Hot take: This is gonna sound conceited to introverts but “shutting the fuck up so others can talk and contribute” IS society forcing extroverts to do exactly what you said. When an extrovert isn’t talking they are probably deliberately holding back because it’s socially polite
Extroverts can listen, it is the overall interaction that they crave.
Talkativity is a defining feature of extraversion
Being an ambivert is nice lol
I’ve been trying to find activities I can do on my own. I like being on my own and doing stuff by myself. But when I look up “fun things to do as an extrovert” and the results are pages of “how to not be an extrovert”. Like ffs I like being an introvert, why this obsession with changing my personality style and trying to force me to be something I’m not
Try “alone” or “by yourself” instead of “introvert.” (I assume that’s the word you meant.)
I’ve been told I’m annoying and need to shut up as long as I can remember. Probably since I started talking.
Oh my god, enough already! Please give someone else a chance to reply! You’re taking up all the internet space.
Looks cool man but as an extreme introvert, I worry about the false dichotomy of intro/extro. I’m fucked up and isolated because that’s what I want. I’m also decent at interpersonal relations, but it hurts my brain to do sales. Because I don’t want you to buy the thing I am trying to sell you.
Sales hurting your brain is only indicative of a healthy moral compass
My MIL is this kind of extrovert. She assumes that if someone isn’t constantly talking to her that they hate her.
Look lady: I love your daughter to death! I love you to death! I DON’T HAVE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MY LIFE!! And you KNOW that!! Trust me, when I do, I WILL LET YOU KNOW!! In the meantime, business as usual and I don’t have any opinions on anything outside of my purview!
I swear, if ever she was forced to sit in front of a group of people in silence, her head might explode.
I went to an introvert’s munch once. It was held at a public library. Everyone just nodded and smiled at each other as they read books. No one spoke to anyone. It was amusing as performance art but it was a shitty munch.
How does one munch at a library? Isn’t that usually frowned upon?
It’s just the name of a particular kind of social get-together.
Even librarians love snacks
Because the worst of us all run everything, and you gotta just deal with it wage slave.
You don’t consent to being born. You are forced here and are a prisoner of your living expenses.
Because talking = socializing, and socializing is a core concept in the human brain which evolved with the need for a community to live in, which is easier to do when you socialize with its members. So for our society socializing = good. Not socializing = bad.
And it suuucks ass.
Hey how’s it going? No, don’t actually tell me how it’s going.
Boy… the weather sure is outside! Being alone with my thoughts scares me, so I will make dealing with me your new unpaid job.
What’d you do this weekend? If it takes more than two sentences to describe it to me I’ll stop caring and just talk about myself. I’m not here to learn about you, just drown out the incessant ticking of my own mortality.
I wish people would give me more than two sentences. I kinda need more than two sentences to start opening up, and once I do, I will not stop talking until I’m tired. My brain will never run out of things to ramble about, so feel free to be like, “hey, can we move onto another subject?” if you’ve lost interest.
I try this every day but it doesn’t work. Extros gonna extro.