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WCDT Strips 3066 to 3070 (12th - 16th October 2015)

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Is it cold in here?:
Insightful Marten is insightful.

Yes, Faye, just because someone is named Bubbles that doesn't mean they will float.

plusorminus:

--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 12 Oct 2015, 19:57 ---On topic: I am very interested to see what happens the next time Faye and Bubbles work together.

Off topic:

I'm so sick of this damn introvert/extrovert dichotomy.

Technically, I am an introvert. I need quiet time to recharge.

However, I can go to parties, interact with people, etc. I enjoy parties. You find what works for you, what you are comfortable with. If you need to, you can push your boundaries.
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Wrong. Not everyone.


--- Quote ---I'm just so tired of hearing people talk about introverts as though we are all social misanthropes who find parties (or social interaction in general) the most terrifying/unpleasant experience on earth. Maybe some people do find parties that way, but it isn't an all or nothing thing.

gah, I'm partly posting this out of an irritation that has been building for the last couple of years from all of the "introvert/extrovert" articles and I see plastered all over social media.
/rant

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What do you care, though? I was raped twice by the same man. I suffer from extreme social anxiety and agoraphobia as a result. Good for you that you can go to parties and interact. How dare you act as if those of us who find that sort of activity scary as hell to be be some sort of of social defectives that are reflecting badly on you. (mod edit: removed a statement of supreme exasperation that went personal)

Is it cold in here?:
I took a second look and it still sounds to me like his irritation is with pop psychology articles and not with you or others like you.

Agoraphobia is a different ball game from introversion, we should all be able to agree on that.

I cringe trying to imagine your experiences. I bet you have more in common with Bubbles than most of us do.

Reaver:
I think this is one battle Faye needs to not get involved in, she's too pushy  and Bubbles seems like she needs a lighter touch, someone with tact, and compassion... :facepalm:

Tova:
I apologise for the part I've played in escalating this whole introvert/extrovert thing. It wasn't my best post. The whole thing, if it's anything at all, is of course a sliding scale, not a black and white thing. And not necessarily what people (including myself) think it is.

The part I was objecting to was the idea that if you don't regularly make friends at parties, then you're going to the "wrong parties." My response to it was a complete blunder, but my policy at parties is to employ one of two "party strategies." I either to stick with people I know like glue, or find one person I make a connection with and monopolise them for the entire time I'm there. Neither strategy has ever ended with me making a new friend, you may be surprised to learn. It's a purely short-term strategy. Point being, it really has nothing to do with the parties, and everything to do with me.

There are a number of places where I do make new friends - parties somehow will never be one of them. I really can't explain why.

Back to the comic - I'm now wondering what Faye is going to do from here. I can't quite imagine her simply leaving well enough alone.

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