nonconformist test

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Need to be unique: You do not feel that you need to be very unique.
Need to NOT conform: You prefer to conform to others' standards, but don't mind acting differently occasionally.
Willingness to express dissent: You tend to keep quiet when you don't agree with others.


That describes me a lot!

Need to be unique: 84%
Need to NOT conform: 45%
Willingness to express dissent: 75%
Overall score: 69%

Need to be unique: 49%
Need to NOT conform: 77%
Willingness to express dissent: 82%
Overall score: 64%

Need to be unique: You like to be a somewhat different than others.
Need to NOT conform: You like to be different than others around you.
Willingness to express dissent: You speak your mind freely, without giving thought to how others will react.

Sounds like me.

Need to be unique: 94%
Need to NOT conform: 91%
Willingness to express dissent: 32%

Overall score: 83%

I agree. There were quite a few questions where I thought, "Well, I would've acted this way toward a teacher back in high school, but toward a boss that pays my salary? It's not that important to fight." I mean, I always called out teachers when they outright told lies or misinformation (I was in love with Snopes.com, so to see something that was proven wrong being told to a class of impressionable teenagers really boiled my blood.) But if a manager at my job believes something crazy, like saying Tinkerbell exists and lives in his cupboard, I don't care to call him/her out on it so much. It's not like he's teaching a classroom of children that Tinkerbell is real. I don't mind someone having a weird personal opinion, but the moment their opinion starts being pushed onto others (especially onto kids), it's no longer "personal", and I get angry.

Btw, my scores were:
Need to be unique: 84%
Need to NOT conform: 89%
Willingness to express dissent: 59%
Overall score: 82%

I also agree with Rascal77s-


"Need to be unique" sounds like I'm being weird or different on purpose. No, I just can't help being who I am, and I like to act like myself, even if that's different from others. I'm not trying to stand out in a crowd, but I know that's a consequence of me acting like myself, so I might as well embrace it.

The whole test just gave me a feeling like a bunch of neurotypical adults who forgot what it was like to be teenagers decided to try and find out what makes teens "tick." Like they're the parents of teens, and even though they did the same damn things at their age, they're apparently at a loss of what to do and how to feel now that their own kids are acting out. So, develop a test to see where your kid falls in the black-and-white scale from good, quiet, obedient citizen, to hell-raising demon-spawn... At least, that's my impression...

.... also, the way the quiz results say "different ... than" really bothers me. You only use "than" when you're comparing "more" or "less". It doesn't make sense to say, "She's more different than others" if you mean that "others" aren't different at all. They would have to all be different, but by different amounts, in order for that to make sense. The quiz seems to imply that the "others" are all the same, so I know they don't mean it that way. If you must compare, you say "different ... from"

"You like to be different FROM others around you." Not THAN others around you...

... Sorry, my rant is over...

Need to be unique: 60%
Need to NOT conform: 45%
Willingness to express dissent: 41%
Overall score: 51%

As usual, I am neither entirely one way or entirely the other.

Need to be unique: You like to be a somewhat different than others.
As I have always been rather different from others, I can see how I have developed a preference for such.

Need to NOT conform: You prefer to conform to others' standards, but don't mind acting differently occasionally.
I am not sure if it is a preference to conforming--I receive no particular happiness from conforming--though I often "conform," at least in regards to the minor things (uniforms, certain social standards, ect.), out of necessity or out of practicality (sometimes, it is easier just to keep your elbows off of the table than wasting thirty minutes in an argument about why this serves no practical function).

Willingness to express dissent: You are typically respectful when you disagree, but are willing to speak your mind if it is appropriate.
This is fairly accurate.

Ambicomformist for the win!

Actually, I think "She's more different than others" is fine... it means she's more different from others than the most people are from others. It does have that "more"; it's just a matter of mentally filling in what's missing.

I do agree that in the quiz results ("You like to be different than others around you"), it should be "from". Though the "than" didn't bother me. Were I a copyeditor editing it, I'd correct it. As a reader, no big deal.

I was going to take this test, but that would be too mainstream.

Need to be unique: 88%
Need to NOT conform: 87%
Willingness to express dissent: 82%
Overall score: 86%

Need to be unique: You feel that you need to be a VERY unique and different.
Need to NOT conform: You like to be different than others around you.
Willingness to express dissent: You speak your mind freely, without giving thought to how others will react.

55 %

Need to be unique: 63%
Need to NOT conform: 22%
Willingness to express dissent: 50%
Overall score: 47%

Need to be unique: You like to be a somewhat different than others.
Need to NOT conform: You feel that you need to conform -- you are typically not comfortable acting differently.
Willingness to express dissent: You are typically respectful when you disagree, but are willing to speak your mind if it is appropriate.

Need to be unique: 56%
Need to NOT conform: 84%
Willingness to express dissent: 41%
Overall score: 63%

Need to be unique: 7%
Need to NOT conform: 26%
Willingness to express dissent: 32%
Overall score: 17%

Your Results

Need to be unique: You do not feel that you need to be very unique.
Need to NOT conform: You feel that you need to conform -- you are typically not comfortable acting differently.
Willingness to express dissent: You are typically respectful when you disagree, but are willing to speak your mind if it is appropriate.

a Freak
Need to be unique: 79%
Need to NOT conform: 84%
Willingness to express dissent: 87%
Overall score: 82%

Need to be unique: You feel that you need to be a VERY unique and different.
Need to NOT conform: You like to be different than others around you.
Willingness to express dissent: You speak your mind freely, without giving thought to how others will react.

Need to be unique: 1%
Need to NOT conform: 13%
Willingness to express dissent: 18%
Overall Score: 8%

•Need to be unique: You do not feel that you need to be very unique.
•Need to NOT conform: You feel that you need to conform -- you are typically not comfortable acting differently.
•Willingness to express dissent: You tend to keep quiet when you don't agree with others.