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Are you an "innie" or an "outie"? No, I'm not talking about your belly button! I mean are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Statistics show that you're just as likely to be one or the other. According to a test carried out by the Myers-Briggs organization in 1998, there's an almost even split between the number of introverts and the number of extroverts (in the US at least).
For those of you who consider yourself a member of the former group, Bored Panda has compiled this awesome list of cartoons illustrating what it means to be an introvert. And even if you're an extrovert then you'll probably still find them funny. You might even tell your friends about it. Or maybe just your cat. It all depends what camp you're in.
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Ablasika Phillips 9 years ago
As I sip my tea, and put down my book to comment on this post...
Adrienne Gilson 9 years ago
<3 I need this. Add chocolate, a fireplace for winter and a flower/veggie garden outside the house for good measure and I'd pretty much be set.
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Micaela Olivera 9 years ago
Rainy days ARE beautiful, they are just better appreciated when you are warm and dry at home :)
Samuel Jay Brown 9 years ago
I like to just stand in the rain I only see it like 2-5 times a year.
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i'll sleep when im dead 4 years ago
idk i like rainy days in the summer--only if im outside tho
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Sylvia Moulin du Lys-Polaris 9 years ago
Me at party during ...a quarter of an hour....then I run away.
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Bianka Nagy 9 years ago
Wow. That is so me! I hate making "official" phone calls! I bribe my boyfriend to do them for me! :D
Mihaela Chirciu 9 years ago
That's also meeee ...! Oh , I thought for so long that there's something wrong with me !
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Britt Lamoure 9 years ago
Sometimes I write a speech of what I'll say and potential answers to potential replies
Micaela Olivera 9 years ago
Phones have always a huge stress source for me, i mean, i can take a call, but making one? HELL
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Briana Barriga 9 years ago
Never make plans..spur of the moment type of girl...don't ever want to disappoint
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Alexa Roberts 9 years ago
I used to get my mum to ground me to avoid friends dragging me outside to play...
Tasha Harris 9 years ago
I just realised my son is an introvert, or maybe it's just puberty ? :/
Happy Ghost 9 years ago
Once in kindergarten, I asked the teacher to tell other kids not to play with me, because it was really annoying. She looked at me weird!
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Fiona Messenger 9 years ago
Actually, most entertainers are introverts. It's their managers that are the extroverts as they are the best at getting them noticed.
Vickie Chan 9 years ago
True. Your comment compliments, not conflicts with, the comics at all.
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JoDel Flores 7 years ago
I'm inclined to disagree ..I'm an introvert and I have a decent singing voice but I sing to make myself happy and I seek no acknowledgement.. I was in choir and even made the Acapella choir after auditioning in private and never had a solo because I chose not to.. I was terribly afraid
Natalie Kalinitsch 9 years ago
So extroverts can't be creative? What about the musicians in picture 3? Is music not creative? This picture is c**p :D
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Maureen Mower 9 years ago
I would've left as soon as the first person at the party started acting tipsy. I don't drink, and have zero tolerance for being around people when they're drunk. It's not even about being an introvert though.... I just can't stand the smell of alcohol, or the idiocy it fosters in most humans - so I remove myself from the situation rather than endure it.
Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
Holy cow! Can you read my mind and create a comic of my perfect future
Brandyn Britt 9 years ago
I was never sure which one I was until seeing this. Describes me perfectly. Especially alone on a boat on a quiet lake listening to nature as I fish.
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Marko Požarnik 9 years ago
I hate it when I'm walking around in magazines with my earphones and salespersons try to start a conversation or are asking if they can help me. If I have earphones in my ears, just leave me alone, you don't even have to greet me. Because if you do, I will run away, but otherwise I could even buy something. :)
Odile Brock 9 years ago
That's her job. Her supervisor will be on her case if she doesn't do it. Chances are, she's an introvert too, and HATES interrupting you. Signed, Been There.
Load More Replies... Explodacorn Queen 9 years ago
I hate it when I am listening to music and reading and people are just like: "HEYA WATCHA READING?! CAN I LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC?
Daniel Kim 9 years ago
In ancient China, when two people are about to encounter each other on the street, one may pull out his fan and hold it up across his face. This absolves them both from having to acknowledge and greet each other. The 'polite fiction' is that, because one persons face is obscured by the fan, the other person can't be expected to recognize him, and so doesn't have to greet him. In this way, there is no insult if they pass each other by. We do the same thing today, I think, by looking down at our phones at strategic times.
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Helene Knudsen 9 years ago
I can so easily relate to this for when I was doing my erasmus exchange and lived in a flat share. When I came back home I -needed- to live alone (again)!
Nisa Latifah 9 years ago
This is why I chose the one-room apartment with no room mate so I don't need to share the bathroom & kitchen - I can stay all by myself 😂
Gloria Hafner 5 years ago
even worse when you are a vegetarian introvert and the roomie has a bar b q with all her carnivore friends.
Kaleb Phillips 9 years ago
I avoided getting groceries yesterday because I didn't want to see or hear people...
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Eugénie Ntg 9 years ago
OMG !! And people who do not even bother to apologise when jostling you, acting like this is totally normal thing after all !!
GIANNA REGINA - STUDENT 4 years ago
same hate cars and if im i them then I start banging on thing then I don't get dinner
Georgia Stergiadis 9 years ago
HAHA that's so me! So glad I finally got my license and a car! I don't have this issue anymore!
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Trisha Lynch 9 years ago
A friend an I colour in together only the noise of pencils moving across the page
Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
I saw something like this on pinterest before. it said "I want to be lonely with you."
Kate Marin 2 years ago
My whole family of 2 parents & 6 kids would all cheerfully be watching TV while reading, w rare moments of sharing gems or ponders.
Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
Oh, i could never. Love my solitude too much. But like the idea on this pic.
Trinidad Ruiz 9 years ago
Proximity Intimacy explanations are unnecessary and disruptive. Shhhh
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Thomas Clites 9 years ago
And then they get their feelings hurt when you finally give up and quit inviting them to things.
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Nadezhda Savritskaya 9 years ago
...but in 7 hours she will be dreaming about her pajamas again :/
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Alexandria Tennen 9 years ago
More likely the last face for the introvert is the one I will be wearing since I got invited...
Lucie Kocourková 9 years ago
I am an introvert and still enjoy being among people though i never talk to any of them :D
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Auburn Skies 9 years ago
the internet gives me more advice on how to murder someone then i would ever need.
Alexandra Maria Rusu 9 years ago
Yep. I almost drowned in a crowded pool cause asking foreign strangers for help seemed like such a hassle. Lucky a friend saw me silently waving from under the water and saved me in time...
Eline Krijgsman 9 years ago
I am an introvert and recognize myself in this but life gets really hard if I constantly act this way. Train your social skills, develop yourself!
Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
Actually, this doesn't affect me as it used to, i'd have no problem facing these 'enemies'. I won't like it, but i can handle it.
Cynthia Zirkwitz 9 years ago
Have an appliance break down and they are the only person available to be around to see what needs to have what done to it by the sociable happy repair person....
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Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
The 10-minute hour because 10 minutes feels like an hour...
Load More Replies... Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
Dealing with extroverts is exhausting....like waiting for my dentist.
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Francisco Gomes 9 years ago
Sometimes they don't give you space because they don't get it. You can see how it went
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Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
This is the main reason I have a Ring doorbell and an additional CCTV camera inside a front window. I wouldn't want to go outside at the wrong moment and have to acknowledge someone.
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Agnes Auxiliatrix 9 years ago
Truuuu sometimes I get bored at home but when I go out I'm too awkward to do anything lol
Aubrey B 4 years ago
EXACTLY! However, I found an antidote: Take walks now and then!
Load More Replies... Puddin Tane 9 years ago
Always eager to get back home! Then it's like a day or two before I go back put again.
GIANNA REGINA - STUDENT 4 years ago
i like tiny places to get stuck in and read just like my cat (no she does not read)
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Kaitlyn Le 9 years ago
I get told to read but then they say I read to much.........WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!
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Jillian Brown 9 years ago
LOL someone on Twitter asked, "Why are the cool people in the wall?" And someone replied, "Because they belong there." XD
Zooney Looney 9 years ago
I don't agree with the "cool people" sign. "Cool" is subjective not matter how the media keeps defining it.
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Samuel Jay Brown 9 years ago
What kind of a jerk says "I didn't even know you HAD other friends". That is a horrible friend.
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Marit van Putten 9 years ago
I am a akward combanation of both, I need interaction but I am to socccially akward to have real friends.
Alexandra Horton 9 years ago
I think introverts do need interaction to varying degrees and it doesn't mean they're ambiverts necessarily. My energy bucket can get too full and start overflowing onto the floor so I do need to dip into it about once a week. But my energy is definitely generated while being alone and expended while being with people.
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Manuel Martinez 9 years ago
This is how I feel and I feel like no matter how direct I am with people, there are too many people at my workplace (call center) that want to always talk and hangout . My closest friends understand and it actually works for us . I even left my last job just so I can start with a clean slate, however people seem to always gravitate to me . I don't like being mean to people but I feel like that might be my last resort. Ive posted stuff like this on fb to educate people but a lot of people don't take it seriously or take it as me trying to be an a*s****. sigh
Agnes Auxiliatrix 9 years ago
Conversing is really annoying and taxing on me so whenever I try show and not tell, people take it as an insult a lot (TuT) /cries in corner
Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
People always want me to speak up, but they suddenly change their minds when i express my thoughts. It has happened here and everywhere.
Load More Replies... Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
how did you describe me? No one has ever been able to truly describe me!
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Christine Doan 9 years ago
ugh. my mom is a very aggressive alpha female (tiger mom, if you will) who apparently knows exactly what she wants and what is good for her daughters. she basically crushed us our whole lives by asserting for us instead of teaching us properly and we don't even bother making decisions anymore because we just know that she'll just do whatever she wants, regardless of what we think or say
Attack On Titan Is Awesome 9 years ago
My mum and dad as well...... Your not the only one.
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Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
As long as you play by their rules, they'll think you're ok... if you question them or stand up for yourself, they'll shove you away. Society today is loaded with hypocrites. Love all or love none.
Gloria Hafner 5 years ago
my mother. She'd aim me at a kid and say "go make friends!" I think that is child abuse
Puddin Tane 9 years ago
"Why can't you be more like Billy?!" GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! CAUSE I'M NOT HIM!!!!!!
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Britt Lamoure 9 years ago
*both of you giggle awkwardly and then proceed to ignore each other's existence*
Carly Noelle 9 years ago
I love how one person said goodbye, and instead of saying bye back, the other person just said yes.
Shaun Thiers 9 years ago
I would intentionally walk in an incorrect and round-about direction to avoid this.
Jillian Brown 9 years ago
Once after college orientation two girls followed me after chit chat. I turned and sneered, "You guys don't HAVE to follow me." X( Yet even with my rudeness they kept following me. Go figure.
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
Damn, even when I was in trouble my parents never sent me to my room. On the contrary, it was when I was well behaved that they allowed me to do so (I think they knew I loved to be there ^_^ )
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Michelle Hallahan 9 years ago
This was TOTALLY me when I was growing up. My parents would punish me by making me come in the living room and watch TV with them. Lol
Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
Heh, they did that as if it was going to hurt me. When i was born the word introvert didn't existed. It's 'nice' way to call us weird, or freak.
Victoria Rey Piuma 9 years ago
Yeah I'm like that when I was punished I was forbidden to read or play in my room. I had to sit on my bed and sit still for 30 min. :)
Bernie Itkskavanski 9 years ago
When I was a kid i loved being sent to my room, it was the only uninterrupted alone time I'd get :)
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Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
For me, the world CAN explode. As long as it takes all the imbeciles, then i'm good.
Bridgette Matos 9 years ago
You know that feeling when you have to do something and your nose flares ...... I felt it before I posted this!
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GIANNA REGINA - STUDENT 4 years ago
firstly hermit crabs in the wild can be in groups over 100 and In captivity the have to have others or else they die due to depression
#33
Amanda Panda 9 years ago
if I can order it online... you bet ur a*s that is my method of shopping!
Fandoms Rise 9 years ago
I love online shopping... except when you have to pay a LOT of money for shipping and when you accidentally order something from China on ebay. (I did that a few days ago and I still haven't been able to cancel my order)
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Caramel000 9 years ago
It's funny because as soon as I read the 'ding dong ' of the comic strip , someone rang my doorbell !
Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
So glad my people knows me, i don't get invited because they know i won't go. I've tamed their extrovertism.
Happy Ghost 9 years ago
Parties are good only with quiet or no music, so that you can find a quiet corner to wait til the end
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Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
My friends and I played the "Red flag green flag." My red flag, my obbseion of books. My green flag, that I can read a book in any condission
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Shiva Charan 9 years ago
This was so me until I got to understand myself better after taking the MBTI test on humanmetrics.com .Give it an honest try to know if your introverted or extraverted or a mix of both. Good day .
Agnes Auxiliatrix 9 years ago
For me, I hesitate a but, say "F**k it" and call. Then I regret it and hope that they dont pick up :'D
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GIANNA REGINA - STUDENT 4 years ago
or hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii like in a high pitched voice like a crazy lady then she will leave that's what I do
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Craig Reynolds 9 years ago
I actually hate self checkout lanes. That used to be someone's job.
Fiona Messenger 9 years ago
Yep, self checkout is an extrovert's domain. I might have a problem and - gasp - have to ask.someone for help. Arrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!
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Fandoms Rise 9 years ago
Hmm... I would like to live somewhere between the Solitude Mountains and the Country of Animal Pals. Of maybe on the Isle of Netflix, surrounded by the Sea of Books.
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Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
I wasn't planning in going anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some have cancel me as a way to teach me a lesson, so i get what i'm missing in life. The idiots...
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Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
Being anti-social doesn't mean rudeness, it's just we don't care on your lame plans.
Attack On Titan Is Awesome 9 years ago
This is literally my life. Getting asked everyday, " heyy girl do you want to go to my part ?
Attack On Titan Is Awesome 9 years ago
What I want to say : nah bruh I don't feel like going What I actually say : oh... Sorry..... Today is my goldfishes funeral.....
Load More Replies... Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
Sadly I'm a big pushover and says yes to every party even if I prefer not to
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Victoria Rey Piuma 9 years ago
Yeah, and people think I'm great at cleaning and organizing but I'm really not. Hahaha
Load More Replies... Christine Doan 9 years ago
something needs to be fixed / straightened / cleaned / organized? hello, excuse to keep me from talking to another human being
Gloria Hafner 5 years ago
I used to stay and graze at the food table. It's impolite to talk with your mouth full.
Henry Yandun 8 years ago
When i am at a party and it is still too early for me to leave without being rude, I get myself to a corner, face the party and play sudoku on my phone, if somebody gets close I rapidly change to my chat app. Furthermore, if I get someone to sit or stand next to me, I actually start sending messages as if in an important conversation... the recipient is another number of mine.
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Adam Chalcraft 9 years ago
If a girl at a party said that to me I would be immediately interested in talking further. Because it's different, and same is boring.
Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
Nobody likes the intelligent ones, you have to play idiot in order to be like and have friends. It's something that i've learned over the years. I refuse to be an idiot to be liked on BP, Pinterest or DeviantArt. Brain over maniacally-sensitive bashers that will kill their moms for an up-vote.
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Fiona Messenger 9 years ago
Heaven. But I wouldn't have a blanket, I get too hot. A long nightshirt, preferably decorated with a cute pattern.
Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
Phone nearby yes, but with the ringtone deactivated, just the sms tone activated.
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Zainab Ali 8 years ago
I was selected from 50 people in a job application and i didnt get the job case they asked me the same question... I didnt known what to say
Gloria Hafner 5 years ago
I've done the bed blanket thing after interviews and worried about getting the job, thus having to work with total strangers!
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Rebecah Ozuna 7 years ago
And what is wrong with being this way? That's a parasitical teacher, forcing others to be like her.
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Mary Fisher 9 years ago
I hated jack-in-the-boxes when I was a kid...still do...don't like surprises-scary...
Caeza Dinar Maharani 9 years ago
From my understanding.. In those pic extrovert ppl always excited for something new even if it stupid thing. But the introverts ppl just meh and don't care about those kind of thing.
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maryhadalittlelamb 9 years ago
i always prepare what to say, but the person always ask questions i didn't prepare for
Fandoms Rise 9 years ago
The same thing happens to me! I've spent loooong amounts of time deciding what I was going to say to someone. Usually, when I need to ask the teacher a question in math class, instead of thinking over the problem I stare at my paper so it looks like I'm thinking about the math but I'm really thinking about how to ask the question that I want to answer to. And then, about 15 minutes ago, the librarian asked me a question about a tv show and I was so not ready to answer. It was only a few seconds, but I felt like I was stuttering and stumbling over my words for 5 minutes.
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Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
Ambivert! TIL a new word. Now I have to spend the day being introspective and questioning everything about myself...
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Fandoms Rise 9 years ago
Same! I spend more time thinking about if what I said was correct than actually having a conversation.
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Ubaris Jackalium 6 years ago
I would just continue walking and pause to ask if I can pet the dog (only human interaction required).
Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
And I will only ever remember the dog's name. I will refer to people in the third (dog) person! Spike's dad, Fluffy's mom, etc...
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Mairi Krausse 8 years ago
My mother did this to me all the time! I would run every time the phone rang.
Sweep the Leg 8 years ago
This is on the same scale for me as "Tell them about the time you...." If I wanted to tell the story, I would have.
Fandoms Rise 9 years ago
UGH!! My parents do that to me ALL the time! So annoying and embarrassing!!
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Craig Reynolds 9 years ago
As an introvert if you touch me without permission I will punch you in the face.
Llamas and Squids 9 years ago
i would just scream like a maniac and run away
Load More Replies... Katarina Kay 6 years ago
I hate it when my friends hug me or anything, but I told my friend that in exchange for a giant donut, she could give me unlimited hugs for the rest of the school year... I’m kind of starting to regret it...
Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
As someone random probably said "Get out of my face and if you touch me I will beat you bloody and rip out your liver and beat you with your intestines."
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Fandoms Rise 9 years ago
I am going to say the second response to one of my friends next time they ask me why I'm reading.
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lindsay08espique 9 years ago
introverts are like really shy singers. very talented but won't really open up much to sing (in a place that isn't a shower)
Katarina Kay 6 years ago
I sing ALLLLLLLL the time in the shower, nowhere else tho
Load More Replies... RainbowMocha 9 years ago
I completely agree with you, Lindsay. The only place I ever sing aloud is in the shower, and even then I make sure I'm very quiet.
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Kelly Kanengoni 9 years ago
today my hands were in my pockets when someone said hello i didn't even move a finger. No handshakes please.
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Carly Noelle 9 years ago
He comes at night when everyone's asleep to avoid social interaction . . .
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Michelle Hallahan 9 years ago
I just busted out laughing in a public place...of course while alone and avoiding eye contact with everyone else.
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Ubaris Jackalium 6 years ago
I've even given myself the nickname 'Captain Forgetfulness' because of it!
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Alexandra Horton 9 years ago
Pretend to be engaged and paying attention. They always call the kid falling asleep or chit chatting.
Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
Me in school: Everyone raises their hand but me. Teacher calls on me. I answer correctly. Teacher asks, "why didn't you raise your hand if you knew the answer"? I knew you would only call on me if I didn't. Teacher makes a Picachoo face. Teacher doesn't call on me again the rest of the year whether I raise my hand or not. VICTORY in 5th grade...
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Wyndia Highwind 7 years ago
And couch cushions? Those are the smelliest part of the butt shelf!
GIANNA REGINA - STUDENT 4 years ago
yay now where do i buy that jar and are the couch cushions included
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Kelly Kanengoni 9 years ago
i rarely visit my account too and when i do its to see what people posted and get the hell out before some friend of a friend notices i am there and decides to chit chat.
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Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
Black shirt, jeans, hoodie, airpods. practical and isn't a attention grabber
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Victor Fernandez 9 years ago
I know that many of this comics are just made for laugh , but just some psychology to encourage some persons to meet new people and be happier: Introverts are drained by multiple stimulation and energized by controlled stimulation. Their disposition is frequently misconstrued as shyness, social phobia or even avoidance personality disorder, but many introverts socialize easily. They just need a manageable environment and the right amount of people :D
Amanda Panda 9 years ago
Yep, and a lot of introverts are actually quite outgoing, and often entertaining (think of comedians), it just drains us SO much more than the average extrovert, and a lot of time outgoing introverts get confused for extroverts so when we need some alone time, it confuses people.
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Helen Frances 9 years ago
I am an introvert, am shy, suffer from social phobia and GAD (general anxiety disorder) so I can relate to all the comics
Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
The pandemic created the perfect mandatory introvert world. Social distancing, self-isolation, avoid groups, don't touch others. Basically, nothing changed for us and we were officially normalized.
Củ Đậu Bay 9 years ago
those people who drawed those picture are artists and because they are artist, so.....
Michelle Hallahan 9 years ago
It's really hard when you have kids. You have to on all of the time. Sometimes I just want to go hide under the bed with a book and a bott...er, I mean a glass of wine.
Victor Fernandez 9 years ago
I know that many of this comics are just made for laugh , but just some psychology to encourage some persons to meet new people and be happier: Introverts are drained by multiple stimulation and energized by controlled stimulation. Their disposition is frequently misconstrued as shyness, social phobia or even avoidance personality disorder, but many introverts socialize easily. They just need a manageable environment and the right amount of people :D
Amanda Panda 9 years ago
Yep, and a lot of introverts are actually quite outgoing, and often entertaining (think of comedians), it just drains us SO much more than the average extrovert, and a lot of time outgoing introverts get confused for extroverts so when we need some alone time, it confuses people.
Load More Replies... Helen Frances 9 years ago
I am an introvert, am shy, suffer from social phobia and GAD (general anxiety disorder) so I can relate to all the comics
Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
The pandemic created the perfect mandatory introvert world. Social distancing, self-isolation, avoid groups, don't touch others. Basically, nothing changed for us and we were officially normalized.
Củ Đậu Bay 9 years ago
those people who drawed those picture are artists and because they are artist, so.....
Michelle Hallahan 9 years ago
It's really hard when you have kids. You have to on all of the time. Sometimes I just want to go hide under the bed with a book and a bott...er, I mean a glass of wine.
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