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10 Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd

blog.petersons.com — The truth is, unique ideas aren ’t common, they are the exception. Original people get noticed, create more opportunities, and are given more recognition. Standing out and getting noticed is important all your life. You need to stand out in college applications, job interviews, in business or to find a date.

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  • blackdrivel, on 06/10/2008, -0/+4It always pisses me off to see people who feel special about themselves for using a bumper sticker or wearing a t-shirt that a million other people are wearing.
    • UltramegaOK, on 06/11/2008, -0/+5Like the idiots who wear Che Guevara T-shirts around school?

      Yes, I hate those people.
      • BoonTobias, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1some comedian was making a joke about people wearing guevara tshirts with jeans and how that was contradictory or something
      • dave122, on 06/11/2008, -0/+0what really annoys me about most of those people is they know absolutely nothing about him if you ask. "he was a revolutionary man!", is the extent of most people's knowledge of him.
    • andyboyd, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1Or my personal favourite, a t-shirt that's obviously from a multi national chain store conglomerate made to look like it is aged with fake rips and discolouration. That irks me greatly.

      Sometimes I think the best way to be 'different' is to be the same.
    • SuperWinner, on 06/11/2008, -1/+1Castro hat anyone?
  • p47plane, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3Wear a suit made of Benjamins.
  • kp2575, on 06/11/2008, -0/+4wait don't seek the wrong attention is listed as advice? So you are saying running down the street with nipple clamps on and a parking cone up my ass isn't going to lead to success?

  • davidfinch, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Getting noticed without any gimmicks can be challenging, but it's not impossible.
  • michaeladewitt, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3Good advice over the long haul. Unfortunately most people are going for the quick fix and these all run counter to that.
  • seanberry, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Wait, if we all follow this advice then won't we all be the same again and no one will stand out?
  • koob, on 06/11/2008, -2/+3Who diggs this *****?
  • 10goto10, on 06/11/2008, -0/+15#11: Strap a lawnmower to your head, cover yourself in peanut butter and have a monkey yodel Hulk Hogan's entry music from a balcony made out of yellow crepe paper built on top of your ass. That'll make you stand out from the crowd.

    (Unless I'm there too)
    • SuperWinner, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3That might work.... , but the fact is most people actually don't want to stand out from the crowd they are already in. Doing anything different from the norms of that group is a good way to get yourself kicked out. So if they're all going to get a tattoo of Bobs ass right on their faces, you better hop in the car cuz you're getting one too!
    • jstohler, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Comment of the day, people!
  • niroj, on 06/11/2008, -1/+8they forgot about whip it out
  • webkami, on 06/11/2008, -0/+8#1: Keep walking towards the end of crowd until you leave the crowd behind. Stop Walking. Congratulations you are standing out from the crowd.
    • dave122, on 06/11/2008, -0/+0Keep walking north until you leave the north pole, you are then south, because you were walking south ever since you made it to the north pole.
  • SuperWinner, on 06/11/2008, -0/+4Buried for encouraging women not to take their clothes off for attention.
  • mrsoze84, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3These are a vague ideas that any 2nd Grade teacher could tell you. Be creative? Be yourself? Why didn't I think of that??
  • ColorBlind, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3Why would you want to stand out? If anything i want to blend in and simply get by without being mugged, raped, shot, haggled, black mailed, sued, or any combination there-of.

    Screw getting noticed.
    • LANCEL0T, on 06/11/2008, -0/+0*Cancels plans to visit Knoxville anytime soon due to rape-mugging problems
  • moshinator, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Yes. Tell me more about how I should live my life.
  • macbookhair, on 06/11/2008, -1/+1Good way to stand out on a college campus is to NOT wear Abercrombie, Hollister, American Eagle, or Aeropostale.
  • Shagmire, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1#12. Befriend Dane Cook
  • oldhick, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1This is comedy gold. First, who cares about standing out? No one is creating trends, its all been done. Individuality can't be worn. You know who really stands out? People who don't care about others dress or luck but rather how they act and feel. Do you realize how shallow one has to be to care about any of the points on that list...
  • apollo168, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2This article read like a cheesy self-help book.
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