Why do NTs Need to do things in Unison?

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Holidays, sleeping, eating. I remember in Kindergarten the teacher said it was nap time and all the other kids layed down and closed their eyes. I remember thinking that this was bizarre. How could everyone be tired at the same time? Thus began the initiation into regimentation and my disdain for it has only grown. But NTs seem to thrive on it. Maybe they're like the Borg and can only function with group thought.

Because they derive more pleasure from togetherness than they derive from the activities they do together.

Your kindergarten experience is not a representative example because everybody being expected to nap at the same time is more of a matter of logistics than an illustration of innate behavior; it would be difficult to instruct the class if each student napped whenever she felt like it.

starkid, you ever wonder why logistics are paramount? I do.

That's really a scary thought that a teacher would get mad if a kid wouldn't shut their eyes o.O
I never had any problems, but now I'm wondering what my oldest is going to do when he goes to kindergarten next year. He can't sit still at all, nor can he be quiet.

We hang out together because it's fun/ nice. Doing logistical things together just makes sense.

Why the logistics matter… I tend to take a bit of a nihilistic view in the sense that it doesn't actually matter at all in the grand scheme of things (nothing does actually). But I figure since we are here on earth anyway, we might as well make the most of it. One could ask why we do anything at all…

We sleep together so we are awake together. If we are awake together, not only can we enjoy each other's company, but we can also maximise productivity. If one person can teach 20 kids instead of 20 people teaching 20 kids, that is more efficient. If people went to work whenever they wanted, then all the stores would not be open together, which means you'd have to wait to find out when that particular store's employees were going to be there in order to buy anything- and that's not efficient (and actually sounds really stupid to me).

We eat together because that way we can save time, energy, money, and resources. One person cooks for numerous people, thus only using the stove once, and we don't waste the food because numerous people eat it. To do it another way is very wasteful. Now why does it matter if we're wasteful- refer to my second paragraph.

My kids never napped at all past infancy, and their daycares allowed them to do a quiet activity instead. My younger son's daycare used to take him out to the kitchen to help them prepare lunch instead because he wasn't capable of being "quiet" either.

Like how NT girls all go to the bathroom together? I never understood that. I'm a grown up. I can go by myself.
It's not like there's going to be some kind of sewer monster that pops up out of the toilet and tries to pull me in, hence me needing someone there with me to pull me away from the monster.
And I don't really want someone I know sitting in the next stall, listening to me pee.

Well, NTS do seem to get something out of it. No doubt. Otherwise it wouldn't be so prevalent. I just don't why it matters so much.