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CMV: I believe there's nothing wrong with breaking social norms if you aren't harming anyone

I enjoy going to the movie theaters alone. Sometimes I even go out to eat at restaurants alone. I have plenty of friends, but sometimes our schedules don't line up. If I really want to watch a movie, or attend a concert, or wish to eat out, I will do so. If I go to a restaurant, I will have a newspaper or book with me. I enjoy spending time with others, but I'm also independent minded and enjoy spending time with myself. 

I also don't care about mainstream opinions on politics, music, entertainment, sports, etc. I'm a guy and I don't care about sports. My political views are far from the mainstream in America (although they align with the status quo in western europe): I'm a social democrat, and advocate for stuff like single-payer healthcare, basic income,; higher progressive taxes, etc. I live in a conservative political district where many are critical of homosexuality, but I proudly stand in solidarity with LGBT causes, and put bumper stickers in my car and signs on my house supporting progressive political candidates. (my house has been egged several times due to me openly supporting progressives in a republican district). I'm also openly bisexual myself, and I can't tell how many of my "friends" and "family" have told me to seek out God and go to Church so that I won't spend an eternity in hellfire. 

Music-wise, I could care less about the mainstream. My tastes include classical orchestral music, jazz, latin american music, progressive rock, prog metal, technical death metal, old country music, opera, and more. I'm also a fan of watching movies from the 1950s and 70s, and prefer reading 19th century literature in my free time for fun. 

I work out to be healthy, but I don't care about having a ripped body. Also I don't give a shit about fashion: I just wear whatever without really thinking about it. I am clean shaven for professional purposes, but I don't feel the need to "dress up" for social occasions. 

I didn't get my driver's license until I was 22 years old. I lived in a city with excellent public transportation and went to college there too. I eventually learned how to drive because I needed it for a job, but I felt the stigma I received for not getting a driver's license at the age of 16 was unwarranted, especially when I could get around on my own via biking. 

I'm also 23 now and I'm currently living with my parents. And I have no shame. I have a decent job, I do housework, and other stuff. I was raised in a culture in which people take care of their parents once they become adults, and I'm doing just that. Plus staying with my parents saves a lot of money. And it hasn't hurt my chances with the ladies either (not with mainstream girls, but with girls with whom I share interests). 

One time, I was eating out with my parents at a restaurant. Back in Vietnam, when my parents went to restaurants, they used to make lemonade by taking a glass of water, squeezing the lemons they received from their food into the water, and adding sugar. (In Vietnam they couldn't order lemonade itself). So I was doing that with them for fun at an American restaurant, but people at the table next to me were laughing, and people around us were staring too. I heard one woman close by who said, "I'd be so embarrassed if I sat at that table...why can't those freaks just order lemonade like normal people?" Lol, my parents and I shrugged it off, and continued doing what we were doing. 

Of course I conform to social norms when I have to, such as in professional and business settings. But outside of professional settings, I feel it's ok to do whatever you want so long as you don't negatively affect anyone. 

For every instance that I've mentioned my deviation from the norm, I've been judged and criticized by people. I have a weird taste in music, I'm strange for going to movies alone, I'm a loser for staying with my parents, I'm weird for not having a driver's license until I was 22, I'm weird for not being into sports, I have "radical" views on politics, etc. Usually the mainstream guy/girl my age will write me off as someone who is weird/awkward and won't want to get to know me or hang out with me. At worst, people view me as a bad influence (despite the fact that I did well in school/college and got a good job). 

But I don't see that as a problem: I am able to develop closer friendships with people with whom I share common interests (even if I have fewer friends), and sometimes I do enjoy spending some time by myself and having fun. If I compromised some of my beliefs and conformed to social norms more, yes I may be more popular, but I don't know if I would be just as happy: it would feel like I'm compromising my individuality. I only had three or four close friends in high school and college since I couldn't really connect with anyone else (especially the mainstream person), but I don't regret it and I was happy. I think people should be allowed to do whatever they want, and shouldn't be judged for their tastes or idiosyncrasies unless they are doing something harmful to themselves or others. As I am, I feel as if I'm unique and more interesting compared to the average person, and am more of an individual than a sheep who is blindly following the masses. 

So reddit, change my mind. When I don't give a fuck right now about what others think about me, why should I give a fuck? Several of my friends are saying that it would benefit me to stop being so weird. Are they right? Why should I try to conform to social norms more often in social settings? How would doing so benefit me? And why should others care about the social norm and trying to fit in too?
gpt
Sounds like you are a model of a typical 23 year old person. Maybe even a poster child for your generation! Welcome to the mainstream; you're it.

And it's not so bad is it! No one is blindly following the masses, everyone is paradoxically more interesting than the average person, everyone is slightly weird, awkward, radical, deviant, not the most popular or the most buffed...