I want to be different and unique just like everyone else - and Questions

Hi,

At some point in everyone's life they have done something that has no other purpose except to make themselves look cooler/more interesting/quirkier. And many people do this every day, playing the newest songs wearing the coolest fashions etc. Being a teenager in 2013 I know all about this. but does everyone do this? many people restrict this kind of behaviour to hipsters and fashion victims. YouTuber Charlie McDonnell said this:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYA8cSQB_rA

It is interesting that he doesn't seem to believe that everyone sells out to fit in, only hipsters etc. But Every time he makes a video or uses modern slang he probably thinks about what other people will think of him and acts in a way he believes people will approve of. People do little things to fit in every day, whether it's agreeing with someone when they say they like certain music or watching a TV program just so you can understand what people are talking about when they discuss it. Do you think it's worth it? Just for one nod of approval, or another lie so you can fit in more easily. I am not saying everyone does it all the time but most people must do this at least once in their life, probably a lot more than they think. fitting in is hard even for the most 'normal' people. Vivian Stanshall once said "I want to be different and unique just like every one else." What he probably meant was, everyone says they want to be different but only up to a point. No one wants to be so outrageously weird that pretending to be normal or even acceptably different would be being themselves. In other words no one wants to be so different that being themselves would mean really, really weird. So weird that they wouldn't fit in at all or maybe they think they wouldn't have any friends. This is an older blog post of mine that illustrates this point in more detail.

http://utterlyinvisibleteengirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/why-i-write-this-blog.html

I talk about being different and not fitting in a lot, mostly because I consider myself to be a bit unusual and I have always had trouble fitting in. I am a 15 year old girl who is interested in politics, religion and philosophy and I am basically a geek so being normal has never really been an option. I tried to fit in lots of times. But for me, lying to fit in is worse than being weird, and I am not a very good liar.
Most people have lied to fit in at some point in their lives and admitting it is not easy. But whether or not you decide that lying or being outcast is the easiest or the most important way of living, it is an individual decision.
Obviously not everyone has to work that hard to fit in, to some people that is just the way they work. And that is great, they are lucky, but for me I am stuck being different, and although in the past (and still sometimes now.) I wish I could fit in more easily, I wouldn't have it any other way.
In 'The Invention Of Hugo Cabret' They say that everyone has a place in the world like the cogs of a clock, there are no spare parts everyone has a place, A role if you like. If this is true I don't think mine involves being 'Just like everyone else'.

I will leave you with a question to think about: Where do you fit into the world?

That's all for now.
Bye