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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]so ... people are different. That's it. No need to classify people. No good comes from classifying people. [/quote]

Eh, even if you can prevent people from using a specific word like "introvert", humans are naturally assertive and will recognize their difference and then categorize themselves. Like if you could scrub the word "introvert" from our vocabulary, you'd just wind up with people saying stuff like "I'm one of those people who just doesn't enjoy cocktail parties." Or "yes, my husband and I prefer one-on-one or small group interactions to bigger social settings -- it's just how we're built." Using a term like introvert is easier.

The problem emerges because so many people don't know what words mean and misuse them. It's not just with introversion, either. There's a bunch of people who have diagnosed themselves with ADHD or personality disorders based on TikTok's, and people who have diagnosed with themselves with depression or anxiety based on Twitter and ads for medication for these conditions. Some (many even) of these people probably actually have these conditions, but because the process of diagnosis and identification as been so democratized that people just do it by themselves at home with somewhat limited information about these disorders, it's greatly expanded what people think of as "ADHD behaviors" or "depression symptoms" in the same way that people have greatly expanded what it means to be an introvert.

It's not the label that is the problem. It's the way we use it and the way it gets used as a get out of jail free card by people who just want an excuse for being rude or unpleasant. That doesn't mean we should eliminate the label, it means we should better educate people on what the labels mean. And maybe offer more and better resources to people than random TikTok influencers.[/quote]

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