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the reason you have a tattoo you can't explain and a shot you didn't want.
means the social force that pushes you to match the group's behavior to avoid standing out or losing belonging.
from named plainly by mid-20th-century sociologists studying teens, though the mechanism is as old as tribes and shame.
strongest agepeaks around 14, then fades with identity
not just teensadults conform in meetings, markets, mobs
asch experimentpeople denied obvious facts to match a group
works both wayscan push toward kindness, not just risk