Quote :

"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."

this is 100% me

12/14/2011 6:40:53 PM

according to almost every single one of those tests i am an introvert.

:shrug:

12/14/2011 6:45:39 PM

same here

12/14/2011 6:52:43 PM

why does this thread describe Introverts like they suffer from a personality disorder? Is there a chart that explains why extroverts won't shut the fuck up or leave the bar before closing time?

12/14/2011 7:46:13 PM

^because extraverts are thought of as just being "normal"

kinda like whites, Christians, heterosexuals, monogamists, the able, cisgender individuals, males, adults, and members of the middle class

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 7:50 PM. Reason : also Anglophones

12/14/2011 7:48:55 PM

except they're not; most people are neither, being considered ambiverts.

12/14/2011 7:59:42 PM

So...snotty, self-absorbed introverts justify why they're better than boorish, uninteresting extroverts. Argue about how special you are, then compartmentalize and label yourself. Also, nothing can ever be described as deviating from the social norm, lest you reveal your latent bigotry. Ok, I'm tracking now. Thanks, thread.

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 8:02 PM. Reason : .]

12/14/2011 8:01:06 PM

jeebus, this thread is not knocking extroverts or anyone... it is just showing some of the tell tale signs of an introvert, and trying to explain that they are myths that don't necessarily have to define them.

I realized that once I identified with the introvert-type personality that I was more comfortable with myself, and I opened up a little more, just putting it out there so people could think about it. And if you don't identify with maybe you can see why some of your friends behave this way, not just being that way because they don't like you.

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 8:10 PM. Reason : ^]

12/14/2011 8:06:56 PM

^^no it's just that we need to recognize our varying aspects of unearned privilege in society

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 8:12 PM. Reason : and also remember that the various types of "normal" have their own parallel terms

12/14/2011 8:12:12 PM

simonn = Hawthorne EXPOSED!!!!?

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."

Quote :

"So...snotty, self-absorbed introverts justify why they're better than boorish, uninteresting extroverts. Argue about how special you are, then compartmentalize and label yourself. Also, nothing can ever be described as deviating from the social norm, lest you reveal your latent bigotry. Ok, I'm tracking now. Thanks, thread."

12/14/2011 8:17:26 PM

those aren't even close to the same post.

12/14/2011 8:21:20 PM

but enough talking about those other kinds of people; if they want to feel that they need their own thread to make themselves feel better, let them make it.

My wife is mostly an extrovert, except that she gets anxious about meeting large groups of people for the first time. Other than that, she is perfectly fine with accepting invitations to hang out with "friends" and subsequently lets me know the day of. Talk about anxiety. I don't do small talk, except with my dad. I like close, few friendships.

And you know what?

That's okay.

12/14/2011 8:21:40 PM

Introverts just don't give a FUCK.

12/14/2011 9:19:52 PM

Wow I'm a fucking introvert

12/14/2011 9:30:45 PM

Quote :

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

I have to assume that sentence in #9 is false and was just put in there for fun. It doesn't fit with the rest of the paragraph.

12/14/2011 9:58:54 PM

This thread reminded me how awesome I am. Identity affirmed! I would say, "Sup?!" to my fellow introverts, but I don't care to hear their answer, and they don't want to give it. We're cool like that.

12/14/2011 10:05:28 PM

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"but I don't care to hear their answer"

what an extravert! Oh wise one, how may we be more like you?

12/14/2011 10:22:05 PM

^I don't care to hear it because that would be small talk. I'm an introvert.

I can tutor you to be more like me. 30 day risk-free trial. You can be my protegé.

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 10:30 PM. Reason : ]

12/14/2011 10:28:59 PM

when do the introverts and the extroverts form two angry mobs and fight in the streets

12/14/2011 10:31:15 PM

Soon, I hope.

12/14/2011 10:34:19 PM

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"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"

This is a combination of being introverted and neurotic. There are introverted people who are very flexible and adaptable, such as Bill Clinton.

There are extroverts who are neurotic as well.

The thing that determines whether you are intro or extro is whether interacting with other people tires you out or pumps you up.

12/14/2011 10:35:07 PM

It's hard for me to hold a conversation with someone about something I don't care about. The topics don't really have to bore me, I could be genuinely slightly interested but I still can barely bring myself to devote more to the topic than "oh that's interesting"

So on the flip side I automatically assume that everyone else is like me, so even if I care about a subject I generally won't talk that much about it with someone I'm not good friends with because I assume they would probably be bored by it.

12/15/2011 1:16:31 PM

Extrovert and proud of it

Though some of the stuff they listed doesn't make sense to me as being an extrovert thing vs introvert, like the social pleasantries comment.

12/15/2011 3:10:54 PM

Quote :

"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."

12/15/2011 3:39:32 PM

^ again, that would be a hipster, go make your own thread about it and bitch about it how much they complain and bitch

12/15/2011 3:48:14 PM

I can relate to a lot of those. I like being around people, but it does wear me out. Usually if I have a busy day, then I want to go home and be left alone. I usually try to talk to Peter though, to keep him happy.

Working in sales and living in a small town means I have to do a lot of small talk. I've gotten use to answering their little questions and acting like a care. It is neat when I find out I have something in common with this random stranger, like his is also from my hometown or something. My coworker is constantly talking to people, but it is mostly about things they probably don't care about. Does that make him an extrovert, introvert, or just socially awkward?

12/15/2011 4:05:35 PM

Sounds like it makes him annoying.

12/15/2011 4:33:55 PM

necrobumpin' in here

was this your first thread?

12/6/2015 5:31:23 PM

lol nope, and I was going through old pictures and posts and i was looking through old threads, and I just kept seeing all these awesome threads that I forgot about




my very first thread was in like 2007 or 8 and I posted about how ncstate should allow a graffiti art project to paint the 'ugly' parts of campus or somthing, it was lame as shit, people tried to be nice. AND THEN I posted about my stolen scoooter years later in grad school

good times

[Edited on December 6, 2015 at 5:41 PM. Reason : .]

12/6/2015 5:38:59 PM

u r good times

12/6/2015 10:23:32 PM

Myth #10 is actually true. I'm definitely an introvert, but I've taught myself how to be outgoing, sociable, work a crowd/room, etc. There's no way I would have ever survived the service industry and a career in teaching if I didn't learn how to be social.

My default preference is definitely being alone and I need time by myself to recharge after prolonged social interactions, but I've fooled lots of people into thinking I'm an extrovert because I know how to act like one. It's really not that difficult and it's honestly for the best.

12/6/2015 10:31:33 PM

This thread is relevant to me, because me.

12/7/2015 7:46:31 AM

^^ I think of it as more of learning skills that are not innate in yourself. I am not naturally skilled at being social, but I can be for work and networking stuff etc


but at my core I am an introvert and I love my alone time

12/7/2015 2:59:41 PM

It goes the same way for people who are super extroverted and freak out and get anxious when they're alone. It's healthy to learn how to be apart from other people and have some independence, even if it's outside your comfort zone.

I honestly think the whole introvert/extrovert thing is overblown and that it really just comes down to personal preferences. It's like debating chocolate vs vanilla- no real point.

12/7/2015 3:31:28 PM

I just think it is nice to not be the only one being asked "why aren't you going out?" and people thinking you must be hiding depression because you do not go out on weekends with regularity

12/9/2015 2:05:53 PM

I don't go out because I don't have friends

12/9/2015 2:27:06 PM

Did not read this thread but isn't the main difference that introverts gain social energy by being alone and spend it in groups, whereas extraverts gain social energy in the presence of others and spend it when they're alone?

12/9/2015 3:25:36 PM

krallum, stop posting in my threads


unless you agree to move back in, then maybe

12/9/2015 3:28:05 PM

Everyone should read this book. Even if you are not an introvert,you may work with introverts, manage introverts, be married to one, have children that are introverts, etc... and this book is very educational.

This book changed how we manage and review staff and also how we create groups and manage projects, it's a very good read

https://books.google.com/books/about/Quiet.html?id=uyjf3uaQ4TwC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

[Edited on December 9, 2015 at 3:49 PM. Reason : link to google book preview]

12/9/2015 3:48:16 PM

#1 roommate
yeah I room good as hell

12/9/2015 5:27:15 PM