We're not keen on linking permanent traits with patterns of sociability these days or dividing people into 'kinds' of people.
I wish this were more true, because I'm so tired of those stupid ENTJ IMXQ WTFF STFU acronyms and their potential usage in professional settings (and in professional discrimination).
I think introversion as the get-out-of-jail-free card is true only among geeks (or only among whom the word "introversion" does not need to be defined in conversation), and I wonder if it's somehow twined into geek culture. Geeks need get-out-of-jail-free cards; we have our own set of social fallacies that are crippling and weird and drive me bananas; introversion is the very least of the conversational gambits I'll play to ward off someone I don't like. (Another option is suddenly changing the topic to be about antique chairs.)
"Aren't you having a good time?" "No; I feel nervous."
Phrasing it that way solicits the questioner to dig further and try (god forbid) to be helpful. There are many potential reasons to be wearing a scowl at a party, but it's nice to have one that is perceived as inarguable and fixed. It's that or start claiming that my wedgie is about to catch fire, or something.
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Date: 2008-02-01 12:43 am (UTC)I wish this were more true, because I'm so tired of those stupid ENTJ IMXQ WTFF STFU acronyms and their potential usage in professional settings (and in professional discrimination).
I think introversion as the get-out-of-jail-free card is true only among geeks (or only among whom the word "introversion" does not need to be defined in conversation), and I wonder if it's somehow twined into geek culture. Geeks need get-out-of-jail-free cards; we have our own set of social fallacies that are crippling and weird and drive me bananas; introversion is the very least of the conversational gambits I'll play to ward off someone I don't like. (Another option is suddenly changing the topic to be about antique chairs.)
"Aren't you having a good time?"
"No; I feel nervous."
Phrasing it that way solicits the questioner to dig further and try (god forbid) to be helpful. There are many potential reasons to be wearing a scowl at a party, but it's nice to have one that is perceived as inarguable and fixed. It's that or start claiming that my wedgie is about to catch fire, or something.