I’m glad I’m an introvert and there are great things about it,but I don’t like this attitude that some people have that all extroverts are these over the top fake assholes who shame people for being introverted, which is what I see a lot now. I also don’t like the idea that there’s a hard line between the two. I think…

I’m so introverted I need time away from myself.

bitchy true, but i do get this. when i was in my super super early twenties i read her book and a few like it, and because i was in my super super early twenties i felt like being validated as an introvert was a life line. if it hadn’t been that, it would have been something else.
i remember though how it felt to have…

After the last couple years on the internet I feel like if I never hear the words “introvert,” “extrovert,” or “recharge your batteries” (unless you are talking about literal batteries that store power) it will be too soon.

“ Seriously, having a popular cheerleader type kid would be really challenging for me. I tend to like people who are reflective and thoughtful. “

I’m still holding out for her follow-up, “Why Extroverts Have No Depth or Value (And How They Can Live With Being Shit-Filled Hollow Shells of Negligible Psychic Energy).”

You clearly don’t know much about actual introversion besides the clichés.
The whole point of Cain’s book is that introverts CAN get shit done, just in their own fashion because we’re wired differently. Also, we get some shit done that extroverts can’t ! Extroverts aren’t particularly as effective or as smart as they…

Introvert doesn’t nescessarily mean you are shy and lack confidence.

Introvert does not equal insular, shy and quiet. That’s the whole point. I’m an extreme Introvert. I am confident, can be outgoing when I want to be, and popular at work (I don’t care about being “popular” in social circles.) Granted, it’s taken me awhile to figure out how to get noticed in my career since I’m not…

Judging by the QuietRev site, it appears that introversion is primarily about creating well curated vignettes of dimly lit photographs. Here’s my quiet, beautiful life of charcuterie plates and vintage-themed birthday parties. Shh, no, don’t be too loud and obnoxious. It doesn’t coordinate well with my muted table…

To New Yorkers (as in people who live in NYC), the state of New York is described thusly:

Yes of course I get that. I was being silly

This is weird. Literally last night I came across this woman, and realized there was a word for my ‘problem’. So many misunderstandings, mental health issues and relationship difficulties came sharply into focus when I realized that I am an undiagnosed introvert, married to an extreme extrovert. Because I am confident…

The responses here make me angry. Does this woman get no blame for what she did? Are we really banking everything on a mental illness and perhaps.. just selfishness?

I’m more worried they’ll try to charge her with Solicitation. Like a DV victim who calls the cops on her abuser then gets arrested for drug possession.

I mean, you expect that kind of thing in a Volvo, but a Subaru? Weird.

Well, I certainly don’t see anything hate-worthy in your observations and I agree that there are far deeper societal ills at play here. The fanatical fetishization of firearms is just a symptom. Our culture is very sick in so many ways.

its about this subset of powerless white men believing they are entitled to power, and that they need to do anything to get it (speaking specifically about mass shootings here, not inner-city gun issues which is really a completely different problem)