It's funny because my Mom and I had a similar discussion about Extrovert vs Introvert after she read the book "Quiet" (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/715984348?book_show_action=false&page=1) because she felt that too much emphasis was placed on extrovert compared to introvert and not discussing the different kind of introverts out there. As humans, we love to try to make thing so black and white, and even have them compete.
One of my favorite quotes is from Mike Myers (SNL, not the axe murderer) was during a Letterman interview where he was talking about being shy and everyone laughed and his response was "I am a site-specific extrovert." It's not that introverts have no personality or are so shy they can't do anything with a group, it's that they are more discerning with their groups. Extroverts can go out to a bar and start talking to random people about everything. Introverts can also go out to the bar, but they will sit there, watching, seeing who is worth talking to and still probably being very selective about what they reveal.
But saying that Introvert = Nerd seems to be mixing messages because I think that The Nerdist and the Mythbusters guys would not be described as Introverts by most people.
GAH! This show. :) Isn't it great! Feel like maybe i should just post this as a proper blog post to see what everyone else things.
no subject
It's funny because my Mom and I had a similar discussion about Extrovert vs Introvert after she read the book "Quiet" (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/715984348?book_show_action=false&page=1) because she felt that too much emphasis was placed on extrovert compared to introvert and not discussing the different kind of introverts out there. As humans, we love to try to make thing so black and white, and even have them compete.
One of my favorite quotes is from Mike Myers (SNL, not the axe murderer) was during a Letterman interview where he was talking about being shy and everyone laughed and his response was "I am a site-specific extrovert." It's not that introverts have no personality or are so shy they can't do anything with a group, it's that they are more discerning with their groups. Extroverts can go out to a bar and start talking to random people about everything. Introverts can also go out to the bar, but they will sit there, watching, seeing who is worth talking to and still probably being very selective about what they reveal.
But saying that Introvert = Nerd seems to be mixing messages because I think that The Nerdist and the Mythbusters guys would not be described as Introverts by most people.
GAH! This show. :) Isn't it great! Feel like maybe i should just post this as a proper blog post to see what everyone else things.