Unpredictable

"I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid. "

 Jack Sparrow's onto something. It's about unpredictability. Some people get the wrong idea about being unpredictable. They think that you need to do the unexpected at all times. But that's not quite right. Because, as Jack said, there comes a time where you can be expected to do the unexpected. To be truly unpredictable, you sometimes need to do exactly what is expected, because it's exactly what an unpredictable person wouldn't be expected to do.

This is part of the problem I have with people who do everything they can do to be different, unique. You sacrifice your unique tastes to for a sense of uniqueness that isn't entirely yours. Your taste is still dictated by the current trends.

It's similar with rebellion. So often, kids formerly under the authority (often strict authority) of their parents find the freedom brought by a certain age or situation extremely liberating. Seeking to throw off the vestiges of their parents' restrictions, they evaluate their actions through a lens of liberation. If their parents might disapprove of a certain action, they lean in that direction, even if their personal ideals or preferences would disagree with it. These people are delusional. They think they have found true freedom in identity, but their actions are still dictated by what their parents approve of.

To be truly unpredictable, truly unique, truly liberated in identity, it takes something different. To be unpredictable, you need to worry not so much about being unpredictable, but about what the moment dictates you do. To be truly unique, you need to do/wear/listen to what you personally like, even if that means your taste aligns with mainstream preference. To be truly liberated in identity, you must often do exactly what your parents or others would approve of.

Don't be so afraid of being what you don't want to be that you avoid doing what makes you what you want to be because it looks like you are what you don't want to be. Be predictable. It's unpredictable.