Why are people seemingly so drawn to identifying themselves as anything at all? Sheer scale. There’s so many of us, and everyone is mostly replaceable. Not jus

Why are people seemingly so drawn to identifying themselves as anything at all? Sheer scale. There’s so many of us, and everyone is mostly replaceable. Not just in the economy, but in everything. The identity is the one flag in the ground that screams ‘I stand for something’. I’m upset at myself and everyone for bringing back high school into our adult world. The book bags adorned with band stickers, the clothes, the cliques, all making it clear in a superficial way ‘this is who I am’. Like a generation of adult Goth kids - we fucking get it. It just seems like we have to grow up, over and over.