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For all the importance people assign to introversion and extroversion, they aren’t problems or conditions that you can be diagnosed with, just ways to describe your personality types. The only rule for what makes someone one or the other is that those with an introvert personality recharges from spending time alone and gets burned out by social interaction, while an extrovert gets down in the dumps from being alone for too long and considers getting together with people a pick-me-up.

Still, people who are strongly one or the other have a tendency to misunderstand each other, which is why people with an introvert personality type on Twitter are currently sharing their frustrations with the other side with the trending tag #StupidQuestionsForIntroverts. And although introverts aren’t, by definition, shy or anxious, you certainly can be both, and if you are, there’s some representation in here for you too.

Here are some of the most annoying things you’ve probably heard when you would rather be home in your pajamas with a book.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again, depends. But if you're not my family or close friends, if you want a video conversation with me, we'll have to schedule it in advance, thanks.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's unfair that we have to fake it at all. Our society is too extrovert-centric! ^__^

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Daria B
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's how I am when my batteries are charged. You'll ask me what's wrong when you see me tomorrow.

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A lot of memes and thinkpieces would have you believe that introverted personality individuals and extroverts are at war with each other, but despite the annoyingly silly questions we actually have a lot more in common than we think.

A study from the University of Illinois determined that people who considered themselves introverts and extroverts actually spent about the same amount of time socializing and got about as much enjoyment out of spending time with people, suggesting that the difference may be in the type of social stimulation that people who describe their personality one way or the other prefer, or how they bounced back afterward.

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Paul K. Johnson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The phone is right next to me and I almost never answer it. If they start talking to the answering machine and it's spam then I pick up, terminate the call and delete the partial message they just left. If it's someone I know then I let them finish leaving a message and I might call them back in the next month or so.

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Rissie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't make promises about calling back. If it's important, send me a text ;)

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Cassie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would anybody want to answer a call from an unknown number? It's probably just a scammer.

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WillemPenn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because they are 89 and have want to feel important. When Dad moved in with us we ported his landline to a cell for him. He is constantly getting spam calls (and even though he says he cannot operate an iPhone, he still manages to turn off all the blocks I've put in place to prevent spammers). Several times an hour I will hear "HELLO? HELLO? I can't hear you. Somebody turned up this TV to loud and I can't turn it down" [yes, Dad is the one who turned it up but now cannot turn it down] "Can you speak up? HELLO? HELLO? Why are you whispering?!" [me at computer on deadline, Dad shoves cell phone in my face]. "You talk to them. I can't figure out a word they are saying." Of course the call is a pre-recorded message on loop from Shittie Scam Co with a special Medicare opportunity ... I tell dad it is just a scammer just trying to get his money. "Well we've got to do something!!" wut? "Well you just said someone stole my Medicare!" No Dad that's not ... "Wait a minute - I'm getting a call."

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "BLOCK NUMBER" call on my cell phone... Priceless!! Call and get through to spam me once and ONLY once.

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Christopher David
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't answer random numbers and numbers I don't know, because I'm saving all my energy to have a real meaningful conversation with you. Just kidding. FU! I hate everyone that forces a conversation to earn their own personal merit badge.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My phone doesn't even ring if the number isn't in my phonebook. There's no way I'll answer an unknown number.

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Pamela24
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I disagree with this - a friend in need with a new phone could be on the other side. It has happened (especially with my younger sister who never remembers to charge hers). Or some other emergency. Once they called me from a blocked number because it was the military hospital where I'm registered as a potential bone marrow donor to ask me to come for more tests because I could donate soon.

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Alex Bailey
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But then you would listen to the message that they'd be bound to leave if it's that important and you've lost less than a couple of minutes.

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Francis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

waiting and googling what number.. if it's spam, i didn't waste my time.. if it is something important.. they will call again :D

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Miztre
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can download apps that tell you who's calling as long as you are connected to the net. You can even block suspected spam numbers. It's great, now I don't have to answer the phone at all lol

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh even extroverts don't pick up a random number they don't know when they aren't expecting a call

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Laci
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or me telling people no one ever calls me..........also, I leave my phone on no ring/no notification

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a total extrovert but my girlfriend is a quintessential introvert and, though I kid her about it sometimes, I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the # calling.

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Michelle Dodson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People just never seem to get this" My phone is for MY convenience, not yours. If I'm in the middle of doing something I enjoy (reading, writing, having a life) I'm not going to answer your call at that moment. And no - my call history is NOT an answering machine, you want a return call? Take the extra 10 seconds to ask me to do so. But again - unless it's an actual emergency (immediate threat to life or property) I will return the call when it is convenient for ME. No, I'm not a horrible person - I simply understand that not wanting to speak with someone THAT VERY SECOND is totally up to me.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a running gag with my family and friends that I never answer my phone. And if I call one of them, they answer by asking who died.

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Kathy Baylis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get too many telemarketer calls, even with call monitoring. Plus, I spent too many years in jobs where I had to drop everything to answer the f*****g phone, and could never get anything done, so even now and even though I have a cellphone, I avoid phone calls when I can get away with it. Texting is fine, though. But only to a point.

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Éva Nemes
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Phonecall? Pfff, I ignore every time. Write a text or mail, and when I read, I will answer to you.

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Malakai
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't a sign of introversion so much as a sign of the times anymore. Spoof callers are so rampant in my area that I can't even answer calls from my own area code because it's a very good chance it's a spam/scam call (like 70%+). Also, this is more likely a symptom of social anxiety--introversion does not mean a fear of interaction with others or poor social abilities

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I get a phone call from a number I don't recognise I put on a fake Chinese voice and make up my own dialect. I've been hung up on every time and my best time is 4 seconds

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WillemPenn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha! I've had the opposite issue. I've recently been getting calls from numbers I do not recognize but figure it must be important since they've left a message. Nope, just a prerecorded message in Chinese. I don't speak Chinese, I've never been to China and I've had my number for 20 years.

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Devin Land
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why don't you mind your own business or stop calling yourself my friend

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Stille20
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not an introvert thing....just a thing. Leave a message.

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YsaPur
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Message-leaving has been deactivated. Call when I'm fine or not at all.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t miss phone calls especially unknown numbers coz It just plays on my mind. Who was it? What did they want? etc.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always feel some sense of relief when plans are cancelled, unless it's something I spent a lot of money on

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I were independently wealthy I would almost never leave the house and wouldn't miss a soul. I take a month vacation every year and pretty much stay home. I don't call people, I don't visit people and I'm perfectly happy by myself and have plenty to do.

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Others feel that we put way too much stock in whether we’re introverts or extroverts in the first place, treating them as fixed, mutually exclusive decrees, when many of us fall somewhere in the middle and would say that we behave more like an introvert or extrovert depending on the situation.

It's not an anomaly to have some friends who you don’t mind sitting next to in the same room reading separate books, and others who make you feel like you need a nap after meeting them for coffee. And even the biggest party animal has some hobbies that they have to go home and get back to at some point, right? It shouldn’t be so hard for them to understand and respect that some people have different social batteries, so next time you get one of these stupid questions, you can tell them that.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. Some alone time to recharge is all I need to maintain a reasonable level of sanity.

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Bob Beltcher
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm mad that you invited someone and your making me leave the house. That means I got to put my pants back on.

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If you’re not feeling that eloquent, though, if somebody asks you why you’re so quiet, you’re perfectly within your right to just pterodactyl screech in their face and see if that’s good enough for them.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One birthday, as a kid, I asked to be alone in the house. I wasn't up to anything, I just wanted peace and quiet

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup, I'm one of those people who let the phone ring, and text later 'did you call me?'

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Bob Beltcher
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because at work I know what I'm talking about and my coworkers share a common knowledge about our jobs. Outside, I know nothing about you other than your physically present and wearing clothes.

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Bob Beltcher
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun is watching cartoons with my wife and daughter and laughing while eating dinner and playing with the dog.

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Francis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thanks god i can order online.. but still have to talk with the delivery guy D:

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, now, imagine being an introvert and single and there's someone who offers to "combine you" with "someone they know". Story of my adolescence.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Tell your name and blablabla.." and i instant forget who i am or what i am ...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not shy, I just don't want to talk and be the center of attention.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yep, sometimes it makes me too bored. but, i still prefer the silence than a crowd to fill my boredness

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My SIL once said my husband was anti-social because he never came to holiday or birthday gatherings at her home. Usually these gatherings involved her whole family who we only interacted with at..you guessed it..holidays and birthday gatherings. And there were so many members to her side of the family, us going to the gatherings usually meant us sitting in a corner being ignored because we never had any non-controversial topics of conversation we could engage in. I finally told her.."why would he drive 116 miles to bored because he's ignored all day due to the huge crowd when he can stay at home and have fun watching movies and chatting online with friends he knows. It's too overwhelming." She finally started having smaller gatherings with just my brother's side of the family. After a while, we stopped going entirely because we realized that seeing them meant we had to travel all the time, they never came to see us. The effort to stay connected has to be equally shared.

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Bob Beltcher
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And do what? Sit there while no one talks to me and spend money? I rather watch TV at home for free.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm great at customer service jobs. Because that's work me. Home me can have great small talk, then hide at the second or any other ensuing social occasion. Idk y

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Francis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's why i love my best friend. she would never ever want to hang out two days in a row :D

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Odd thing, I'm actually a good public speaker. That's because I can plan what I'm going to say.

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