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WCDT: 2510-2514 (August 12-16, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 13 Aug 2013, 22:07 ---Dale seemed to be a confident conversationalist when he and Marigold first met. How do we reconcile that with his saying he's afraid of talking to girls? It's also worth remembering that he's a favorite at Coffee of Doom.
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There is a difference between "talking to girls" casually and "talking to girls." It's a subtle difference to us socially awkward folks.
I have no problem talking to women on neutral subjects such as "so how about them Bills are they a crappy team or what!" and so forth. Anything else -- forget it! Social anxiety makes eating shards of glass and/or using a lit stick of dynamite as a butt-plug seem like a good idea.
ankhtahr:
Most of the time even casual talk is too difficult for me. OTOH, I have trouble with casual talk with anybody.
bhtooefr:
I don't have a problem talking to women in professional or platonic contexts.
It's when things get into romantic contexts that there's a problem.
I wouldn't be surprised if Dale's the same way. He can deal with women when he's delivering pizza. He can be perfectly friendly with women in other environments, too. And, he hasn't had a problem with May as far as being afraid of talking to her (annoyed, yes, but not afraid). But, when a cute woman who's deep into his main hobby comes into the picture... my guess is that his brain goes into fight or flight mode.
Loki:
There is this one guy I know. He is incredibly talkative on Facebook. If you knew him, you'd expect him to be the "heart of the company" guy. The one making jokes and having a CHA of 18.
I met him once. He is, in fact, incredibly awkward in real life. I look forward to getting to know him further, which I will.
I am not sure why I am telling this. It started out as relevant in my head.
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 14 Aug 2013, 02:15 ---I don't have a problem talking to women in professional or platonic contexts.
It's when things get into romantic contexts that there's a problem.
I wouldn't be surprised if Dale's the same way. He can deal with women when he's delivering pizza. He can be perfectly friendly with women in other environments, too. And, he hasn't had a problem with May as far as being afraid of talking to her (annoyed, yes, but not afraid). But, when a cute woman who's deep into his main hobby comes into the picture... my guess is that his brain goes into fight or flight mode.
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A much better explanation of what I was trying to say above. Thank you.
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