To Fit in.

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How important is it to you? Or would you rather stand out?

not very important at all compared to being myself and staying true to my values

It depends on which context you mean it in now I think about it, most of it doesn't matter because you can still be considered the weird one of a group and they still love you regardless of your differences.

If you mean fitting into a work force in fear of losing your job as an example then I suppose you have to comply and use a persona.

To fit in is to either not be yourself, if you can't be yourself then you're living a lie. Otherwise you fit in because you found people who accept you for who you are.

I figure just be yourself and sod what anyone else thinks because everyone is an individual, everyone is different in some way or other, it's not really important what other people think unless you're a narcissist or sociopath.

Totally unwanted, for me.

I look at normal society and am frankly disgusted by most aspects of it... I've no desire to ever be a part of it. As it is, I kinda feel like I dodged a bullet. Or a giant hail of bullets.

If fitting in and lying/acting against one's self are not the same thing, why not?
If I were in a context that doesn't fit my suits, why would I remain there only to try too hard to 'survive' and 'cope', when I could live a life and learn to adapt somewhere else instead?

Regardless, it's irrelevant. Not my priority right now.

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I will only fit in if I was being targeted and it was bringing me bullying and harassment and abuse like it did when I was a kid. But then I would be miserable and from my personal experience, it still doesn't work because they still see you as being different and don't respect you. You can't force people to accept you and like you. But I would still try if it came down to that again. Someone mentioned about job, I would do that too if it was going to cost me my job.

i think my world flag beanie and colored corduroy pants make me stand out amongst other zagreb-folk, regardless of what i do.

i don't like calling attention to myself. i fit in usually because it keeps me out of harm, up until i get bumped into.

If fitting in means embracing a popular trend even if it is ridiculous, dull or even negative, then no.

If fitting in means not sticking out like a sore thumb and to be able to talk about everyday, functional activities of life, definitely. It feels great to be able to talk about driving with my friends at work, because I got my license so late in life.

I don't want to fit in or stand out. I suppose I do what I need to do to toe the line and keep my job, but I don't go out of my way to fake a persona. Having said that, I don't go out of my way to draw attention to myself either.

If I possessed the acting skills to fit in, I would. But alas, I do not. My mind is ordinarily blank in group environments, so I try my best to avoid all social situations. I'm only comfortable around my parents and niece.

I don't really seek to fit in, because fitting in in my society would mean compromising my integrity. I will not pretend to be what I am not in order to be like everybody else. I don't like how the majority of people my age are anyway (obsessed with fashion, materialistic, disdainful of academia, unwilling to think deeply, going to crazy parties etc.).