being introverted can be a gift and a curse.

[el_oh_el]

Bruh....I agree. I fukkin HATE small talk. When coworkers talkin to me..its all good past a certain point. Then I start kinda tryna brush they ass off..which in turn makes the situation awkward to me because I was raised not to be rude.
Nevermind the fact that the true extroverts in my company make a shyt load of money...

Say yall ever seen a person in public you acquainted with..than you KNOW talks a lot...and straight dodge they ass? I fukked around and turned into James Bond in Sams the other day dodging this MF

it gets made once every 4 months
dont like small talk
likes to go out but not for a long time
hates talking on the phone
being around a lot of people is physically draining
wish i could turn on a switch to be extrovert
wouldn't change being introvert for the world

First three describe me to a T...
I actually like large crowds tho

 

[Flay Mayweather]

Some people just talk too fukking much. They love hearing the sound of their own voice. I will say that a lot of you people who say you don't like small talk just sound stuck up OD. Talk to people, what's the worse that can happen

I stay in cuz I don't drink alcohol and nobody wants to be the only sober breh at a party. Clubs are too loud and dark ( #MidnightBoyz ) so it's w/e. I also stay in a lot cuz I really don't want to put myself in a situation where someone talks slick and I go full Cloutier and end up getting booked. Such is life

Well For me, idk about others, small talk isn't the problem .... Talking about nothing without purpose is.

I hate talking about nothing. I rather people not talk to me if doesn't hold a real purpose.

I might seem conceited or disinterested to them, but if it's not interesting or holds value it won't capture my interest

 

[Majestyx]

GTFOH you fake ass "so called introverts", you just have nothing to say then don't say anything. Who cares what people think? I don't...

Act like you are interested say "uh huh, yes, nod your head, smile" etc till you are tired, loser fukkboys, stop acting so gay and useless.

When it's time to talk, stop giving one liners like you mr.t or arnold schwarzenegger, talk in paragraphs a$$holes.

SMH @ these idiots be giving people one sentence replies and shyt SMH...

You clowns take everything too serious man, my goodness.

fukk all of that. there is no designated time to talk. no i'm not going to act like i give a fukk, no i do not give a fukk what people think. and no i dont take everything too serious...

brehs like you speak to me, and i dont even reply, i look at you like you're stupid and walk away.

this is what i mean when i said "extraverts are annoying" bytch i aint playing by your rules, and whatever you talking about is not interesting. i can make small talk, but fukk that shyt 90% of the time. talking just for the fukk of it....

 

[el_oh_el]

I mean no disrespect whatsoever.
It really, really sounds like a couple of you may have social anxiety.
My closest friend is an INTJ and back in high school, while I had to beg son to come to certain parties with us, he could still function.
I would definitely notice a decrease in his energy level after a couple of hours, but breh could make small talk and play my wing man when the situation called for it.
If you're getting choked up over casual meet and greet conversation, or you're the type to be going for milk and see someone you recognize in the dairy aisle, so you walk down the canned goods section instead and pretend to be looking for something else until the coast is clear, you may have an underlying issue that goes deeper than simple extroversion & introversion.

Why I read this shyt right after I described myself dodging somebody that talks too damn much..

 

[Pdiddy]

i enjoy floating in my own mind. yet interacting with people is the most stressful shyt ever. public conversation is draining. i prefer being solo most of the time, but its like envy the people that can easily make small talk, even though i lack that skill and hate to waste words with no thought behind them. i'm not good with conversation unless its about something i know. then i go off with that topic and wont stop for days. most of these females out here are instant extroverts that are all over the place and will freak out if they're in the house for at least a day. yet i could chill at home and have actual fun. i feel like an old man compared to women my age .

Well, is it affecting your ability to pull bytches and sustain employment?

 

[Lo-Co]

Well, is it affecting your ability to pull bytches and sustain employment?

employment no. bytches?..... partially. all these girls where i live are the same.

 

[Lo-Co]

fukk all of that. there is no designated time to talk. no i'm not going to act like i give a fukk, no i do not give a fukk what people think. and no i dont take everything too serious...

brehs like you speak to me, and i dont even reply, i look at you like you're stupid and walk away.

this is what i mean when i said "extraverts are annoying" bytch i aint playing by your rules, and whatever you talking about is not interesting. i can make small talk, but fukk that shyt 90% of the time. talking just for the fukk of it....

its like firing an automatic rifle straight into the air.

 

[Tako]

Op. Sometimes I wonder how many dimes I could've pulled if I wasn't a introvert. Wish I could say hithen get her number without trying to come up with shyt to talk about. The good thing is that you don't get caught up in bad crowds tho

 

[OCCAMS_RAZOR]

*sigh*

guys i'm going to offer an opinion that's probably not going to be popular ...

i don't believe that people can be either 'introverted' or 'extroverted' like the way you can have a red crayon and a blue crayon, i believe it's entirely dependent on context. when i was growing up in my african homeland i never for a moment thought i was an introvert. i was shy sometimes, but all kids are shy to a degree, but with my friends i was just myself.

when i moved to north america and was in unfamiliar terrirory i withdrew. instantly i started calling myself an 'introvert', and started wrapping my identity around this label. overtime i made friends and somehow i didn't feel like an introvert anymore & the label didn't make sense. however, we moved to an all-white area, where i stuck out and it made me feel awkward. white people (& to a lesser extent minorities who've been raised in north american culture) socialize very differently from africans and south asians. (NOTE: maybe it's just whites in north america, not sure about europe). they tend to be more reticent and guarded in their conversations, that's why 'small-talk' is such a chore. nobody ever says what's really on their minds, it's all scripted bs.

when i went to uni and gradually got into contact with different people hailing from different parts of the world (& also people with different interests) i gradually realized that *I* didn't have a problem. the reason i was withdrawing from people was because i didn't feel comfortable with them. whenever i'm with black people or with africans, or people of other races who're just chill, i'm chill too. but stick me in a party filled from top to bottom with hipsters and peckerwoods and i'll instantly be the most awkward person in the room. that's what happened to me yesterday. i got randomly invited to a party and i was like, *hmmm party? cool. i love meeting new people. should be interesting*. as soon as i got there, i was like *oh shyt, this wasn't what i was expecting*. i was house-plant status, stuck to a wall, looking at my phone trying not to look bored. i had conversations with a few people but they were all pretty wack. that's what got me to thinking. in my head, i know i'm not an awkward quiet person, because i have a wide group of friends (albeit all of black, south-asian origin), but in that particular context i felt like i was in high-school again.

i'm not saying that certain people don't prefer to keep themselves. i'm just saying that be careful before you label yourself. look at the sort of company you keep and assess your comfortability level. it might be that your quietness is just a way for your body to tell you to drop yoru current squad.

 

[Lo-Co]

Op. Sometimes I wonder how many dimes I could've pulled if I wasn't a introvert. Wish I could say hithen get her number without trying to come up with shyt to talk about. The good thing is that you don't get caught up in bad crowds tho

true. kids used to bring vodka and drink it in class while i just shook my head

 

[Tako]

thats the only problem. id rather have a job where i dont have to speak much. i can just do what i have to do and go home.

Work overnightNo customers

 

[Pdiddy]

employment no. bytches?..... partially. all these girls where i live are the same.

Expand your horizon,,,hit up every city within' a 100-mile radius to meet new people. Might break out of your shell.

 

[OCCAMS_RAZOR]

i'm not saying that certain people don't prefer to keep themselves. i'm just saying that be careful before you label yourself. look at the sort of company you keep and assess your comfortability level. it might be that your quietness is just a way for your body to tell you to drop yoru current squad.

after re-reading my post it seems like i was emphasizing race too much. so i'd like to emphasize this particular point. your comfortability level might vary depending on class, income, profession, language, differences and that might be a factor in why you feel like you'd prefer to stay alone.

but again, it might be that you just don't feel comfortable with ppl period. in that case then yeah, you're an introvert. i strongly suspect though that a lot of people aren't as introverted as they think. it's just a convenient label that people tack on to themselves to explain why they do not feel comfortable hanging around people. socializing is also partly a skill, that you can develop and hone.

basically, in summary, be very careful with what you label yourself as.

 

[Regine Hunter]

i enjoy floating in my own mind. yet interacting with people is the most stressful shyt ever. public conversation is draining. i prefer being solo most of the time, but its like envy the people that can easily make small talk, even though i lack that skill and hate to waste words with no thought behind them. i'm not good with conversation unless its about something i know. then i go off with that topic and wont stop for days. most of these females out here are instant extroverts that are all over the place and will freak out if they're in the house for at least a day. yet i could chill at home and have actual fun. i feel like an old man compared to women my age .

nikka you sure you not me?

on God i swear we the same

 

[Malik]

I'm both. Most of the time, Im a Introvert. Add a little truth juice, and I'm another person