Only when thinking "Outside the Box" becomes cliche do we truly learn the definition of irony
I'm fucking tired of this...why is it we have to label EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING? Why? Is it because we only feel confortable when we have a preconception of everything around us? Maybe it's just easier to talk about things in general when we generalize things. Regardless, it is completely out of control. For example, MSN ran an two articles a few days ago detailing 5 men/women every woman/man should date. After having their list mocked on CollegeHumor.com, i was kinda curious to see the real thing and checked it out. You know what I came to conclude?
Complete BULLSHIT
Now, I'm a firm believer in variety being ths spice of life, and experiencing new things, but it's quite another thing to do so by packaging people in little convenience boxes like the authors do; it just belittles every aspect of a person. In fact, there is no way you could EVER adequetely describe a person using the poor words we have. Stereotyping people into roles such as, "The Bad Boy" and, "The Seductress" is just absurd. Seriously. Looking through the list of men every girl should date, I meet at least 3 of those qualifications(older man and metrosexual are out). But of course, they can't just say, "People are far to complex to classify, and every person you ever meet will exhibit qualities that fall into multiple catagories" because if they did they'd be out of a job. Every Shallow, High-Maintainance girl out there has qualities that overlap into other catagories, as does the Starving Artest and The Brainy Chick. People are far to complex to be able to focus on one little aspect of them and try to use a magnifying glass to learn something from the mere molecule you're looking at. That Bad Boy staring at you from across the hall has a little bit of Nice Guy AND Starving Artist in him, I promise, and the Guy's Girl you drink beer and watch football with has a little bit of Free Spirit and Seductress in her too.
So Here's a Thought... You can only truly see the depth of a person when you stop trying to fit them in a little box. Shrek said that ogres are like onions; they have many layers, and the same is true with people. You just have to quit focusing on what you WANT to see, they way you WANT them to be, and see who they truly are; an individual who could never fit in some stupid catagorization.
Complete BULLSHIT
Now, I'm a firm believer in variety being ths spice of life, and experiencing new things, but it's quite another thing to do so by packaging people in little convenience boxes like the authors do; it just belittles every aspect of a person. In fact, there is no way you could EVER adequetely describe a person using the poor words we have. Stereotyping people into roles such as, "The Bad Boy" and, "The Seductress" is just absurd. Seriously. Looking through the list of men every girl should date, I meet at least 3 of those qualifications(older man and metrosexual are out). But of course, they can't just say, "People are far to complex to classify, and every person you ever meet will exhibit qualities that fall into multiple catagories" because if they did they'd be out of a job. Every Shallow, High-Maintainance girl out there has qualities that overlap into other catagories, as does the Starving Artest and The Brainy Chick. People are far to complex to be able to focus on one little aspect of them and try to use a magnifying glass to learn something from the mere molecule you're looking at. That Bad Boy staring at you from across the hall has a little bit of Nice Guy AND Starving Artist in him, I promise, and the Guy's Girl you drink beer and watch football with has a little bit of Free Spirit and Seductress in her too.
So Here's a Thought... You can only truly see the depth of a person when you stop trying to fit them in a little box. Shrek said that ogres are like onions; they have many layers, and the same is true with people. You just have to quit focusing on what you WANT to see, they way you WANT them to be, and see who they truly are; an individual who could never fit in some stupid catagorization.
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