the trend. They think, act, behave, and do nothing but the trending stuff.

They're controlled by trend which is constructed by the corporates. Then, another social law occurs; the trendier you are, the easier you'll get accepted by the society. We gotta admit that the society these days isn't just material-oriented, but trend-oriented as well. We judge people by their material wealth, and we judge people by their sense of trend. Don't we?

It's so pathetic when you witness a person who struggles to do everything that based-on-trend; wear trending clothes, listen to trending songs , watch trending movies, eat trending food, talk with trending slangs and terms (whether they really enjoy it or not) in order to be accepted, liked, and loved by the society.

It's very funny when a person went to Java Jazz to build classy impression. And a few months later, the person went to Bon Jovi concert to build masculin impression. Then, the same person went to Djakarta Warehouse Project to build 'i'm so cool and i listen to EDM' impression.

They do what's been trending to impress to society. They spend lots of money, time, and energy to do stuff that they might not really like. And by that, they'll get social acceptance.

The corporates construct the trend. The trend controls the society. The society kills the idealism of the people. The people become conformists. And the conformists are nothing but corporate dolls.

That's why i've been trying so hard NOT to be a conformist. Cause i know it sucks. You can't be yourself. You can't decide your own options. It's like your whole ways of life is determined by the corporates, trend, and the society.

This is your own life. You owe nothing to the corporates, you owe nothing to trend, you owe nothing to the society. Your life is in your hands. Your life is yours.

So, let's sing along to

Weezer's "Pork and Beans"; the anthem for the non-conformists.