So many times I have heard people complain about being stereotyped. They can not stand to be cast into a group of people that are associated with a certain set of qualities. And hey- I get it. I hate being stereotyped as well. However, if you act just like the group of people you are being associated with, how could you not be put into the same category with them?

We can not leave out our generations most used stereotype: basic. What even is basic? Let’s set up a definition within the context of this article.

Basic: a person who has all the things that society deems “cool” and does all of the things society claims people should be doing like drinking Starbucks for every meal and buying in to mainstream media and never investigating anything for yourself.

The main criteria for being considered basic is that you never question anything and you always just go along with what you are told. That is what our generations has started to do and that is what is cool. If you do not want to be considered basic, go out and search for things on your own.

I promise if you bring up the things you have been researching about the flat earth theory or d-wave quantum computing, NOBODY will EVER call you basic.

And you don’t have to believe in any of those things, but open yourself up to those things and learn something new. Stop conforming to society if you don’t like being stereotyped as “basic” and I promise you won’t have to worry about that anymore.

There are tons of stereotypes that people hate being thrown into, but the people who complain about these stereotypes often carry out the actions associated with those stereotypes.

The thing is, society has created groups and sets so that people can be shoved into tiny boxes. If we want that to go away, we have to stop acting like the stereotypes that have been created.

Get up and do something outside of the stereotyped you have been placed in. If you do not want to be associated with a certain group of people, stop acting like them. It’s that simple. And if you do act like them, you cannot complain when someone shoves you into that box.

So either suck it up or change how you act.