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tickle-a-bee:
it’s 2019. can we kill the idea that introvert = ‘bookish, reserved, shy, intelligent, boring, “antisocial”’ and extrovert = 'careless, dumb, silly, fun, confident, outgoing’ etc.
extroversion means being energised by being around other people. introversion means being energised by being alone. a lot of people are a bit of both (like it depends on context). someone who’s extroverted may be terrible at giving a speech, and vice versa
AND antisocial doesn’t mean avoiding social interaction. that’s asocial. antisocial is being offensive and disruptive
I actually ended up needing to drag this in to a discussion on Twitter, because someone using the correct (above) definition of extrovert and someone using the common misunderstanding (also outlined above[1]) were getting snarly at each other. I am glad they stopped.
But yes. Reblogging for a general signal boost.
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[1] TBH it was my misunderstanding for the longest time and it’s still how I tend to read things; I blame the title of that book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, personally, as it is a catchy phrase which reinforces that introversion is about behaviour rather than recharging.
tickle-a-bee:
it’s 2019. can we kill the idea that introvert = ‘bookish, reserved, shy, intelligent, boring, “antisocial”’ and extrovert = 'careless, dumb, silly, fun, confident, outgoing’ etc.
extroversion means being energised by being around other people. introversion means being energised by being alone. a lot of people are a bit of both (like it depends on context). someone who’s extroverted may be terrible at giving a speech, and vice versa
AND antisocial doesn’t mean avoiding social interaction. that’s asocial. antisocial is being offensive and disruptive
I actually ended up needing to drag this in to a discussion on Twitter, because someone using the correct (above) definition of extrovert and someone using the common misunderstanding (also outlined above[1]) were getting snarly at each other. I am glad they stopped.
But yes. Reblogging for a general signal boost.
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[1] TBH it was my misunderstanding for the longest time and it’s still how I tend to read things; I blame the title of that book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, personally, as it is a catchy phrase which reinforces that introversion is about behaviour rather than recharging.
