I used to be pretty quiet and reserved, but then I joined the anime club sophomore year. Now I'm the sexual tyrannosaurus you see before yourself. A lot of people stopped liking me as much, but I like me these days, so ♥♥♥♥ em.

I used to be really condescending, but then I realised I was being kind of a ♥♥♥♥
Nowadays I try to be the quiet nerd

I tend to be quiet, but sometimes i just forget to STFU myself.

Well, the biggest influence that my friends have had on me is that i've stopped putting on a silent facade (although i still don't have a motor mouth, i'm far less reserved about opening it now). This influence began during gymnasium, and finally took full effect when i started at uni. I basically feel a lot better about myself now, because i know that people outside of my family actually like the real me (although i still act in a more moderated manner when compared to my annoying self pestering my older brother all the time). On a scale from 1 to 10, that ♥♥♥♥ feels SO GOOD YOU WON'T EVEN BELIEVE IT MAN.

so basically don't be afraid to interact with people in a friendly manner

friends are good

I really just make a lot of jokes, and people don't give me enough credit for that. And when I have an actual problem, I address it, which is something some people here struggle with. That's another part of assimilating to groups that some people pick up; they talk about people/things they don't like just inside the group, and don't ever want confrontation. Even confrontation online, which can be completely anonymous, is something people on this board even struggle with.
(not just talking about that thing)
(a lot of issues on other forums were like this)
(that other one i went to)
(the dead one)



I understand a lot of that, but it still just doesn't seem right to me. I think a lot of it also has to do with the Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator, or, the thing that helps you evaluate your social habits. Some people are more inclined to being in group settings like that. Although I'll socialize with people at my school, I talk so damn much some times, I still don't really feel right staying in a group setting like that. I also do get a lot of influence from my dad, which I've realized recently.

If you tell a joke and nobody thinks it's funny, then you just come off as an ass.
Admittedly, a lot of people are just non-confrontational in nature. I am, I much prefer to ignore a problem and hope it goes away (which usually does work) instead of taking it head on.
And this really isn't anonymous. If you go on Omegle and are "Stranger 1 and Stranger 2", that's anonymous. Here you have a persistant name and reputation glued to you, oftentime one that stretches across several sites on the internet. It's about as anonymous as if you were to wear a brightly colored costume to school or work. You wouldn't be "you", but everyone would still remember and develop opinions of "That guy in the parrot costume".

This sounds more like you yourself don't like it, rather than you think it's a bad thing for people in general.

Honestly I'd rather you confront me instead of doing what you do already. And you really can confront me anonymously. I've provided several ways to get in contact with me offsite, and you can just as easily set up a dummy ICQ account, or send me anonymous messages through tumblr, or send me an email through a disposable service, and tell me off and help me work on the part of me that pisses you off. If you want, I have a list of encrypted/anonymous/disposable communication services. I won't necessarily know it's you either, even if I'm jinxing it right here in this thread, since I ask other people to confront me too.



Yes and no. It's a bad thing for many like-minded introverted people. They aren't really in the majority so what I'm saying about friends shouldn't apply to the majority, I suppose; most people are extroverts, craving social interaction. Additionally, there are introverts that want to break out of their shell too; it's not a thing that's set in stone, it changes as you are exposed to different things stated in the conversation earlier, such as online learning resources, forums, real life friends, etc. Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator really is helpful with introspecting, if you haven't already tried it out. Kind of a tangent thought though. I should stop talking about MBTI

Finally someone replied. Even if it's someone who's afraid to talk about his feelings.

I'm not afraid to talk about how I feel. I feel kawaii. At all times.

Your great grandfather would be proud of you.

My great grandparents sold alcohol during the prohibition era. I honor their spirits by selling alcohol to minors.

Friends either IRL on or the internet are overrated and usually I feel they're more of a nuisance than a benefit. Currently I have zero friends and still feel fairly well with life in general.

isolation is overrated too

EVERYTHING IS OVERRATEDDDDDDD

But seriously though, if i had no friends and lived by myself, i'd probably slip into insanity pretty quickly. I know my life took an abrupt turn for the better when i lost all antagonists and gained a lot of friends.

@Sothe: I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE you clever blighter you

Also, when it comes to this whole confrontation deal, i'm fairly open to criticism and such IF(!!!) you are polite about it. If the person confronting me isn't going to be polite about it, then i don't see any reason as to why i should either be polite myself or even listen. Likewise can you expect me to be reasonably polite if i do find my donuts highly glazed by something you said or did (unless it's angry me who's responding, in which case my apparent age drops by about 10 years, which typically results in me saying something i regret about 10 minutes later), since i just feel genuinely bad about being an ass to anyone i don't have a burning hatred for (which is reserved for a select few people that don't include any of you). I think i might even have too much empathy going, because i worry WAY too much that i might have totally ruined someones day by a little snark, when they probabably don't care about it for more than 5 minutes.

What did I do? You mean the Prohibition thing?