Peer pressure is probably a major force in many of the crimes committed today. From peer pressure, people die, suffer, kill, and much more. I have come to learn about this first hand and it frustrates me why such a thing exists.
What place are you in? Do you have peer pressure under control? If you do, how do you do it? If you are under the control of peer pressure, how do you deal with it?...what are your thoughts about peer pressure?

Let's see.

Peer pressure is indeed bad, and sad. People tend to repeat the same saying in their head. " Better be wrong with the others than to be right alone". As you can see, it is wrong in so many points. How I deal with it? Simple. You ignore it. People shouldn't be smoking just to hang with the cool kids, there are tons of ways of getting passed through this, it all depends on how your self-esteem is sharpened-up.

Don't try to become someone else, be yourself.

I deal with peer pressure constantly now as a senior in high school, I really try to avoid it at all cost and just move around it. I try to stay firm on my opinions. I deal with it by being honest with the person by saying, " No thanks", "It's not my thing" or "I'm busy". When it really gets to me, I really just talk to my family about it or write my hands off (or atleast my carpaltunnel starts up again)

You simply try to avoid it, but i wouldn't exactly know how to. Maybe strangers would give you peer pressure for a certain reason, so try to avoid and ignore 'em. Peer pressure is also wrong, sometimes strangers aren't the only ones who give peer pressure, it could may be coming from a friend you once knew, or your friend or classmate from school, well depending maybe if your friend ever liked you in the first place.

Peer pressure doesn't bug me one bit. I always avoid it. I'm the kind of the person that is in many ways totally different from the "crowd" of many that are the same/alike.
When peer pressure comes onto me its just nothing to me, I laugh at them and make comments that turn what they say back to them. Then they never bug me again. But peer pressure hasn't really been any issue to me.

When i was in HS ... when someone tried to pressure me... i just ignored them. When they kept pushin i said " Why you want me to so bad... go do it yourself

~NatsumI Lam~

I don't get that much peer pressure, so I can't really so anything. All I can say that is I'd do what I think is right and don't do what I think is wrong. It's as simple as that.

I get plenty of peer pressure, im in high school... it happens, but it hasnt been happening much lately. I know exactly why to. I used to be mr. Happy Man and i would be nice to everyone and talk to everyone, but lately i would rather tell people to stfu... Being nice was such a hassle, i never really liked the people anyway, so why be nice. When people i dont like start talking to me i tell them to leave me alone because they are annoying as hell and should probably go kill themselves so that the rest of the world can live in peace. I really like my new way of thinking, it keeps stupid people away from me. Right now i only have three friends i really like it much better than when i had 10-20 friends that i would barely hang out with and sometimes didnt even like to hang out with... I dont like when people talk to me and have a "normal" conversation...

peoples defintion of "Normal"- talking about weather, sports, news... stuff that has no affect on yours or their lives...

its just pointless, just like when i work and a customer comes in i have to be nice and pretend like im happy... i stopped pretending to be happy, if a customer talks to me i ask them to not talk... when they ask why i just stay silent, my boss doesnt mind anymore, she was just suprised at first... i dont know how this all started from peer pressure.

Most people get too easily intimidated by peer pressure...i think its mostly about insecurity

Sorta like in Back to the Future whenever 'Griff' or 'Biff' used to call 'Marty' (Micheal J Fox) chicken or yella belly in order to make him do some dare or something

In the few instances that I have been pressured, I just ignore them

I was hit by peer presure just today. Some of my friends wanted to stay out all night and I didn't want to. They started harrassing me a little with questions like: "why do I go to bed at such an early time" and such. It got to the point where I just had to leave. It's hard to deal with it when you want to go one way and you're seen as a black sheep for it.

Am too old for peer pressure. jeezus, if you dont want to do something just coz a bunch of others say theyre gonna do it surely it doesnt mean youre gonna change you mind and follow the crowd.
i have no idea how peer pressure affects so many people, is everyone that insecure that theyll go along with the majority despite it not being something theyve chosen to do themselves.

yeah it sucks but get on with your own life let others do what they want you do what you want, simple as.

IN-DI-VID-UAL thought, its a good thing. if you disagree, think somethings stupid or pathetic then dont do it. not a hard question to ask yourself...

"is this what i want to do?" if the answer is no, then dont. if yes then peer pressure played no part in your decision then go right ahead.

I used to be more worried about peer pressure when I was younger, but that's definitely not how I wanted to live. So now I just go how I want to, I'll make my own crowd to follow =P

I agree with bentos. Do what you want, and who cares what idiots say anyway.

I always tend to stay away from peer pressure. Though the result could end up making you a loner (at the time), but to me that is alright if I feel I am doing the right thing. Of course though I have been victim to peer pressure. Heh, everything in this world revolves around it in some form or another. Like advertising, even that is a form of peer pressure to get you to buy something because someone else has it. I believe it affects people more when they are younger and once they have matured, the more then realize, why the hell should I care what you think?