Crowd leader, follower, or other?

This got me thinking a bit after having a lengthy discussion with a friend the other night about a majority of people are. In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's the definitions (non-technical so don't quote me):

CROWD LEADER: You're the one that starts things up. You make the rules that your fellow crowd members stick by. When you go left, they go left. Your personality is large enough that people just flock to you just because it's the cool thing to do.

CROWD FOLLOWER: You're the underling that obeys all or most of the orders of the Crowd Leader. You rarely have your own suggestions because you fear being 'uncool'. The leader goes left and you follow. Simple as that.

OTHER: You're the one that has sat back and watched the rat race and you decided to invent your own path. The Crowd Leader and Followers go left, you go right. Most of the time, you do stuff opposite of what the majority does, almost to the point where it seems like you're doing it on purpose.

I can already and honestly say that I'm an Other. Everybody that knows me knows me as the odd person out of the loop. I'd rather be doing my own thing than what most people are doing.

Which one are you and why?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm usually accused of purposely going against the flow. It's not my fault if I don't agree with 99.9% of the stuff the majority rules does. It's very rare that the crowd does something I'm actually interested in.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't like the role of leader at all. The only time I play follower is in school (I can't exactly go on strike about homework ) and when I'm in church.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Somehow I end up attracting groupies at work because I'm the one everybody wants to complain to about someone else, but they're too scare to ask HR to deal with the problem. I'm sick of telling people I'm not the team leader and I can't complain on their behalf (I would if I could).

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

here's the definitions (non-technical so don't quote me):

You took my definitions literal anyway. I was offering 'general' ideas. By no means are my so-called definitions the be-all, end-all of how these three groups of people are.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Fence-sitting is good! I wonder what category that would fit in...

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?