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Because some social interaction is necessary, allowing anything less than constant total social immersion is "bending over backwards for Introverts" and anyone
by tbrownaw 15y ago
Because some social interaction is necessary, allowing anything less than constant total social immersion is "bending over backwards for Introverts" and anyone who desires such is useless dead weight. Anyone who thinks that it might be useful to have even ten minutes of peace and quiet to be able to type or think without interruption is clearly delusional, because all thinking is done as part of a conversation.
- paulhauggis 15y agoso, brainstorming is useless? Sitting around and talking about an idea is useless? The entire point of the article is not to discount these things because they are useless, but to discount them because a small percentage of the population find them uncomfortable.
- paulhauggis 15y agoI forgot. HN is filled with introverts and rather than use logic and intelligence to vote on comments, use pure emotion.
- cgoddard 15y agoI think you're being downvoted because your opinions are grossly misinformed. 40-50+% of the US population could be classified as introverts (1). This couldn't in any way be called "a small percentage". Introversion is a personality trait, with advantages and disadvantages. To say that introverts "should think about getting some kind of therapy" simply for being introverts is simply irrational prejudice. (1) http://www.capt.org/mbti-assessment/estimated-frequencies.htm http://www.capt.org/mbti-assessment/estimated-frequencies.ht...
- tbrownaw 15y agoThe entire point of the article is not to discount these things because they are useless, but to discount them because a small percentage of the population find them uncomfortable. Funny, that's not what it said when I read it. Those things can be useful but, since other (opposite) things can be useful and even necessary as well, practicing them to the exclusion of all else like you're suggesting is stupid and counter-productive.