Coming from a pure extrovert, this is the biggest load of wank I've ever read! I had a couple of rants over at azhure's LJ about this last night. Bottom line is, I'm no fucking half-wit yipping puppy. Thanks for the page full of insults, mate (not you, BJ, but the writer of the article).
I fail to see how drivel like this is meant to make extroverts more empathic with introverts. Don't bloody insult me and then expect some understanding.
I haven't seen your post on this, but everyone else on my f-list is taking it deadly seriously. I was hoping it was a joke but no one else seems to think so.
Ah yes - so enigmatic, so mysterious. And yet, is not the squash's flesh easily bruised? Can we not all learn from this sunny little parcel's sensitive side? Verily, the stalk on top is like a springy green radar joyously seeking out other squash for company, but still, it's tender and sweet on the inside.
*gets all mushy for the poor, misunderstood squash*
I read the article again and I like it because I can totally relate to it.
I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts.
That does sound high and mighty, but gee, nothing to get so uptight about. That isn't the point of the article.
*goes back to brooding in a corner and disdaining small talk* :p
WHAT the... hold the phone. Wasn't the conclusion that the whole article is actually a pisstake?? If you're serious, lines like this...
"Extroverts are easy for introverts to understand, because extroverts spend so much of their time working out who they are in voluble, and frequently inescapable, interaction with other people. They are as inscrutable as puppy dogs... As often as I have tried to explain the matter to extroverts, I have never sensed that any of them really understood. They listen for a moment and then go back to barking and yipping."
...aren't likely to make us extroverts go all understanding and sympathetic-like. "OH WOW, I'm a YAPPING MORON and I have no clue about what any of my introverted friends need. Thanks for setting me straight. That man is a very smrt introvert..."
In any case, I'm going to stick it out in japester's camp and believe it's just a joke story. Otherwise I find it very difficult to deal with. It's too offensive. Us extroverts have feelings too, you know...
But what do you do about the people who hide in the back during parties and then bitch and complain about how nobody wants to befriend them? That is, besides divorcing them?
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Date: 2005-10-24 11:53 pm (UTC)Coming from a pure extrovert, this is the biggest load of wank I've ever read! I had a couple of rants over at
I fail to see how drivel like this is meant to make extroverts more empathic with introverts. Don't bloody insult me and then expect some understanding.
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Date: 2005-10-25 12:18 am (UTC)AND ANOTHER THING
Date: 2005-10-25 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-25 02:44 am (UTC)maybe i should actually read it... :)
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Date: 2005-10-25 03:02 am (UTC)*squash*
yes, that was squash and not a squish - they're great sauteed in cream and garlic.
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Date: 2005-10-25 03:31 am (UTC)I have an overwhelming urge to classify all vegetables now.
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Date: 2005-10-25 03:36 am (UTC)well, how would you hide with that shade of yellow, exactly.
i'd imagine aubergines are introverts though. all dark and purple
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Date: 2005-10-25 03:51 am (UTC)*gets all mushy for the poor, misunderstood squash*
I'm fungry.
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Date: 2005-10-25 08:53 am (UTC)we are kinda lumpy and huggable
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Date: 2005-10-25 09:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-25 03:01 am (UTC)I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts.
That does sound high and mighty, but gee, nothing to get so uptight about. That isn't the point of the article.
*goes back to brooding in a corner and disdaining small talk* :p
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Date: 2005-10-25 03:26 am (UTC)"Extroverts are easy for introverts to understand, because extroverts spend so much of their time working out who they are in voluble, and frequently inescapable, interaction with other people. They are as inscrutable as puppy dogs... As often as I have tried to explain the matter to extroverts, I have never sensed that any of them really understood. They listen for a moment and then go back to barking and yipping."
...aren't likely to make us extroverts go all understanding and sympathetic-like. "OH WOW, I'm a YAPPING MORON and I have no clue about what any of my introverted friends need. Thanks for setting me straight. That man is a very smrt introvert..."
In any case, I'm going to stick it out in
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Date: 2005-10-25 05:05 am (UTC)haha, I take it as serious AND a joke. But then again, I do that with most of life.
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Date: 2005-10-25 12:21 am (UTC)Sence of humour , what is a sence of humour ?!
Oh that right the thing that makes your organs try to escape from your body when someone makes you laugh too much.
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Date: 2005-10-25 12:29 am (UTC)