Free Step Dodge

I mean sometimes the popular opinion is wrong but a lot of times it's the popular opinion for a reason

Being an edgy edgelord. That's the psychology.

A desire to assert individuality.

Of course, they're inevitably caught by the old "hipster catch 22," where consistently being a contrarian makes you no more idiosyncratic than the banal commoner.

Well that pretty much sums it up.

Speaking of Popular Oppinions, I get most of them but some are just weird.

In the first place opinions aren't right or wrong, they are points of view, and regardless of how many people share the same opinion it's still an opinion. Opinions and facts are two different things. But people are free to agree with others points of views as much as they like, critical thinking is a lost art anyway.