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Marching to a different drummer, then refusing to march at all.

means The refusal to follow established norms, rules, or expectations of a group or society.

from From Latin conformare, to shape together, with the prefix non- doing the heavy lifting of refusal; in 1600s England it named Protestants who wouldn't bend to the Church of England.

Original rebelsNonconformists were dissenting English Protestants, not teenagers.
Engineering twistMeans a part that fails to meet spec.
Asch experimentMost people conform rather than name an obvious line.
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