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The Moment You Unplug, You Become a Threat:

Why Society Calls You "Weird" for Thinking Differently

By Randolphe TanoguemPublished 10 months ago 3 min read

Breaking Free from the Illusion

There comes a moment in life when something clicks. You look around and start seeing things differently. The world isn’t what you were told it was. The rules you were taught—go to school, get a job, obey authority, fit in—start feeling like a carefully constructed script, designed not for your success, but for your compliance.

And the moment you stop playing the game, something strange happens.

People start calling you weird.

Not because you’ve lost your mind. Not because you’ve become delusional. But because you’ve stopped following the herd—and the herd doesn’t like that.

Society is built on consensus. It rewards conformity and punishes independent thought. The moment you start questioning the system—whether it's your career, your health, your beliefs, or your lifestyle—people don’t just disagree with you; they try to shame you back into obedience.

Why? Because you challenge their reality.

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Why the Masses Reject Those Who Think for Themselves

From the time we’re children, we’re conditioned to:

✅ Follow orders instead of questioning authority.

✅ Seek validation instead of trusting our instincts.

✅ Choose security over freedom.

The system wants predictable, obedient workers—not independent thinkers. That’s why:

- School doesn’t teach you how to think, it teaches you what to think.

- Most jobs don’t reward innovation, they reward compliance.

- The media doesn’t encourage deep thought, it feeds you narratives.

When you start thinking for yourself, you become anomalous, unpredictable, uncontrollable.

And that makes people uncomfortable.

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They Don’t Hate You—They Fear You

Most people aren’t angry at you for unplugging from the system. They’re afraid of what it means.

Because when you step outside of society’s programming and start questioning everything—your job, your diet, the news, your social circles—you don’t just change

You expose.

🔻 You expose the excuses people tell themselves for staying stagnant.

🔻 You expose the lies they’ve believed all their lives.

🔻 You expose the fears they refuse to confront.

And instead of dealing with those uncomfortable truths, it’s easier for them to attack you, dismiss you, and call you weird.

They’ll say:

- "Why are you doing that?" (Translation: You’re making me question my choices.)

- "That’s not normal." (Translation: I’m afraid to step outside my comfort zone.)

- "You’ve changed." (Translation: You’ve grown, and I haven’t.)

But here’s the reality:

They don’t hate you. They hate that your existence reminds them of their own self-imposed limitations.

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The Ones Who "Get It"? They See You.

There’s a reason why high-value, successful, independent people don’t waste time mocking others for thinking differently.

Because they’ve been there before.

They remember what it was like to be misunderstood, doubted, and rejected. They understand the loneliness that comes with growth. They know that thinking differently is a prerequisite for success.

And when they see you breaking free, building, and disrupting the norm?

They recognize you as one of their own.

You’ll never see a billionaire, a self-made entrepreneur, or a disciplined athlete laughing at someone for taking an unconventional path.

The only people who do that? Are those who feel trapped in their own mediocrity.

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So What’s the Choice?

You can either:

- Stay plugged in, following the crowd, seeking approval, and living within the limitations imposed on you.

- Or break free, face resistance, embrace the discomfort, and build a life on your own terms.

Yes, the masses will call you weird. But history only remembers the disruptors.

The ones who thought differently, created differently, and lived differently.

So, the next time someone calls you weird for choosing growth over comfort, smile. That’s confirmation you’re on the right path.

💡 Have you ever been called "weird" for thinking differently?

Drop your thoughts in the comments. Let’s discuss.

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Randolphe Tanoguem

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