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BaronChocula

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9. I used to be a lot more gregarious

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 04:04 PM

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I enjoyed using my witty talents to entertain, but there was some ambivalence. Then I realized that I have some form of social anxiety. I now don't like being around a lot of people and it's been like that for years. Some people would call me oversensitive, but I just consider myself hyperaware. I'm very sensitive to other people's dysfunctional behavior even when it's minor. Can't stand being with people who don't listen, speak all in clichés, are only concerned with what everyone else is talking about, and, well, I can go on. Oh! And I'm really bugged by people who just heard of something basic that's new to them and then they go on to tell you about it assuming you've never heard of it even though you have. Happened to me the other day. That phone conversation didn't last long.

While I have no problem with keeping my distance with people I do appreciate the patience other people have with putting up with annoying company.

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If you have no or few friends, you are not broken. You are yourself. And that's not a bad thing. [View all] CousinIT Yesterday OP

Thanks MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #1

You're fine, but the videos on that channel are made with AI. See reply 17. highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #19

thanks for this...me in a nutshell N/T dwp6577 Yesterday #2

Anymore I tend to like dogs better than a lot of people. groundloop Yesterday #3

I have a little plaque in my house that says: CousinIT Yesterday #16

I always have said I consider 4 leggeds to be much better company than 2-leggeds! slightlv Yesterday #4

It's better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing you were alone. mobeau69 Yesterday #5

Isn't that the truth MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #6

Absolutely. n/t CousinIT Yesterday #11

"I used to think the worst thing In life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing In life is ending up sop 12 hrs ago #29

I Had 5 Friends As Of July. Then One Died. Another Has .... ColoringFool Yesterday #7

I only have a few friends, but they're good ones. MIButterfly Yesterday #8

I used to be a lot more gregarious BaronChocula Yesterday #9

First, Sing it, Zackzzzz Yesterday #10

No friends, that's me but I'm good with it. 🙂 nt Raine Yesterday #12

I had good friends before COVID. ananda Yesterday #13

glurge WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #14

The entire channel is apparently AI-generated. See reply 17. highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #18

I'm saying WhiskeyGrinder 23 hrs ago #20

I wasn't sure exactly how to read "glurge" but it could be a drowning-in-AI-slop noise. And YouTube highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #21

Glurge is a pre-AI term for slop. There were plenty of memes in FB's heydey that told people how very special they were WhiskeyGrinder 23 hrs ago #22

Thanks! I hadn't run across that term before. I thought you might have meant a glug-like sound. highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #24

It came up in the 90s to describe those ridiculous forwarded emails about fake uplifting stories and is being used WhiskeyGrinder 12 hrs ago #30

I really hadn't seen it used before. But I have minimal contact with Facebook, and I hadn't run across highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #33

Post.Of.The.Day WarGamer Yesterday #15

The videos on that YouTube channel are made with AI, probably with the script written by AI. NOT highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #17

This video produced by AI or not Mossfern 23 hrs ago #23

It's important that people who are neurodivergent are understood by others, and that they understand highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #25

The video, AI generated or not, does not say anything that is not true. CousinIT 12 hrs ago #28

It does show a bias against extroverts and people who have a lot of friends, and that's divisive and highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #31

So true 😁 my cats are my best friends and I'm happy 😁 TommieMommy 12 hrs ago #26

Thank you wendyb-NC 12 hrs ago #27

Quality not quantity jfz9580m 12 hrs ago #32