Being unique is a fallacy.
There is an unfortunate social proclivity to a love of something labelled as "uniqueness," but it is not true uniqueness. We love the "monsters," the "weirdos," the "nerds," and we even encourage our children to become such; but THAT is NOT REALLY unique. Because if enough people are like that, it can no longer be defined as "unique."
You want to know what it's like being unique, truly unique? (I'm not talking about the unique people you see every day, the Lady Gagas and Die Antwoords. I'm talking about those people who make you go, "What the---?!" and stay the fuck away from them.)
1. You're socially outcast-ed and ostracized, just for being really fucking weird, or totally outside of the social norm. Because to be truly unique means you are those things. No one else is remotely like you, so no one is even capable of understanding you. And you know how people respond to what they don't understand. Thta's why truly unique people don't even have a classification they can fit into.
[an essay in progress, to be continued]
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