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Introvert or Extrovert - which are you?

I don't want the world to know so I can't answer the question. Meanwhile, let me just sit here in peace and quiet.
 
Good read, Pete.
Also enjoyed the article it highlighted at the bottom - pc culture - food for thought.
 
Is this one of those Trolling threads Firefly was talking about ??????? I'm still on the lookout for those little buggers.......... :dontknow:


#trollpolice
 
Life can be a lot more simple when you place labels ................however there is a draw back for doing such. Communication is where the breakdown occurs through labeling ideas and attaching them to people. Hence, People stop listening to opposing views, even though they may have so much else in common. I am sometimes an introvert, and sometimes an extrovert. And also too many more labels to list. So I disagree with much of what the article implies.

More to say....but ran out of time. Will revisit to see what others have to say.
 
TicketBait said:
Life can be a lot more simple when you place labels ................however there is a draw back for doing such. Communication is where the breakdown occurs through labeling ideas and attaching them to people. Hence, People stop listening to opposing views, even though they may have so much else in common. I am sometimes an introvert, and sometimes an extrovert. And also too many more labels to list. So I disagree with much of what the article implies. More to say....but ran out of time. Will revisit to see what others have to say.
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I think of labeling as what some people do to others in order to denigrate them (e.g. redneck, liberal, religious fanatic, heathen, un-American, etc). I don't think of identifying oneself as a certain type of personality trait as 'labeling' but rather as a way of better understanding ourselves and others.

But, I accept that some folks find that offensive or counter-productive or whatever.
 
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UtahPete said:
I think of labeling as what some people do to others in order to denigrate them (e.g. redneck, liberal, religious fanatic, heathen, un-American, etc). I don't think of identifying oneself as a certain type of personality trait as 'labeling' but rather as a way of better understanding ourselves and others.

But, I accept that some folks find that offensive or counter-productive or whatever.
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So, if I call you Dr. Freud, am I denigrating you? Or, am I saying you always seem to have an opposing view to get into a discussion to keep it going? I don't think either question is denigrating you. Or, they are not questions, but statements, and I am denigrating you. :D
 
wyliec said:
So, if I call you Dr. Freud, am I denigrating you? Or, am I saying you always seem to have an opposing view to get into a discussion to keep it going? I don't think either question is denigrating you. Or, they are not questions, but statements, and I am denigrating you. :D
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I'm not sure how to respond. I think if you were to draw simplistic conclusions about me from my introverted orientation, that would be labeling and denigrating.
 
UtahPete said:
Might explain a lot of the miscommunication going on these days ...?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/03/caring-for-your-introvert/302696/?utm_source=eb
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Okay, so here's my theory as it relates to behavior on the off-topic forum.

I think a lot of participants who get caught up in heated arguments are introverts who would not engage in the same way if it were to take place in a social setting. They either would not be in that social setting in the first place, or would keep their thoughts to themselves rather than engage in verbal combat with the extroverts. But the distance, both virtual and actual, created by the online forum, provides the opportunity for introverts to engage, disengage and reflect as they wish. There is no immediacy or social pressure as there would be at a real gathering.
 
UtahPete said:
I'm not sure how to respond. I think if you were to draw simplistic conclusions about me from my introverted orientation, that would be labeling and denigrating.
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I'm not talking about the introvert/extrovert label that you may have placed on yourself due to self-denigration. I'm talking about reading your posts here and how you seem to react.
 
wyliec said:
So, if I call you Dr. Freud, am I denigrating you? Or, am I saying you always seem to have an opposing view to get into a discussion to keep it going? I don't think either question is denigrating you. Or, they are not questions, but statements, and I am denigrating you. :D
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Okay, well this is getting a little off-topic, but maybe not...

I think I impulsively question the accepted conservative viewpoint. I'm very much a contrarian and skeptic. It served me well as a management consultant but in most social situations it does not, probably because I am an introvert.
 
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