Stereotypes

Introverts seem to be romanticized as this quiet species with highly intellectual thoughts and genuine souls, who can't stand small talk and meaningless socializing, and is highly philosophical.
Extroverts seem to be stereotyped as the limelight of the party, who are shallow and who has the god given talent to start conversations with anyone and everyone.

Silence is such an interesting thing.
Many seem to fear it, as though silence is always a sure fire sign of social inadequacy or 'awkwardness'. As though, if two didn't converse with one another, they wouldn't be able to bridge the gaps in between. They are therefore desperate, filling up the voids with anything and everything, making it futile and absolutely unnecessary.
Silence too is seen as the light gust of wind that gently blows, foreshadowing the sandstorm afterward.
But how is there to be a sandstorm if there wasn't any cause to begin with?
Silence doesn't mean anger.
It doesn't mean sadness.
It doesn't always have to mean something.
It is what it is, silence.

To be uncomfortable in silence shows nervousness, which is perfectly fine
But it does show a certain amount of insecurity and lack of comfort around a person, be it due to lack of confidence, sense of security, or familiarity.

Silence too can be that one isn't in fact, thinking of anything at all.
Some of us space out. We are in a world we built from scratch, and we are plotting the next renovation for that marshmallow house on Potato Street 91.
We aren't always brooding over life and philosophical stuffs, you know
So it's pretty amusing when people in general fear silence due to the uncertainty and many possibilities it brings, but respect it so much, for what's unspoken leaves much to the imagination, leading to many of us jumping to the conclusion that the person is thinking of many things when he is in fact, in a blank space that consists only of him.

Introverts are humans too.
Do stop with the assumptions that we are always 'depressed', or 'emo', or 'philosophical'.
I'm sure there's many different types of introverts out there, and while yes, some of us do play into a little of that stereotype: contemplating about life's meaning during our free time
We aren't all that figure of perfection the Internet paints us out to be.

There are people out there who remain quiet not to observe and learn, but due to the fact that they have no answers to give.
There are people out there who are so highly guarded talking becomes a sacrifice, a dangerous door to remain locked forever.
There are people out there who don't speak because speaking is tough and traumatizing.
There are people out there who just smile and nod because they want to see your soul before anyone can see their frown.

Extroverts, too.
The one thing that makes them 'extroverts' is perhaps the fact that they gain energy from spending time with people, which is the opposite of introverts who get it from being alone.
It doesn't mean that they are constantly in a state of zen or optimism with the best things to say about life.
It doesn't mean that they have all the answers.
It doesn't mean that they are shallow; they are just more open with their thoughts, perhaps less guarded, or perhaps just thinking out loud as their method of processing.
They too can be burdened with the expectations of always having to be at the centre of attention with something interesting to say
Just like how introverts can be burdened with always having to be the 'deep' one with insights into everything.

Just because one speaks more, or less,
Doesn't determine one's intellectual capabilities  or personality
It anything, it only means what it technically means: the way one gains energy as a form of 'recharging'.

It is perhaps an outward persona they developed overtime.
It is perhaps the way they deem fit the best to survive in this world.

Besides, extroversion and introversion both exists within every individual
Most of the time, the predominant one is what we are assumed to be.
It is... Pretty restricting and narrow a way of reading people, if you will even call it 'reading'.

It doesn't mean any of those silly assumptions we try so hard to box them into.
C'mon, humans ain't that simple.

Who are you to think that every unique individual can  be so easily classified under a flat, one-dimensional word of 'introvert' or 'extrovert'---which says pretty much nothing about us as a person?