Attitudes and Behaviours

Went for night cycling with my friends on friday, and was sort of observing them periodically. The itinery for the night was to cycle from East Coast Park to Changi Village for supper and return back to ECP. We had a lot of time to do that as we can only reutrn the bikes at 9am. So some of us was cycling leisurely, and some were cruising all the way. I could tell from their faces that some were tired already, but yet still want to cycle with the faster guys. Then when we got back to ECP in the morning around 6.30 and had Macs for breakfast. Some people complained that they were very tired and they had never cycled that much before. And it was those same ppl that were cycling too fast for themselves initially. LoL

Soon after breakfast, a couple said they were leaving, and guess what? The rest of them started to leave 2 by 2 from then on..

From the above outing, we can see there's a bit of social desirability bias in some of my friends. To them, being able to cycle fast and be with the fitter guys seem way cooler than cycling slowly with the others. Even when they know its past their own limits, they still did not slow down and asked for a short break. Why do people want to portray themselves as the same as others. Does it mean that being different from your friends would result in losing them as friends? Or even in the working society, do you blend in with the crowd and do what the romans do in Rome? And what if that clashes with your own behaviour and beliefs? Do you continue to do them and to change your beliefs? or do you have 2 sides of your life and pretending to be a roman in Rome?

Haven't touched on attitudes and behaviour yet, so here is my 2cents worth of thoughts.. :)