hair do, hair don't
I was asked for my opinion, whether my brother's new hairstyle is nice or not. I don't particularly like his recent messy mohawk look (that's what it seemed to me), and for my dissension, I was called abnormal, a weirdo, just because I'm not of a popular opinion.
Now, if my disagreement lends me to become eccentric, so be it, rather than be a meek sheep. It's not that I disliked my brother's hair for the sake of rebelling against the masses. But that's how some people see it. I really don't like it, so sue me.
And it's not that I'm the only one who isn't fond of his recent hairstyle. My brother said that 2 of his friends didn't like it. Two of his friends like it. One friend just laughed. One friend made a vague comment, that could go either way. Personally, I thought his last 'do before this one was neat. It's not because I'm trying to be difficult, as she said, or trying to be mean.
I remembered arguing for the longest time (the summer of 2003) who among the F4 members is the least attractive. (Yes, you'd think we'd argue endlessly about world politics).
To refresh the memory:
I say the one on the far right (in blue). She says the one in the far left (the one in white). Then she kept arguing that I'm always in the minority, that it's my life's passion to be eccentric, to go against popular opinion, the masses, so I'd be proud to become a rebel. She came up with a 99% of people who would go against me. And I wonder if she just spontaneously surveyed the population for their opinion or I suspect rather, pulling a random number out of a rabbit hat. I say it's a matter of personal taste. That we might think that either one is the least attractive member but some girls would think they're God's gift to women.
I asked my cousins and friends, and they're of different opinions and I respect that. You can't force feed their taste to coincide with yours. Popularity is relative. When a TV station polled to see who among the F4 members had the largest legion of fans, people voted for the one in the far left (whom she thought the least fairest of them all). Her excuse for the result was that because he's the member who speaks the best English, sings, dances and performs the best, not because of his looks. For whatever reason, I just agreed to disagree.
That's a fact of life: you can't please everybody. You might have 100 people agree with you, but you can also have the same number to disagree with you. Politicians and popstars alike face the same dilemma. People are bound to have differences of opinions. And disagreeing doesn't make a person less normal.
What's important is to respect differences. If I asked for advice regarding certain things, I usually go with the majority. But if there isn't a clear cut answer, then I'd have to rely on my own gut feeling and go with the decision that I can most live with.
Now, if my disagreement lends me to become eccentric, so be it, rather than be a meek sheep. It's not that I disliked my brother's hair for the sake of rebelling against the masses. But that's how some people see it. I really don't like it, so sue me.
And it's not that I'm the only one who isn't fond of his recent hairstyle. My brother said that 2 of his friends didn't like it. Two of his friends like it. One friend just laughed. One friend made a vague comment, that could go either way. Personally, I thought his last 'do before this one was neat. It's not because I'm trying to be difficult, as she said, or trying to be mean.
I remembered arguing for the longest time (the summer of 2003) who among the F4 members is the least attractive. (Yes, you'd think we'd argue endlessly about world politics).
To refresh the memory:
I say the one on the far right (in blue). She says the one in the far left (the one in white). Then she kept arguing that I'm always in the minority, that it's my life's passion to be eccentric, to go against popular opinion, the masses, so I'd be proud to become a rebel. She came up with a 99% of people who would go against me. And I wonder if she just spontaneously surveyed the population for their opinion or I suspect rather, pulling a random number out of a rabbit hat. I say it's a matter of personal taste. That we might think that either one is the least attractive member but some girls would think they're God's gift to women.
I asked my cousins and friends, and they're of different opinions and I respect that. You can't force feed their taste to coincide with yours. Popularity is relative. When a TV station polled to see who among the F4 members had the largest legion of fans, people voted for the one in the far left (whom she thought the least fairest of them all). Her excuse for the result was that because he's the member who speaks the best English, sings, dances and performs the best, not because of his looks. For whatever reason, I just agreed to disagree.
That's a fact of life: you can't please everybody. You might have 100 people agree with you, but you can also have the same number to disagree with you. Politicians and popstars alike face the same dilemma. People are bound to have differences of opinions. And disagreeing doesn't make a person less normal.
What's important is to respect differences. If I asked for advice regarding certain things, I usually go with the majority. But if there isn't a clear cut answer, then I'd have to rely on my own gut feeling and go with the decision that I can most live with.