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I imagine one hack for overcoming social anxiety for doing this in public is to put in some airpods or something else that indicates you’re on a phone call. Mos
by khalilravanna 6y ago
I imagine one hack for overcoming social anxiety for doing this in public is to put in some airpods or something else that indicates you’re on a phone call. Most people will assume you’re on a phone call and won’t really care.
For myself I do this constantly. Have done it my whole life. I think some people are impressed by my public speaking abilities, how I can often come up with pretty persuasive blurbs on the spot. But I think it’s not impressive at all because I’ve spent so much of my life talking to myself.
I have a hunch a lot of really good comedians and voice actors spend a fair amount of time talking to themselves. I can do a handful of pretty spot on accents. The key? Being a weirdo and messing around with talking to myself in accents frequently.
- enoughBadMath 6y agoBut then people would think I give Apple money.
- bavell 6y agoI can totally relate to the wierdo accents haha! Sometimes when I get frustrated with some particularly troublesome code while working alone I'll drop into a thick english cockney accent (or at least my best impression) and start trash-talking the code to vent my frustrations. It's pretty cathartic and puts me in a better and slightly humourous mood... better than bottling it up!
- sandspar 6y agoAn old magazine article about the actor Matthew McConaughey (maybe in the NYT?) mentioned that he carries a tape recorder in his car and talks to it on long drives. Interestingly enough he's recently written an autobiography, which he says sprang from his habit of keeping diaries. He says he's kept diaries for 36 years. A "learn by talking" and "learn by writing" person, surely.