more on introversion

[anotheranon]

Introverts of the World, Unite!, a follow up by the author of the link from my prior post. Evidently the original article got quite a reaction!

Worth reading the whole thing; Rauch's suggestion that the Internet has had a benefit for "innie" communications especially resonates with me (more ponderings on internet socializing later on).

Meanwhile: remember, remember, the 5th of November - who else is going to "V for Vendetta" tonight?

Comments

[zen4me.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, let me know how V is please. I want to see that once I'm up for it. Thanks!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Rauch is great! ***bookmarks*** I couldn't pinpoint a date or anything, but I've known that I was an introvert for a long time (there was a dawning moment, back in my youth, when I realized that this "shy" business was crap and that I didn't talk much because, quite frankly, the people trying to get me to were bloody boring ***grins***). Although I've tended to describe myself as "nonsocial" (don't desperately need people around me, but not averse to their existence, although I need lots of solitude to balance the times when I DO have people around), simply because I've found that many people equate introvert with "antisocial" (which is incorrect, but education is a slow process).

I agree that the Internet was made for us ... it's not really geared for empty chitchat (except for some of the more vacuous chatrooms), so one can seek out the folk who actually have something of interest, and substance, to say. And one can control one's socializing ... on the Internet, via LiveJournal, Yahoo communities, even email, we get to do our "talking" when WE are in the mood. Even voicemail and answering machines give us that power, over the interrupting telephone. I suspect our time of ruling the world is coming closer. :-)

P.S. D-at-work gives "V for Vendetta" rave reviews ... says it's VERY faithful to the original.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure when I realized I was introverted. Most of my immediate family tended to sniff at loud extroverts as being shallow, so I suspect all of us are "innies" to some degree, so perhaps I grew up thinking we were the normal ones :P

At the same time I figured out fairly early that small talk was exhausting and irritating. Talking of Substance(TM) was fun and invigorating, but the subsequent "wired" feeling drained me. Strangely, it's very possible to be a happily introverted clubber/raver - sure, I was out every weekend, but getting my head into the music was a kind of "quiet time" of it's own, if that makes sense.

Re: the net and introversion - see my latest brain dump. And re: V for Vendetta - the review a few posts below that :)

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

I read your comments on "V for Vendetta" last night ... it's always quite interesting when two individuals (you and D., in this particular case) who have practically been in lockstep in their movie opinions suddenly diverge so widely. Since I haven't even read the graphic yet, I guess I'll have to track down a copy, read it, see the movie and exert myself to form my own opinion. ***GRIN***

I agree that being introverted clubber (or similar activity) is quite logical ... as you say, you're there for the music (which is one of the best "white noise" barriers against other humans in existence). In my era, rollerskating rinks were the thing (call it a cheap concert with exercise) ... even if you went with a group of friends, the DJ & music. and the activity itself, let one be in one's own enjoyable and refreshing little bubble.