40 Funny And Relatable Introvert Memes That Are Worth Cancelling Your Plans For, As Shared On This Twitter Page
InterviewIn this hectic and competitive world where connections are of the most value, it might not be that easy to be an introvert. Even if you’re not socially anxious or shy, it can be pretty challenging to endure one hour of social interaction or even a minute of a small talk. Finding a fellow introvert might therefore be a huge relief.
Thanks to the internet, you don’t have to look far. We’ve gathered the best introvert memes, as shared by this Twitter account “introverts memes”, for you to feel less alone. The page has gotten 554 million tweet impressions in December 2022, with the most viral post reaching over 16.6 million people. So if you’re one of the ‘sorry, I can’t go out! I’m busy laying in my bed with my phone’ type of people, we believe you’ll find these images very relatable.
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They weren't friends in 2018 if they are alive and not there in 2022 admiring the cat. I call them "friendlies".
Lol you Can find this on shirt here https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/21980274-hell-yeah-brother
Oh my god. So I have a Volkswagen van that has a built-in table in the back. When I worked retail, I’d go eat in my van, in glorious solitude, on my own table. My co-workers would come and bang on the doors and windows and ask if they could come inside my van too. NO. GTFO. My manager would also come and knock on the windows if he had a question about my department that he couldn’t handle. I rarely got a quiet lunch break XD
Should have driven to the nearest lot away from work so they couldn't bother you.
Load More Replies...I got hired at the same place as a really good friend. Joined him for lunch during the first week and I could tell that he really, really just wanted to be left alone and eat his lunch in peace.
Good on you for noticing. I have a coworker who doesn't realize I need that time. It's compounded by my being a very slow eater. I can't afford to converse and eat lunch!
Load More Replies...Nothing’s worse than a coworker talking to me on break about something work related that’s of no real importance. Emergency, fine, but everyday work stuff … stfu and let me eat my sandwich and read BoredPanda in peace.
I eat my lunch alone and I am not an introvert, I just like to decompress
Best thing about my work, coworkers will leave you be on your lunch break.
This. I once went to the underground parkade and sat in my car for 20 minutes in my lunch period just to get away from my workmates. I worked in the reference dept of the main branch of our city libraries and dealt with the public all day every day. But give me ten frigging minutes peace at lunch please.
My husband knows to give me at least 2 hours before I feel human enough to have a conversation.
You are lucky. My husband still talks a lot even after many years and seems upset when I can't remember the vital conversations in the morning anymore in the afternoon. I don't care what language you speak in the morning. Nothing gets through. I'm still in the dream world time at the airport.
Load More Replies...I can wake up at 4am on work days or 8am in weekends... always tired, no matter how much sleep I get (as I type on a Friday at 11pm)
As an introvert who is not a morning person, i can confirm. Only difference are my grunts & frowns when someone tries to start a convo. Lol
This is me. Slow waking up, even slower falling asleep, otherwise known as a night owl.
Bored Panda got in touch with the person behind “Introverts memes”, Leonardo Abdala, a Brazilian electronic music producer, to learn more about the idea behind this page. Leonardo shared that when he was 15 and still in high school, he created his “Facts of School” page, which he managed for a long time. However, after he left school, it stopped making any sense to him, so the producer changed it to “Introverts memes”, which he can 100% relate to. “Now I feel so much more connected to my page again, besides going more viral than ever.”
And then they get annoyed. Like, what, you wanted me to talk, right? Make up your mind!
Load More Replies...FINALLY!!! SOMEBODY GETS IT!!!!!!! ALL INTROVERTS UNITE! (separately)
Upvoting for all of this (particularly the 'separately' part) XD
Load More Replies...I'm very chatty. I can talk to just about anyone. It just drains the hell out of me and I prefer to stay home.
We introverts don't even speak up when someone presumes to talk for and about us in a completely uninformed manner.
I totally agree with poster! I also tend to shut down around ppl I don't trust or don't like.
Alternatively, the second picture is the face you make when somebody brings up your current obsession in a conversation
"EDDSWORLD? YOU LIKE EDDSWORLD? YOU ALSO LIKE SONIC??"
Load More Replies...that me but around new people i have a knive and in covered in "ketchup" if you know what i mean, because i like my peeps
All of this! Damn our will to be considerate of others.
Load More Replies...For me, it’s that I get really annoyed when other people try to help, or that I just like doing projects alone
Leonardo told us that the idea for the “Introverts memes” account came from personal feelings. “I am an introvert myself most of the time, I avoid social interaction and only feel comfortable around my few close friends. The fact is that there are more introverts on social media than I could ever imagine, and they relate a lot to my posts. I think social media is a place to escape from social interaction and life problems for most people, and posting content that can help people laugh and enjoy, sometimes making their day lighter, is something I appreciate.”
After being asked whether the memes that he shares can be relevant only to introverts, Leonardo replied that he thinks many people can relate to his posts, not only introverts, but he tries to emphasize situations where introverts can relate the most, “like avoiding social interaction, sleeping a lot, daily situations they may face and making fun of it.”
I have this quote from Aldous Huxley as a tattoo: “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music” Sums it all up, really.
That is beautiful. Very good choice as a tattoo.
Load More Replies...A thing I appreciated about a then best friend is we could have silence without it being awkward silence. Like just sitting looking at scenery or people watching. Also times of very minimal conversation because that was all that was needed. Say - people watching and someone dressed stand out weird walks by. "That was different". "Yup".
Enjoying silence and aloneness is not bad. Loneliness is not having anywhere to be but wanting to be there.
Folks are afraid of silence. It's like it reminds them of death. You folks out at 4 am with your car stereos, try it: cut the radio off and listen to the night noises. Can't do it can you? 😉
I talk by music, instead of words works out great. thats why i only have friends in my percussion class
Someone said, "Don't you know what causes that?" when they heard this was my fifth pregnancy. I said, "No, explain it to me. In detail. I need diagrams as well."
LOL I saw a really cute toddler once, being a toddler, and I glanced at the mom and said "Wow, I want one!" She looked at me with a straight face and said "Well they're easy to get."
Load More Replies...A dear friend keeps asking about a health condition I have. I don’t want to share details so I just keep saying they’re still running tests. It’s the truth too - they’ll be running tests and taking my vitals as I’m wheeled in for surgery so it’s still the truth. Just not the whole truth.
YES - and this is something I wish I had learned a while ago...I always feel like I have to answer (even if my gut response is 'WTF would you ask me THAT?' - and I don't have to...I know that now, thankfully, but it took me a really long time to get the hang of it
It's really none of your business what I choose to say - or not to say - in any given situation.
For me, if they didn't leave voicemail, then it wasn't important to either of us.
I always let calls from unknown numbers go to voicemail. My outgoing message says "Please leave a message. If you don't, your number will be permanently blocked". And I follow through on that.
Load More Replies...Got nothing to do with ‘answering it like an adult’, 90+% of the time it’s spam calls. Although, if answering it like an adult means like the one I had the other day, when I said, ‘hello, yes’, after a pause the guy says ‘Hello, how are you today? About your insurance and the financial markets…’ I say ‘oh, f**k off!’ And cut him off, then blocked the number.
I don't about your country, but here most unknown numbers are just spam or scammers.
Not in my contacts+ didn't leave voicemail then who cares. Clearly not important.
I never answer a call when I do not recognise the number and don't call back if no message is left. Text me!
hmm, so its this person, this that, now time to find there address, oops, hacked into the government, lets just get out of there real quick...
We also reached out to Joanna Rawbone, MSc, a training consultant and founder of ‘Flourishing Introverts’ to have an expert’s say on introversion.
Being an introvert might be difficult at times since social interaction can quickly overwhelm reserved people. But, according to Rawbone, an introvert can learn how to behave like an extravert; in fact, the expert said that that’s how many of us have fitted in and progressed in our societies and businesses “geared towards the extravert ideal”. However, Rawbone warned that there are many potential pitfalls to doing this as we may end up feeling not okay being who we really are. “It is highly likely to lead to introvert hangover and eventually introvert burn-out if we behave like this for too long; the inauthenticity of pretending will deplete our batteries and lower our self-esteem.”
“The reality is, we can all flex our behavior to meet the situation we’re facing, and it’s at best a short-term solution. What we would do well to get really clear on is the difference between behavior and needs. An introvert’s mental and social battery is recharged by spending time with their own thoughts. This might be in quiet contemplation, in companionable silence, out in nature or by engaging in a hobby or pastime where they can lose themselves as many introverts are highly creative.”
Made worse by winter and daylight savings. 3 PM "Oh, it's getting dark outside. It's night time now so guess I'll do it tomorrow"
Especially when you've been up til 4am on BP and get up at noon.
Load More Replies...I get stressed if there's a holiday of any kind. Legit, for Christmas Eve, I was curled up in my guy's bed, fretting over life, when his nephew came down and said 'We're gonna have dinner now.' I curled up harder and whimpered like a dog... 'Nooo...' And my guy said it's okay, he'd bring down a plate. Family dinners have a special trigger for me. He did bring down that plate and I ate it and felt energized. Then he said 'Welp. Family wants to play Pictionary, so up I go.' I squeaked, 'cause I love Pictionary... Put on pants, fixed up my hair, scampered on up tentatively with a pen in my pocket... Family interactions make me so nervous that this was a big deal.
Introverts be like............ Please use correct grammar. americans.....
Tom > Jerry. Just like Sylvester > Tweety or Wile E Coyote > Roadrunner. Perky thing being malicious isn't as cute as the creators seemed to think.
Hated jerry and tweety. Roadrunner and Coyote are chaos incarnate! Too weird not to love.
Load More Replies...Me: Falling asleep: My dog: Farts noisily and causes noxious gasses to uffocate me.
It’s too bloody early in the morning to be thinking about cartoons as Rorschach tests. (Also too early to be googling how to spell Rorschach, but here we are.)
Satire has always portrayed a boiled down snapshot of society and it's troubles. Simplistic narratives are a convenient way to express morals an ideas without all the fluff. Aesop had the right idea, I think. Same with old tales like Reynaud the Fox. Stories told to children are where our modern concepts of cartoons come from.
Load More Replies...The "helping" part of me wants to write a positive message here, but i've never worked out how to solve the "I'm basically worthless" thing, so I'll be empathing real hard in your direction instead. Useless buddies! :)
Load More Replies...Huge upvote in this one. Love to learn new things but then anxiety sets in as I struggle to learn the new thing I’m dying to learn. 😟🤨
I love learning new things, but only if I'm not obligated to learn them.
When thinking about a leader (boss, manager, captain, etc.) we usually imagine someone who is outgoing and sociable. These are the traits typical for extraverts. However, can an introvert be a good leader? According to Rawbone, being outgoing and sociable doesn’t automatically make for great leadership. “In fact, the leaders I have withdrawn from in the past were those who like the sound of their own voice rather too much, thereby leaving little space for the voices of their followers to be heard,” the expert shared.
“Introverts make remarkable leaders and I use that word very deliberately. We are capable of being leaders ‘worthy of remark’. We often lead differently, and in a good way; after all, the days of autocratic top-down leadership are very last century. What we look for now are emotionally intelligent, empathic, inspirational leaders who create psychological safety by embracing diversity of thought and being. Leadership is not for the fainthearted introvert, though, or those who are using their introversion as an excuse for their behavior. That’s why the work I do with mid-career introverts helps them to step up and lead authentically.”
Me as someone who likes helping people as much as possible
The important thing is always helping other people. I'll somehow deal with my struggles alone.
I’ll happily make plans then an hour later regret making said plans. Do I cancel, or do I force myself to go knowing it’s good for me to get out and socialize - and that I’ll end up enjoying said plans? Why is being an introvert so hard sometimes?
Rawbone has also shared some of the most admired leadership skills that come fairly naturally to introverts:
- “Empathic listening: introverts often hear beyond the words, so they pick up what’s not being said too. They are more likely to let people finish what they’re saying and rarely talk over people. Unless they’ve been ‘cut off in their prime’, which is a fairly common occurrence.
- Observation: introverts are great noticers and pay attention to subtle signals that are often missed by others. This enables them to check in with where people are at and how they are doing or feeling.
- Clarity: introverts are known for being sparing with their words, so they say what needs saying without the fluff and padding. This skill is invaluable in a leader.
- Empowerment: introverts prefer to stay out of the limelight so enable others to shine. When they do take center-stage, though, they are composed, structured and calm. Hype only lasts for so long!
- Situational humility: being prepared to say I don’t know enables others to do the same. When leaders model this behavior, the foundations for psychological safety are laid, trust is built, and loyal followership is close behind.”
To discover your particular type of introversion, you can take a free quiz here!
Lmao = Leave me alone omg = Leave me alone oh man gtfo = Leave me alone oh man get the f*ck out
“It’s really none of your business” is the proper answer according to #8 😳
I'm in bed now. It's 3.27 am. I woke up at 2.20am. I'm in google news. The house is silent. Bliss. What woke me was a recurring dream about our plumbing in need of repair. Armageddon. Not bliss.
The internet is full of introvert memes. Because of their popularity, one might wonder whether they are accurate or perhaps they just simply depict a situation that most of us (regardless of our personality type) can relate to. Rawbone shared that a lot of the introvert memes she sees are self-limiting. “Some are funny and let’s face it, if we can laugh at ourselves, we stop taking ourselves so seriously. The problem arises when the memes feed our limiting beliefs or provide fodder for our inner critics to regurgitate. Usually, at exactly the wrong time. Have you ever heard the ‘You can’t do that!’ or ‘That’s not for you!’ or even the ‘What will they think of you?’ messages from some part of you? They are the mutterings of your inner critic, and we need to understand what they’re trying valiantly to keep us safe from. We explore that in my longer courses and that understanding enables powerful shifts in beliefs and behaviors. So, I’m more in favor of memes that accurately depict the challenges that introverts face, without the conflation of social anxiety, misanthropy or depression. These issues are not the same as introversion and can be experienced by extraverts too. Conflating them only clouds or muddies the challenges we face in our world biased towards the extravert ideal.”
Mine is distanced so long that I don't even know if she can still be calling a friend.
Load More Replies...Mine is just moi. And I'm quite content. Friends can be exhausting. I do long distance very well.
I'm spending NYE making a raclette. For myself and myself only. Need I say anymore...
When I was younger, I always had an extroverted friend that dragged me around and made me do stuff. It was exhausting but fun but mostly exhausting
As an ambivert, I'm not sure what I get my energy from. Introverts can like talking to people but it drains them, and extroverts can have normally introverted behavior but be drained by not being around people. I think I can adapt to my surroundings or something, but I like to say I get my energy from electronics.
Load More Replies...I hate this kind of stereotype that always portraits introverts as helpless socially inept kids or cute pets that need to be "adopted" by brave outgoing extroverts in order to experience anything nice in this life.
I feel like extroverts make these memes. Introversion isn’t something that needs changed. I’m sick of being bullied for enjoying my own company.
My best friend is always up to something. Once he told me to get in the car and then he drove us to an amusement park a few states away. Another one was he carried a table into my house with his brother, left it, and walked out. (I needed a table lol). Oh and when he drove us out to go camping because he felt like it randomly.
My marriage. Why does this hella chill extrovert who gets along with everyone love ME?.... I'll just go with it :-)
One of the good things about being retired is that after a siege of sleeplessness, up all night replaying every problem I think I have, I can go to sleep in the morning and sleep until noon.
“Let’s face it, most of us will have been asked if there’s anything wrong when we’re quietly trying to hang onto the charge in our battery or trying a bit of subtle recharging.
‘Nothing is wrong … I’m actively listening.’
‘Nothing is wrong … I’m recharging.’
‘Nothing is wrong … I’m thinking.’
‘Nothing is wrong … I’m paying attention.’
‘Once this introvert is recharged, she’s capable of anything.’ and ‘The quietest people have the loudest mind, and you probably don’t want to be in my head right now!’
So, memes have their place, and let’s keep them positively funny, rather than unnecessarily deprecating.”
I’ve been told many times how much I’ve helped people through depression and two have even thanked me for keeping them from [unaliving]. I’m glad I’ve helped but sad that it seems no one notices me when I’m considering [unaliving] and [self-not_helping]
I am in the exact same situation. You’re not alone <333
Load More Replies...Me trying to help my toxic ex-friend before realizing they were emotionally manipulating me : ' )
I gave up smoking 20 odd years ago, so before social media. I had so much more time and it took a while for me to find another way to procrastinate.
Ah, Twitter, the place I can dump my cr*p on to other people and complain about random stuff so they know what's going on
Removes all social media and puts in video games, bored panda, canihaveburger.com and discord
YES! And I'm already in my pjs secretly hoping they cancel and I don't have to get ready!
But why do introverts find social interaction tiring and sometimes even scary? Rawbone explained that social interaction can be tiring for introverts if they’re with the wrong people. “It can drain our batteries faster than a smartphone due to an upgrade! It’s wrong to imply that all introverts fear social interaction, though, as this is the territory of those with social anxiety. These might be introverts or extraverts. Those already in, or aspiring to leadership positions, know how to pre-charge, prepare and play to their strengths during social interactions.”
“Both introverts and extraverts can experience ‘performance anxiety’ and as I work through with my management and leadership clients, this just means you care enough to do a good job. We need to work on any imposter syndrome and understand the messages delivered by our inner critics. Both of these tend to sustain our limiting beliefs, which is why building more empowering ones, grounded in reality, is the answer.”
If you know that you hold yourself back, check out Rawbone’s self-paced course! The expert was very kind to give a special Bored Panda discount code that you can use at the bottom of the payment page - BPDEC22!
Someone on BP posted about a great German word that means "I am feeling visited enough." Wish I could remember what it was.
OMG THIS. then you find out "oh, we just needed to review your schedule for next week" or something ridiculously unimportant that they could have resolved in the same breath it took to say that.
WHAT? WHAT IS IT HURRY UP! *Gets terrified look* "Can, can you work an extra 1 minute on Wednesday?" DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SLEEP YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE FROM ME?? Also no..
Rawbone’s next facilitated program starts in March 2023, and you can register your interest here. “This doesn’t commit you to anything, but it does send a powerful message to your subconscious that you’re ready to flourish.”
To find out more about Rawbone’s work, her podcast and her TEDx talk, please visit her website: https://flourishingintroverts.com/.
This is me when I'm not sure if someone is being sarcastic or not .....
*when I realize its up to my aademics and not percussion grades* S**T
i just say "oh, you know... same panic, different disco" to acquaintances and "spacing out like a screensaver but none of the images i want" to friends
I hate it when people ask me 'How are you' but do not really want to know the answer.
I don’t mind working, although I should have retired three years ago. I’m not pressured, I work with one other person, and the job isn’t stressful, which is a blessing. Putting vinyl decals on cars is kinda fun.
That sounds cool, maybe I should find a job like this. Would definitely help with my mental health.
Load More Replies...I became a printer. You work by yourself all day, perfect for introverts.
I don't think I could ever just stop working, I get too bored if I have more than a couple weeks off. However, if I could have a 100% flexible schedule, where I only work a day or two a week, that would be amazing.
*me when I go to jr high now I suddenly have 11 classes of new people*
Husband asked me this morning if I was really fine with a quiet new year at home. For a moment I panicked - don't tell me he wants to go out???? He was joking. Phew
Due to serious illness in my family I never put away the 2021 Christmas trees. This year all I had to do was switch the lights on. I'm seriously debating on doing the same this year. It was so magical and stressfree. I'm very fond of my big, medium and baby trees.
When he nearly fell putting up the Christmas lights 3 years ago we decided to leave them up. They only show when they're switched on, and if we fancy mid year illumination well there they are
Load More Replies...Just say no, you don’t need an excuse or a reason, if you don’t want to do something just say you’re not free
Load More Replies...They're not excuses, they're... half-truths. I already have plans tomorrow... to sleep all day.
Am I free? Well...I have been known for causing others to expand their brains with thoughts that they may find uncomfortable, so...are you free?
Why does this Patric starr look like he could kill you in your sleep
My favorite friends do and it is wonderful! We are like the best classical music - piano pianissimo to forte-fortissimo, depending on who we are with.
all my friends are amazing, exept i never have a talking phase, I never talk sometimes they give me text to speech so i can answer XD
I fall asleep like this all the time, cuddling my phone. I end up friend requesting ppl who are friends friend, I almost report ppl, it's terrible! Strangely though, ppl DO except my random friend requests.
those are the best kind, then you can listen like a podcast and not say anything
I think about my 20`s and constantly on the go. 2 jobs and always moving didn't bother me at all. 40 years later and getting out of bed and going to the coffee pot is challenging, lol.
No thanks, Spotify. I have a folder ful of music that; doesn't come with adverts, I can play in any order, won't randomly force something down my throat and doesn't require a subscription. But thanks for playing.
I use Apple Music, which does require a subscription, but there’s no advertising, and I can add stuff to my Library on a whim, just to see if I like it, then download if I do. Currently I have 558.75 Gb, roughly 59,000 tracks in my music app on my phone. And counting… Spotify can go do one.
Load More Replies...There is a difference between being an introvert and having anxiety. Extroverts get anxiety, too. Just gonna leave that here because.
Whoever amassed this needs to look up the definition of "introvert." Most of these weren't about introversion at all. Social anxiety, yes; procrastination, yes; depression, yes. But not being an introvert.
Sorry, sometimes it's everything all at the same time. Ask me how I know. I won't tell you but it might make you think, having to phrase the question.
Load More Replies...I want extrovert memes just to see their perspective icl
I think quite a few of these apply to extroverts and ambiverts. Being nervous, struggling to achieve life goals, tand having a racing mind is also experienced by extroverts and ambiverts.
The posts in this thread are like an interview with me transcribed and divided into segments. Why don't I get disappointed when someone cancels an event? I don't know. I fist pump the air and whisper 'yessss!!!!'
All of these were either SpongeBob or Simpsons themed, making them more hilarious and relatable 😂
There is a difference between being an introvert and having anxiety. Extroverts get anxiety, too. Just gonna leave that here because.
Whoever amassed this needs to look up the definition of "introvert." Most of these weren't about introversion at all. Social anxiety, yes; procrastination, yes; depression, yes. But not being an introvert.
Sorry, sometimes it's everything all at the same time. Ask me how I know. I won't tell you but it might make you think, having to phrase the question.
Load More Replies...I want extrovert memes just to see their perspective icl
I think quite a few of these apply to extroverts and ambiverts. Being nervous, struggling to achieve life goals, tand having a racing mind is also experienced by extroverts and ambiverts.
The posts in this thread are like an interview with me transcribed and divided into segments. Why don't I get disappointed when someone cancels an event? I don't know. I fist pump the air and whisper 'yessss!!!!'
All of these were either SpongeBob or Simpsons themed, making them more hilarious and relatable 😂
