12/14/2011 10:58:15 AM

I fit all 10 myths

12/14/2011 10:59:34 AM

yea, some of these myths are true for me, but I don't talk because I don't care to just talk about nothing

12/14/2011 11:01:25 AM

agreed on all accounts

12/14/2011 11:05:42 AM

Introverts do not like [words]

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

12/14/2011 11:11:21 AM

indeed

12/14/2011 11:13:11 AM

<---Introvert and I agree

12/14/2011 11:14:07 AM

@ introversion

12/14/2011 11:14:35 AM

I really hate small talk, I need to learn to do it though. My manager said so at our last review.

12/14/2011 11:14:43 AM

gotta hate it when people feel they have to tell you how their kids are doing when you ask "whats the weather?"

12/14/2011 11:17:34 AM

I really hate the bs social events our department has. My interpretation is that they are optional. But I am told I should do it for good "citizenship", yet all that happens is that I sit in a corner talking to 4 people that I know eating cake. I have talked to people I don't know, but then we quickly run out of stuff to chit chat about and then I wonder "why should I go to these things?". Some people in the department love this stuff, they help plan and go to all of them ... good on them, but whhhhhy do I have to go?

I go to ones that I feel are actually important for my academic career, and I will gladly slap on a smile and talk about research .... butt I dooooon't care what everyone is doing for their vacation and what their kids made them when we never talk any other time in the year... blah blah blah

12/14/2011 11:19:47 AM

I have become much more extroverted the last 2 years due to one of my jobs, and having to take a more public role.



[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM. Reason : ]

12/14/2011 11:23:03 AM

hey guys i'm here to imply that i'm smart b/c i'm an introvert, and then slowly jerk myself off about it.

i see i've come to the right place.

12/14/2011 11:25:39 AM

weirdos

12/14/2011 11:26:23 AM

^^ that is not what I was really getting at, I have met stupid introverts too

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 11:46 AM. Reason : ,]

12/14/2011 11:30:07 AM

I fit all of them except for #9. I am adrenaline junkie when it comes to skiing, jet skiing, rock climbing, etc.

12/14/2011 11:54:35 AM

Quote :

"hey guys i'm here to imply that i'm smart b/c i'm an introvert, and then slowly jerk myself off about it. i see i've come to the right place."

12/14/2011 11:57:24 AM

I think we all have a little Sheldon Cooper in us

12/14/2011 11:58:54 AM

introverts ftw


God I hate small talk worse than anything ever.

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 12:05 PM. Reason : ^gross I don't want him in me]

12/14/2011 11:59:01 AM

Truths about Introverts

- Require the rest of the world to interact with them on their terms.
- Completely inflexible on social behavior
- Extremely irritable when the world does not conform to their requirements

12/14/2011 12:11:34 PM

I fit a lot of these myths. This is just over-explaining character flaws.

"You're weird!"
"I'm in a individual"

12/14/2011 12:15:28 PM

^^got a problem with it? lol

12/14/2011 12:26:57 PM

one thing that really hit home for me is the thing about loud noises or too much commotion. whenever i'm at a bar and the music is too loud to hear others cleary, i totally shut down and go into my own little world...i'd rather just not talk than struggle to have a conversation.

12/14/2011 1:13:35 PM

someone's been spying on me

12/14/2011 1:18:33 PM

Quote :

"I don't care to just talk about nothing"

12/14/2011 1:22:43 PM

Additional Truths about Introverts:

-Get extremely bitter when things don't work out their way while putting zero effort into it and complain to everyone how unfair life is.

12/14/2011 1:23:37 PM

^ you are thinking of hipsters

12/14/2011 1:25:08 PM

As an unclinically diagnosed introvert I appreciate this thread

We need to make bumper stickers for "Introvert Awareness"

12/14/2011 1:50:26 PM

^ Why would introversion be clinically diagnosed? It's not a disability.

Quote :

"one thing that really hit home for me is the thing about loud noises or too much commotion. whenever i'm at a bar and the music is too loud to hear others cleary, i totally shut down and go into my own little world...i'd rather just not talk than struggle to have a conversation."

I also don't like music that loud at bars and clubs.

I mean for concerts I love the music that loud, something where I'm there for the music. But if I'm somewhere that the objective is ostensibly social interaction, and the environment makes that next to impossible, I basically go into "observer mode."

Sometimes I'll nudge someone and point. But that's about it.

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM. Reason : ]

12/14/2011 1:51:02 PM

I agree with most of that, but I think people let introversion become an excuse.

"Ehh, I don't want to go out...that's just not my personality."

"I don't talk to random people and get to know them...that's just not my personality."

If you identify as an "introvert", it's pretty easy to let that prevent you from going out of your comfort zone. Going outside of your comfort zone is key to personal growth, though.

If you can recognize that you have a natural inclination to keep to yourself (as I have), there are rewards for deliberately working against that tendency.

12/14/2011 2:01:23 PM

^^yeah I know

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 2:05 PM. Reason : I just really want an introvert bumper sticker]

12/14/2011 2:05:07 PM

it has actually helped me relax a bit more,knowing that other people are uneasy. I used to have a lot of social anxiety

12/14/2011 2:15:51 PM

yeah, you just realize that things aren't as big a deal as you think and just go with the flow - I wish I could impart this on some of my friends somehow

12/14/2011 2:18:34 PM

One of my worst tendencies is to over analyze tiny details, like if I'm giving a presentation or a speech and slip on a word, I think its a huge deal and everyone thinks less of me, when in reality hardly anyone probably even noticed. Also with girls.

12/14/2011 2:19:58 PM

^adorable.

12/14/2011 2:21:29 PM

it took me a long time. It comes from having a moment of clarity and suddenly it clicks, granted you still have the anxieties, but you learn to push them aside so that you can have a life.

sometimes going to a counselor helps

12/14/2011 2:22:13 PM

simonn, looks like you are a sonofabitch who is, what, embarrassed by your extroversion, and can't be in the cool introverts club?

tell you what, why don't you take all of your extra versions and go with your extra virginness and go SOMEWHERE else, like, where people want to hear about you.

say...ANOTHER THREAD.

how's that for introversion?!

12/14/2011 3:07:17 PM

^ so you're saying he struck a nerve?

12/14/2011 3:09:16 PM

kdogg why don't you make another thread about your back surgery that no one will read

12/14/2011 3:10:43 PM

too late

12/14/2011 3:23:31 PM

lol. well I do not know you kdogg, but I am glad you survived the surgery, hope your recovery goes well.

12/14/2011 3:24:22 PM

I'm pretty good at small talk, but because I feel that politics, religion, and the weather should never be discussed with acquaintances I get way too personal after the first few exchanges unless they want to talk about sports.

12/14/2011 4:59:55 PM

So yeah that pretty much described me perfectly. I guess this makes me an introvert.

12/14/2011 5:04:20 PM

extroverts are usually douchebags

12/14/2011 5:20:37 PM

nah, extroverts are usually awesome, they help me be more social by doing all the hard work

12/14/2011 5:38:29 PM

I fit most of those.

12/14/2011 5:41:17 PM

Quote :

"simonn, looks like you are a sonofabitch who is, what, embarrassed by your extroversion, and can't be in the cool introverts club? tell you what, why don't you take all of your extra versions and go with your extra virginness and go SOMEWHERE else, like, where people want to hear about you. say...ANOTHER THREAD. how's that for introversion?!"

someone help me out here: does this make sense at all?

12/14/2011 6:30:55 PM

does your first post itt make sense at all?

he's pilled up

what's your excuse?

12/14/2011 6:31:23 PM

it was written in plain english, if that's what you mean.

also it made sense.

12/14/2011 6:32:18 PM

what i meant was fuck you

12/14/2011 6:35:01 PM