Reasons not to become famous

Re:Reasons not to become famous by munificent on Sunday February 09, 2020 @12:30PM (#22283203)

Social anxiety, introversion, and antisociability are all different things that often get conflated.

If we replace people with ice cream, I think it works out something like:

* Social anxiety: I'm afraid I will choke on the ice cream.

* Introversion: Ice cream is fine but I don't really enjoy the flavor.

* Anti-social: Ice cream tastes gross.

These all manifest in the same visible way — avoiding ice cream — but the causes are distinct.

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Re:Reasons not to become famous by PaulStatezny on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:27PM (#22283826)

Interesting analogy.

From my perspective (as an introvert) I would replace the "Introvert" line with:

* Introversion: I may or may not enjoy ice cream, but eating very much makes me exhausted. (Or "I feel full after eating just a bit".)

From my perspective, your analogy makes the very mistake that the grandparent comment brought up: conflating introversion with not liking social interaction.

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Re:Reasons not to become famous by munificent on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:39PM (#22291881)

Yeah, I like that better too. Especially the second sentence.

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