I can never be a bandwagoner. If for anything, I’m quite the opposite of that—almost impervious. I don’t find myself gravitating towards something that is ‘in’ or ‘popular’ just to have that feeling that I’m not missing out on it. You can’t expect me to like something only because everybody else does. I don’t do something primarily because other people are doing it. I’m the kind who leans to my own preference no matter how unpopular or obscure it is.
It’s not me being a curmudgeonly snob, but more like I’m not that easily influenced. If something ever piques my interest, you can be sure that outside factors almost had nothing to do with it.
Like how I still don’t know anything about K-Pop, or have not watched a single episode of Game of Thrones to this day, or read any book from the Harry Potter series, or the fact that even if a lot of my friends are going “plantita”, I have not caved in.
Sometimes I wonder that myself: Is there’s something wrong with me? Am I resistant to what’s popular just because I don’t want to be like all the rest? Then I realize it’s all overthinking; it’s not sheer arrogance or not wanting to conform, but more like being aware that it had to do with my own taste and inclination. It’s a matter of self-expression.