Conformity Is A Foul Way To Live

Why do people conform to other ways of life? Shit hit me like a ton of bricks a moment ago. Why do some people dumb themselves down to fit in? Is it to be cool or are they scared of being a social outcast? Personally, I don't know. Recently I found myself getting sucked into a situation where I wasn't being myself by a friend. Once in a blue moon this happens so I usually have to snap out of it and give sterl a hard evaluation. Are the people who submit to conformity so easily influenced by the social pressures of society where we can't think straight and give up our own individuality??? I've learned tonight that I'm tired of toning myself down or trying to be cool for friends and others. Its all about what I want to do and how I feel at certain moments. If I feel like being silly and acting like a cornball or acting conry or listening to a certain kind of music or dressing a certain way, that's on me and I'm comfortable being this way. Who are they to judge? Sometimes others make you feel that bad, thats what makes you try to be more compliant to there standards. Shit is tough. I'm trying to snap out of this mentality and so should others. We're born into this world individuals, don't die a copy.