Freohr Datia Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 very very rarely from what I hear, majority of shy people don't like crowds and prefer being around smaller amounts of people so they can become familiar with them and not feel overwhelmed but I absolutely can't relate to that at all. I'm shy in the way that I prefer being in bigger audiences, because then attention is drawn away from me and I can generally just sit quietly and listen to people. With a smaller group, there's more responsibility on me to hold up conversation and it's more noticeable when I don't and I can't handle that pressure. I'm too shy and anxious and too slow of a thinker (and therefore easily confused as well~) and have sort of bad hearing (idk how much that has to do with my brain being a slow processor and how much of it has to do with my ears) to be able to hold up a normal conversation I'm better at keeping up conversation with one person through text, but I still can't help but shy away from such a thing and I definitely don't know how to initiate conversation with somebody. I tend to have unhelpful thoughts like "they probably wouldn't appreciate me butting in on their time unannounced" or "this will just be so out of nowhere they'll think I'm weird" or "what's the point of starting conversation that I wouldn't be able to keep up with anyway" or "I'm not important enough to this person to ask them to give special time and attention to me" I wonder if preferring crowds vs not liking crowds is a difference between anxiety and just plain shyness or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soledai Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiac Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Glacies Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Not often at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badatfireemblem Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoblongoo Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Multiple times a day every day at work. Not-to-often with anyone except my wife in my personal life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee Fleet! Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Excluding family, not a whole lot. I generally don't like talking to people, especially one on one because I become highly nervous. Not like big crowds are any better though, I feel so awkward and just remain silent most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefGuevara Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 With my close friends, every now and again, fairly often with my best friend, sometimes with my younger sister, and sometimes with people who I don't actually know all that well, but can tell that they're also in the frame of mind for a long convo. online is different though, because it's a lot harder to tell what someone thinks of you, if they wanna talk, if you're imposing, etc., and it's just generally harder to start a convo with someone when you can't read them like you can irl ...basically, I somehow have worse social skills online than irl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargirl Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 in the past, hardly ever but nowadays i find myself engaging in intimate conversation more often than i would like im still super nervous, especially if i dont know the person well when it comes to certain people, like family, i dont mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite Dreams Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 On 4/17/2018 at 6:26 AM, Freohr Datia said: very very rarely from what I hear, majority of shy people don't like crowds and prefer being around smaller amounts of people so they can become familiar with them and not feel overwhelmed but I absolutely can't relate to that at all. I'm shy in the way that I prefer being in bigger audiences, because then attention is drawn away from me and I can generally just sit quietly and listen to people. With a smaller group, there's more responsibility on me to hold up conversation and it's more noticeable when I don't and I can't handle that pressure. I'm too shy and anxious and too slow of a thinker (and therefore easily confused as well~) and have sort of bad hearing (idk how much that has to do with my brain being a slow processor and how much of it has to do with my ears) to be able to hold up a normal conversation I'm better at keeping up conversation with one person through text, but I still can't help but shy away from such a thing and I definitely don't know how to initiate conversation with somebody. I tend to have unhelpful thoughts like "they probably wouldn't appreciate me butting in on their time unannounced" or "this will just be so out of nowhere they'll think I'm weird" or "what's the point of starting conversation that I wouldn't be able to keep up with anyway" or "I'm not important enough to this person to ask them to give special time and attention to me" I wonder if preferring crowds vs not liking crowds is a difference between anxiety and just plain shyness or something This post speaks to my soul. This is so me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 All the time, I have a very large social circle and I have no problems conversing at lengths, even with strangers. For whatever reason, I tend to have an easier time talking with women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 sometimes QOTD 1515 - LEAST favorite school of philosophy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Was going to say Objectivism, but even that's not as bad as Anarcho-Primitivism, which basically states that we must abandon agriculture to save the environment, everyone who would die be damned. It's one of those ideologies where it's chief proponents would be the first to be tiger food if it were enacted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Glacies Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I'd say Materialism or any other philosophy that focuses on the senses and material world more than metaphysical concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Communism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoblongoo Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Epistemology is just the worst kind of mental masturbation. Q: "What are you doing?" A: "I'm thinking about thinking. How do I know that I am thinking? Can we be certain that there is such a thing as thought?" ...fuck-off immediately ... Edited April 19, 2018 by Shoblongoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Nihilism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite Dreams Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I don't know anything about philosophy. 2 hours ago, Shoblongoo said: Epistemology is just the worst kind of mental masturbation. Q: "What are you doing?" A: "I'm thinking about thinking. How do I know that I am thinking? Can we be certain that there is such a thing as thought?" ...fuck-off immediately ... That... Was painful to read. I agree, yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingle Jangle Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 anarcho communism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Glacies Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Epistemology was always one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SullyMcGully Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Freud is a fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, SullyMcGully said: Freud is a fraud. Freud was psychologist, not a philosopher. Edited April 20, 2018 by NinjaMonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanarkin Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I feel like i don't know enough about schools of philosophy to answer this question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Solipsism is for pansies and selfish assholes desu QOTD 1516 - Do you like self-inserts in video games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargirl Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 not really tho it depends on the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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