¶ … fashionable is one of the most important things in the contemporary society and even though everyone prefers to believe that he or she is in charge of the attitudes and the appearance he or she has, the truth is that most people imitate others because they are interested in receiving social acceptance. One of my friends observed how the contemporary hipster current became more and more influential and found it difficult to resist it. As a result, he came to change a lot, both when regarding his clothes and when concerning his behavior. He felt that it was interesting for him to employ behaviors that influenced others in thinking that he had already experienced most of the activities that they were looking forward to.
His constant struggle to seem interesting by trying to be all-knowledgeable back-fired in a series of situations as he realized that there was very little he knew about the things he was bragging to be fluent in. Moreover, he realized that his behavior made it difficult for him to appreciate the simple things in life, as he adopted outlooks that put him in uncomfortable positions if he found that he appreciated certain concepts.
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