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Re:The Trap of "I am not an Extrovert" by fnord77 on Thursday December 26, 2024 @07:51AM (#42514882)
> people who are introverts can be social

not if they have social anxiety or are not NT

> but only for limited amounts of time.

but yes, this is true. And it is not something you can build up like a muscle or long distance running. In fact I think trying to build up the amount of time you socialize actually diminishes it

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Re:The Trap of "I am not an Extrovert" by zimpenfish on Thursday December 26, 2024 @08:53AM (#42515151)
> not if they have social anxiety

I have (frequent) crippling social anxiety, am definitely an introvert, and I can be social -in the right circumstances-[0] (albeit for a limited period of time[1].)

[0] eg. small group of people I know well, familiar surroundings, ideally without a lot of external noise.

[1] 3-4 hours tends to be my limit even under the best circumstances.

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Re:The Trap of "I am not an Extrovert" by michaelcampbell on Thursday December 26, 2024 @09:54AM (#42515540)
Everything is true except for the edge cases where it's not; pointing this out I think is unnecessary.
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Re:The Trap of "I am not an Extrovert" by fnord77 on Thursday December 26, 2024 @10:24AM (#42515718)
if something is true everywhere except the edge cases, it is not true everywhere.
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Re:The Trap of "I am not an Extrovert" by michaelcampbell on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @07:03PM (#42562834)
No one said it was true everywhere.
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