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Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break by nchie on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:19AM (#27592767)
I don't think this is how most introverts have felt. Introversion doesn't mean you dislike interaction with other people. Like others mentioned, what you're describing doesn't sound like just being introverted, it sounds like ASD or some other personality disorder.

Definitely subjective though. I'd say I'm an introvert, and I've made it through ok, but it still very much feels like I lost a year of my life. It's really not been too different from being in prison in the country where I live.

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Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break by silicon2401 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:57PM (#27595657)
That's quite callous towards people with autism. Many people with autism very much want to socialize and integrate into society, but have difficulties doing so. I don't have difficulties socializing, I just don't like people (misanthropy) and get drained by socialization (introversion), which is why the pandemic has been a great time for me. Of course by that I mean the circumstances as they have impacted my life, not the health status of people.
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