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In his 1920s work Psychological Types, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung popularized the terms "introverted" and "extroverted" when describing personality types. Introverts recharge by spending time alone and lose energy if they’re around people for long periods. Extroverts, on the other hand, gain strength from social interactions and actually exhaust themselves if they’re alone. Both types have their good and less-perfect qualities, so there’s no point in arguing which side would win in the Introvert VS. Extrovert battle.
To help you fully grasp the concept, Bored Panda has compiled a list of funny memes that are as relevant to the subject as they’re entertaining. And if you start nodding in approval with these introvert quotes, you’re probably more of this type of person. If not, you’re most likely that party animal they try to avoid.
But before judging one group or the other, remember something Jung has said: "There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum." Continue scrolling, and enjoy the introvert memes!
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#1
Klingy The Koala
Final score:
462points
RaroaRaroa 7 years ago
Oh yes. And then they go and talk to someone else and you're completely lost.
The Veil of Fire 1 year ago
If at a house...I go find the pet. If someplace else I tend to find a quiet corner and get to know a few other introverts. 😁
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Dian Ella Lillie 7 years ago
Not just parties. When there's a work do in my building I'll stick as close to my office mate as I can so I don't have to talk to people I only see for a few minutes every day - in my world even these people are strangers...
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
Try going to a party with one of your friends who's foreign and everyone at the party speaks their foreign language. All I could do was sit at the buffet table.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago (edited)
There seems to be so many of us. We should have a signal so we can identify each other at parties and not talk to each other together.
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#2
The Dreaded Phone Call
Full Name 7 years ago
Because when you have a question (or an answer) sometimes a 25 second call can replace a whole morning's worth of back and forth texting.
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Jef Bateman 7 years ago
I make an audible yelp when I get a call. I am not 100% an introvert, but I hate talking on the phone.
Kimmy Roberts 3 years ago
Pretty much a 100% introvert here. And I definitely hate taking the phone. But you could text me all day long and I'll be happy to text back. Or even email!
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Suzi Gauthier 7 years ago
I'm not an introvert, but even I hate that. Phone calls are for emergencies! (or really long stories after they text you & ask if they can call)
Master Markus 7 years ago
... I actually like calls better because it's easier to read the tone of a person's voice, so I know if I'm acting appropriately.
Sabal Minor 7 years ago
Gee ya think? People are so weird about it anymore. Cellphones have turned people into cricked neck zombies. Check yur goddamned facebook, beeotch!
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 6 years ago (edited)
When my answer is complex, I am not typing all that c**p. I can call you and get it over with in 30 seconds. All that typing takes forever.
#3
Quality Time Alone
Jose Baeyens 7 years ago
"Is this it ? Is this life ? Standing in a prairie, eat grass, give milk, be slaughtered... There must be more.... if only I could find a surfboard for my weight...or leave on a sailyacht..."
#4
Reasons To Stay At Home
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
She forgot to add: And don't call back because I'm always gonna be busy.
Audrey Givens 4 years ago
I will be literally watching SpongeBob and bullshit some excuse off the top of my head
#5
Layer By Layer
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
Isn’t that also the air signs opening up to people meme? My entire family - all five of us are air signs and are total introverts
#6
New People vs. The People I Know
Kristína Veličová 7 years ago
Awww. This one is sweet... Introverts can be the most random and outspoken people when they are around people who make them feel comfortable
Weeping Willowz (WeepingWillowz) 7 years ago
While we may not talk to random people for the sake of being social, if we find a topic we love, we can talk for hours
Bob Beltcher 7 years ago
Both my wife and I barley talk in public but at home we're absolutely hilarious.
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Introverts are NOT SHY. We have no trouble talking to people at all. We just don't like crowds, and we think that people who feel the need to be constantly surrounded by bodies are a bit sick.
Lucida 7 years ago
I'm no introvert so I don't really know, but I guess that depends from person to person. I don't think all introverts are the same or are introvert because of the same reason. I defintly think there are some introverts who are shy, without every introvert having to be shy.
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#7
Unexpected Encounters
Trisha Dragon 7 years ago
Because those people take forever to get all their c**p situated in their car and your back hurts because you're on the tubby side all hunched up and sweaty waiting for them to GTFO already.
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Jef Bateman 7 years ago
What is worse is when you see someone, try to make eye contact, then don't know whether they didn't see you or are ignoring you for some reason of their own. You don't know whether to try to say "hi" or sneak away. That is really the situation this cat is in.
#8
Personal Space
Magpie 7 years ago
I think we could make one. .. just buy the straps/ use from your luggage, some wire, not -too-thick, but not-too-thin. I'd go for some sort of fluro tape to wrap it all up in.
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Dian Ella Lillie 7 years ago
I'm caught in a dilemma - I love the idea of the personal space offered, but I'm cringeing at the thought of all those people looking at me like that...
Vicky Zar 7 years ago
In future those will be invisible forcefields. People will get an unexplainable and unresistable feeling of "keep back"
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Lucida 7 years ago
I need that! Not because I'm an introvert, but because I want to protect my pregnant belly from all the people on the subway bumping in to it all the time or.
Trisha Dragon 7 years ago
I'm guessing random people mashing your child in his little nest gets old real damn quick. I can't imagine ever ever doing that. Even my Aunt who is like a Mom to me had to take my hand and put it on her belly. Who the hell just bangs on the little humans like that?! I've watched people do that in public and I'm just like WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?! A BABY LIVES IN THERE FFS! HANDS OFF YOU INCONSIDERATE LOUT! I don't know how you pregnant folks don't punch more people lol. I would be unruly if my wife were pregnant and people encroached on her baby nest. Zero doubt.
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Oh yeah tapas please! 7 years ago
I need one of these....but with a hood that also covers my face.
Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
I need this in my life. Especially when standing online at the grocery store.
ThatJeremyKid 7 years ago
I am definitely in the market for this... can we make it electrified??
#9
Forever Awkward
Final score:
311points
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Introverts ARE NOT "socially inept". We're just not social. There's a difference.
mtvare 7 years ago
yes! thank you! it's really not working like "i can't make people like me, so l'll be introvert while secretly wishing to be the most popular guy".
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#10
Nobody Expected That
Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 7 years ago
Yeah. And then they're asking you to repeat what you just said and you are like - "Eeeee..." (sweating all over your body).
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Faith smith 7 years ago
"Lets make the shy person feel weird for talking so they become even more shy" O_o
Trisha Dragon 7 years ago
7th grade math teacher. She was super sweet, super mousey. I came in mid quarter. Apparently the staff (6 teachers per quarter) thought I was mute. Like literally could NOT speak. I randomly popped off an answer after about a month of being in class and the poor woman damn near had a heart attack.
Salma Hernández 7 years ago
This happened to me at school. Specially in elementary and in junior High
#11
Thoughts vs. Words
Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
Yup. Brain-to-mouth connection is unstable; the brain-to-hand connection is longer, but much more reliable!
Miss Cris 7 years ago
Any introvert here that actually NEEDS walking, or dancing, running, swimming...? Whatever physical to reconnect, from time to time or bdfore writing what's inside, for example.
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Bunnyrabbit 7 years ago
Exactly!!But I guess the world needs more introverts coz they all have amazing minds who dont gossip stuff^_^
#12
The Meeting Of The Introverts
Louiiiise 7 years ago
Totally off-topic but these are incredibly beautiful. Could watch them for ever!
#13
Just Watching It Ring
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
My voicemail would so be “hey okay so I’m obviously not picking up right now bc of three reasons; 1) I don’t know the number 2) my phone is probably lost in my blankets or on the couch somewhere and I am actually currently looking for it as I have been for over 10 minutes now or 3) I don’t like talking on the phone. So….”
#15
The Perfect Book
Final score:
239points
Siddharth Rath 7 years ago
Wendy is also a genious. Wendy has also given me an idea. Wendy will always remain alive in our hearts.
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Blue Cicada 7 years ago
And now to find a balance between annoying enough to keep people away, but not alarming enough to get you kicked off the transit.
Sebastian Garcia 1 year ago
Impossible. If you are keeping people away, people are gonna assume you are weird, and may make you get in an uncomfortable conversation about how weird you are, or try to kick you off the transit because you are weird
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 7 years ago
I put in my earbuds but don't listen to music. I sincerely don't understand why it is that people think you're going to be their bestest buddy on public transit (I count airplanes in this) when you're never going to see them again and you don't give a c**p about what they think about anything.
Sebastian Garcia 1 year ago
Bill is outgoing. Bill isn't afraid to take action. Bill hates introverts. Bill is an extrovert. Don't be like Bill
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#16
Wishing To Disappear
Bob Beltcher 7 years ago
*practice word for word what I'm going to say 20 times. When it's my turn fu*k$ everything up.
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
My freshmen year in high school my first period class was an advanced computer class of which I was the only freshmen. Not only was I the only freshmen I had to stand up last to introduce myself. I still remember that and it's almost been 20 years lol
Miss Cris 7 years ago
Sorry about the off-topic: it doesn't exist "freshwoman" for girls and women? Just asking. English is not my mother language.
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Lauren Baker 7 years ago
I wouldn't say I'm an introvert, but am quite awkward. And the worst part is, due to my last name, I'm nearly ALWAYS first.
Bertha Garcia 7 years ago (edited)
I literally skipped the first week of the semester because of self introduction. However, on the first week one of the teachers did not show up and was replaced by another, who started the second class with self introduction.
Heather Cox 7 years ago
I hate those introduction exercises. Doesn't anyone even remember who's who and the little irrelevant tidbit they share about them? I'm usually too much in my thoughts trying to come up with something a little more interesting than "I love cats".
Wyndmere 7 years ago
Why? That may put you on common ground with 1/4 - 1/3 of the people there?
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#17
Awkward Eye Contact
Suzi Gauthier 7 years ago
Yes, and if you've already seen them and said hi, do you say hi again? How many times?
Load More Replies... Isabel Care 7 years ago
Apart from the one special co worker who, when asked "Shall we skip?" held my hand as we skipped down the corridor in front of other people.
Becca 7 years ago
Until someone blurts out an awkward "how's it going" without even slowing down to hear your answer, which you're secretly really happy about because you really didn't want to answer anyways.
Sabal Minor 7 years ago
Most people luckily take as a retorical question.
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U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
I physically can’t make eye contact. Not even when I’m talking to people not just walking past them. I just physically can’t
#18
Party Mode
Final score:
231points
Dian Ella Lillie 7 years ago
Had a work do this afternoon to farewell a colleague. I ate for about a minute, talked to one person for about a minute, and lingered for a minute before heading back to my office. The rest of the building stayed for an hour...
Private Caller 3 years ago
The eat portion should be bigger along with checking phone every 5 secs
#19
Sorry, I Have Allergies
Anna Linnaeus 7 years ago
I just finished the whole show on Netflix, and feel kinda empty inside.
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Sabal Minor 7 years ago
I always played outside as a kid, even if alone ; I biked, made forts in the woods, played in the creek- all sorts of fun to be a wuss cuz of pollen? Puh leeze
#20
Unexpected Visitors
Honesty Olishia 7 years ago
Me too, I think you at least should call and ask if it's alright to stop in.
Load More Replies... MonsterMash 7 years ago
I don’t even open the door. That’s what the phone is for...to TEXT ONLY to ask to come over so I can lie and say I’m about to leave hahaha
Cheesy 24 4 years ago
Yes, I agree. We just want to spend time being alone.
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Pearl Sapirstein 7 years ago
My bird loves people and will fly up to everyone to say hi... they all react like this!
DE Ray 7 years ago
I think a lot of you are mistaking being an introvert for being a misanthrope. If you just hate everyone, that's not introverted.
Doodlebug 7 years ago
Not liking "surprise" company is not the same as not liking people. It's the "surprise" part introverts don't like. Socializing is an energy drain that we like to be prepared for, and doubly so when we're recharging our batteries at home.
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#21
The Happy Birthday Song
Erin 7 years ago
Oh god I hate this!! I have no idea what to do when that happens so I just sit there and stare at a fixed location and smile awkwardly
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
Double points if they're belting out "Happy Birthday" while the ENTIRE restaurant stares at you.
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
Happened to me in a crowded Applebee's. Asked them to stop and they wouldn't. I don't understand how they can do that without your permission. I've boycotted Applebee's every since, I'm not sure they've noticed though.
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Theresia Misano 7 years ago
I tell the people I am with to under no circumstances to let the staff know its my birthday. Free cake is not worth it.
Jeannette Treusch 7 years ago
I will never understand why they're doing that in the US. Over here we would never bother someone in public like that. Ugh
Sushi Smack 7 years ago
same, I mean, what do you do in that situation besides sitting there awkwardly
spirit wolf 7 years ago
On my list of nightmares this one is right on top...it happened once. Still have my therapist on speed dial.
#22
Regretting The Decisions
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
If I was stuck sitting next to a Kardashian I would just leave. I wouldn't even try to stay
varwenea 7 years ago
Definitely. The second I see them, I'm turning around and leaving.
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Bree Muffinkitty 4 years ago (edited)
It usually only takes a few seconds to get to that point....
#23
Introvert Memes
#24
I'd Be Rich
Final score:
210points
Tilli Seccombe 7 years ago
But how much thinking can be classified as OVERthinking? What is the usual amount of thinking?
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
I overthink EVERYTHING. Especially when watching shows and movies a question the logic and it drives my family nuts!
Marii Sanya Carmillia 3 years ago
Ahahahhahhahaha I'd be a billionaire and pay people to shut the hell up
#25
Locking People Out
GodsFallenCrow 7 years ago
The forth? No this is the twenty fifth post not the forth. *ba dum tss*
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Shull GaRett 7 years ago
Amateurs.... those lock should be closer together to stack more of them... and they could add a steal beam across with hooks on the sides. Then it would be "moderately" secured
Astrid Nineor 7 years ago
aye, but maybe the nails/ screws to attach them will weaken the door :o can't risk that. A moat sounds good
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Broderick Pruitt 7 years ago
Sometimes you want to ask toxic people; ( do I have to die to get rid of you?)
Mary Miller 7 years ago
My therapist told me Simon and Garfunkel's song "I Am a Rock" wasn't meant to be a suggested life style.
#26
Retirement Plans
Isabel Care 7 years ago
As a child I wanted to be a lighthouse keeper, until I found out you had to be with 2 other people
Ross Hamilton 7 years ago
I would have to one-up Enya ... my castle would be on an island in the middle of a lake. On top of a mountain.
#27
Never The Right Decision
Matthew Brach 7 years ago
This!! Look forward to seeing someone all day - get there - and then being instantly tired and ready to go home.
PostMortem 7 years ago
If anyone wants to know the original artist, here’s a link. https://m.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-beehive/list?title_no=63710
#28
Just The Tip Of An Iceberg
Xandra 7 years ago
Well, this is like everybody should be, not everything people think should be blurted out in an endless stream of consciousness (like some people tend to do, unfortunately...)
Jim Bielik 7 years ago
That's how it should be for everyone. You need to filter and process your thoughts before you release them into the wild.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
This right here just means you're wise. Some people go an entire lifetime without realizing their every thought does not need to come out of their mouths.
#29
Hypothetical Argument Simulator
Final score:
184points
Bob Beltcher 7 years ago
OMG yes! I have hour long situations run in my head where I'm yelling at everyone for all their faults and then I walk out happy and chill. Everyone thinks I'm the most laid back person ever.
Ilyanna 7 years ago
Yes! But nothing gets fixed, so you get to yell at a wall repeatedly. So many ppl think I'm more chill than I am too, tbh
Load More Replies... Blue Cicada 7 years ago
My father is VERY extroverted, but he has engaged in hypothetical arguments my whole life. He is in a career where it is not appropriate to tell parishioners exactly what he is thinking. It is safer to hash it all out hypothetically at home, and then speak to the person a bit more calmly later.
Steve Barnett 7 years ago
I do the same but mine's called a 'Hypothetical Conversation Simulator'
#30
A Social Vegan
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Elsker 7 years ago
Why do i get the feeling bored panda consists of introverts only?... I wanna come and live here...
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
I think there's only 3 or 4 actual extroverts in the U.S. The rest of them are just faking it.
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Siddharth Rath 7 years ago
Let's make bored panda a country where we all live together. At our homes. Isolated from each other. Only texting allowed. Houses at least 30m apart. Dog/cat/any pet of choice compulsory. The quietest nation in the world.
Lidee Moril 7 years ago (edited)
Good idea, but with strict visiting/immigration rules. So donald chump fanboys and other kind of people that are easily offended by the internet are refused entry. It’s the only way to remain a quiet nation.
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Vlatko Šagud 7 years ago
I'm an extrovert attending a college where ALL my classmates are introverts. Improbable? Maybe. But for me it's just as much of a hell as vice-versa. Feels like no one wants to hang-out, ever, and no one cares that you exist. Luckily I've got a lot of friends outside my college to make-up for it.
Caroline 7 years ago
I'm an introvert, but I love hanging out with extroverts. Because they talk, and I listen. Because they lead and I can follow. Because they raise my self confidence. Because I'm simply in awe of them lol. All my friends and boyfriends (and now my husband) are/have been extroverts. On the other hand, extroverts also need to be nice, friendly, and understand I need some alone moments or they'll go straight to my hated list. I either love them or hate them, can't do in between!!
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Introverts aren't shy. We aren't socially awkward. We don't mind talking to people, and we don't stand around like lumps pretending we don't exist. We just can't hack it for long periods of time, and we don't like it when there are too many people around. ...///... I like people fine, just not all day every day.
Erin 7 years ago
I'm an introvert, and also very shy!! Everyone is different.
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Malcontent 7 years ago
I'm so lonely sometimes, I actually talk to the Jehovah Witnesses instead of slamming the door in their face :-/
ImAmazingAndUsedToBeNotOnFire 7 years ago (edited)
Oh no! thats true loneliness and i relate
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Stille20 7 years ago
All of them! LIKE A CHORUS! THEY SHALL ALL LAUGH... unless they are uncomfortable with such a public outburst.
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Clockworkstella 7 years ago
Fun fact: It is estimated that 2/3 of the world's population are introverts, so they're actually the majority even though posts like this make them seem like exceptions among a world full of extroverts (:
Abby Not Normal 7 years ago
Where did you get that fact? I've consistently heard 1/3 to a little under a half are introverts.
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Elsker 7 years ago
Why do i get the feeling bored panda consists of introverts only?... I wanna come and live here...
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
I think there's only 3 or 4 actual extroverts in the U.S. The rest of them are just faking it.
Load More Replies... Siddharth Rath 7 years ago
Let's make bored panda a country where we all live together. At our homes. Isolated from each other. Only texting allowed. Houses at least 30m apart. Dog/cat/any pet of choice compulsory. The quietest nation in the world.
Lidee Moril 7 years ago (edited)
Good idea, but with strict visiting/immigration rules. So donald chump fanboys and other kind of people that are easily offended by the internet are refused entry. It’s the only way to remain a quiet nation.
Load More Replies... Vlatko Šagud 7 years ago
I'm an extrovert attending a college where ALL my classmates are introverts. Improbable? Maybe. But for me it's just as much of a hell as vice-versa. Feels like no one wants to hang-out, ever, and no one cares that you exist. Luckily I've got a lot of friends outside my college to make-up for it.
Caroline 7 years ago
I'm an introvert, but I love hanging out with extroverts. Because they talk, and I listen. Because they lead and I can follow. Because they raise my self confidence. Because I'm simply in awe of them lol. All my friends and boyfriends (and now my husband) are/have been extroverts. On the other hand, extroverts also need to be nice, friendly, and understand I need some alone moments or they'll go straight to my hated list. I either love them or hate them, can't do in between!!
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Introverts aren't shy. We aren't socially awkward. We don't mind talking to people, and we don't stand around like lumps pretending we don't exist. We just can't hack it for long periods of time, and we don't like it when there are too many people around. ...///... I like people fine, just not all day every day.
Erin 7 years ago
I'm an introvert, and also very shy!! Everyone is different.
Load More Replies... Malcontent 7 years ago
I'm so lonely sometimes, I actually talk to the Jehovah Witnesses instead of slamming the door in their face :-/
ImAmazingAndUsedToBeNotOnFire 7 years ago (edited)
Oh no! thats true loneliness and i relate
Load More Replies... Stille20 7 years ago
All of them! LIKE A CHORUS! THEY SHALL ALL LAUGH... unless they are uncomfortable with such a public outburst.
Load More Replies... Clockworkstella 7 years ago
Fun fact: It is estimated that 2/3 of the world's population are introverts, so they're actually the majority even though posts like this make them seem like exceptions among a world full of extroverts (:
Abby Not Normal 7 years ago
Where did you get that fact? I've consistently heard 1/3 to a little under a half are introverts.
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