I was looking for fun activities that I might enjoy alone. So I Google “activities an introvert can enjoy alone” and all the results were things like “how to not be an introvert, how to come out of your shell, how to enjoy extrovert activities as an introvert”
Like wtf? Stop trying to change and “fix“ me. I don’t want to be an extrovert, im sick of people treating introverts as broken
Totally agree! You do you, you shouldn’t have to change that. Username is great btw
Many cultures do. Maybe yours not enough to your needs or taste.
Gift them books, a microscope, minerals, a vintage computer… Maybe something will stick and make them more introverted. Or maybe they’ll see the gifts as an abstract validation of their ways and store them in the basement or the trash can.
Hell yeah. It’s always the extroverts that act like they’re the default and introverts just need to be coaxed out of their shells. I think that it comes from the common misunderstanding that being introverted is the same thing as being socially anxious. I think they probably go hand in hand, in that a socially anxious person is possibly introverted as a defense mechanism but it’s not the same. Being introverted just means that you have a limited social battery that takes longer to change.
one of my favorite things is the meta text that calvin is imaginative and quick witted like his dad and empathetic and creative like his mother. he’s ultimately allowed the amount of leeway he’s given because at his core he’s a good kid and they’re proud of him, so they let him express himself
something tells me that calvin was insufferable in his twenties. i grew up with the same kind of “support”, and i learned that you only get told the truth when you aren’t cute any more.
Why did you have to call me out like this?
sorry. hug your stuffie.
Personally, I love chatty extroverts. They just talk at me and I get to sit there in silence and daydream. They don’t care if you’re listening.
Because of the recent trend of omitting “does” from “why does everyone,” I am constantly trying to figure out what the photo hopes to explain, but then I realize it’s because someone is abusing English again.
Oh no, the immutable English language.
As a introvert, I do.
I call their loudness out. Tell them to fucking chill.
You can be introverted AND direct.
Being introvert is all the more incentive to be direct cause it allows you to talk less
It’s for the same bullshit reason that any difference in preferred communication style is always won by the person who responds to an email or text with a phone call. Buddy, if I actually wanted to talk, I would’ve called. It’s not my fault you have the reading ability of a drunk 5 year old.
A life hack is that you don’t have to answer what I would perseive as an aggressive phone call. Stand you ground and keep the communication in you preferred way.
You’re not wrong at all, but when it happens at work telling them to stop is tricky depending on where they are in the hierarchy.
I know, its hard. I’m dealing with a colleague like this higher in the org. Some are jerks, but I find most people respect the honesty.
My wife is an introvert, I am an extrovert. When we are at home she will not shut up, she is constantly talking. I however do all of my talking away from home and want quiet.
