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0 pointsnicoburns4y ago0 comments

> I find smalltalk with people I don’t really know to be extremely challenging and tiring. And yet with people I do know, or in conversations on topics where I feel confident, I struggle to shut myself up.

FWIW, this pretty much exactly describes an introvert. Being introverted doesn't mean you don't like socialising at all.

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blowski4y ago

There are so many definitions of introvert that it’s mostly lost any meaning.

zamfi4y ago

Perhaps, but this sounds like what someone who doesn't know many extraverts would say.

If your default preferred way of being isn't "with other people" -- to the point where you feel anxious when you're alone for any reasonable length of time -- you're probably some flavor of introvert?

blowski4y ago

How many humans even have “default modes”?

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0 pointsnicoburns4y ago0 comments

FWIW, this pretty much exactly describes an introvert. Being introverted doesn't mean you don't like socialising at all.

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blowski4y ago

There are so many definitions of introvert that it’s mostly lost any meaning.

zamfi4y ago

Perhaps, but this sounds like what someone who doesn't know many extraverts would say.

blowski4y ago

How many humans even have “default modes”?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse