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I really believe the person in the article is just strongly introverted, and that's it. School puts a lot of pressure into socializing students, without caring

by jokoon 11y ago

I really believe the person in the article is just strongly introverted, and that's it. School puts a lot of pressure into socializing students, without caring about individual sensitivities. I personally hate working with other people, and there are actually plenty of people who do. Learning is a tedious task, so I'll never understand why school must be social. There is always the same situation that occurs to me. Some guy just start talking to me while I'm doing something. I'm obviously uninterested in talking with the guy, and for some reason I'm the sociopathic weirdo. Interacting has become a standard, and those who fails to do so are quickly put away or seen at failing in society. I really believe that society can't tolerate outcasts. Society really feels like an army of acolytes who only hold social norms. Maybe it's the remnants of instituting civilization through religion, maybe that's why people can't behave without having a set of beliefs who don't have any ideas behind them.

ZenoArrow 11y ago
> "Some guy just start talking to me while I'm doing something." Have you tried the headphones trick? Works for me. You don't even have to be listening to music. > "Interacting has become a standard." Without putting too fine a point on it, it's always been the standard. You only exist now because your predecessors interacted. I hear you that there's a time and place for interaction, and you shouldn't feel pressured into engaging with others, and it's good to enjoy your own company, I frequently find that's what I enjoy the most too. However, if you label yourself as 'introvert' or 'extrovert' you limit your potential experiences, and I don't see the point in that.
- jokoon 11y ago
  > You only exist now because your predecessors interacted. You mean sex ? I don't think you need to be social to see sex happening. > However, if you label yourself as 'introvert' or 'extrovert' you limit your potential experiences, and I don't see the point in that. Yeah, that's why introversion/extroversion is called a spectrum, even an introvert needs to be social once in a while. Also I'm sure introvert people have been kept away from being well integrated into society because there are much less communities of people living together, we all have our own kitchen and shower, which will inevitably isolate people won't don't seek social contact. The problem is that extroversion is rewarded, not introversion. It becomes a problem when you requires for degrees to include social interaction into group projects. That was my experience and it really marked how I failed at school, while I'm sure I'm more intelligent and capable than the average. The problem is the creation of a set of rules to put incentives on people to interact, instead of letting them interact naturally.
  - ambicapter 11y ago
    > You mean sex ? I don't think you need to be social to see sex happening. Uh, can you clarify.
    - jokoon 11y ago
      I don't think you need to have an extended amount of social interaction to have sex happening. Sexuality and sexual impulse are there to make social interaction to so much necessary.

by jokoon 11y ago

ZenoArrow 11y ago

> "Some guy just start talking to me while I'm doing something." Have you tried the headphones trick? Works for me. You don't even have to be listening to music. > "Interacting has become a standard." Without putting too fine a point on it, it's always been the standard. You only exist now because your predecessors interacted. I hear you that there's a time and place for interaction, and you shouldn't feel pressured into engaging with others, and it's good to enjoy your own company, I frequently find that's what I enjoy the most too. However, if you label yourself as 'introvert' or 'extrovert' you limit your potential experiences, and I don't see the point in that.

jokoon 11y ago
> You only exist now because your predecessors interacted. You mean sex ? I don't think you need to be social to see sex happening. > However, if you label yourself as 'introvert' or 'extrovert' you limit your potential experiences, and I don't see the point in that. Yeah, that's why introversion/extroversion is called a spectrum, even an introvert needs to be social once in a while. Also I'm sure introvert people have been kept away from being well integrated into society because there are much less communities of people living together, we all have our own kitchen and shower, which will inevitably isolate people won't don't seek social contact. The problem is that extroversion is rewarded, not introversion. It becomes a problem when you requires for degrees to include social interaction into group projects. That was my experience and it really marked how I failed at school, while I'm sure I'm more intelligent and capable than the average. The problem is the creation of a set of rules to put incentives on people to interact, instead of letting them interact naturally.
- ambicapter 11y ago
  > You mean sex ? I don't think you need to be social to see sex happening. Uh, can you clarify.
  - jokoon 11y ago
    I don't think you need to have an extended amount of social interaction to have sex happening. Sexuality and sexual impulse are there to make social interaction to so much necessary.