Fitting into boxes.

So I've been thinking recently about stereotypes and how people seem to judge each other by what music they listen to, what kind of clothes they wear and how they talk. I've realised, although I've known it for a while, that stereotypes are stupid and inaccurate. I have a friend who most people would consider a nerd, yet there's so much more to her than that. She listens to rap music, loves musicals, enjoying roleplaying and dresses kind of like a slut in her spare time. I would say there was no real way to classify her or to stereotype her, yet people still try. There's no way that you can put any one person into a box and say that they fit in exactly. The beauty of people is that we're all different. Even if some people seem the same, we're all unique- and no that does not make us all alike either. Judging people based off the music they listen to or what they wear is rediculously idiotic. You're no better than anyone else just because you listen to a 'better' kind of music and it annoys me when people think they are. People are allowed to like whatever they want and whatever makes them happy. Why should people feel bad about liking something that makes them happy? Most of all, why should you be able to take that away from them?

The obvious answer is you shouldn't. Next time you go to judge someone just remember that the fact that they're different and proud to like different things than you is a beautiful thing in itself. It's not something to be ridiculed about.