Look at This Fucking Introvert

Introvert Oppression Olympics as a spectator sport. This blog is run by introverts, so don't even think about telling us we don't know your pain.

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

What kind of introvert are you? It seems to me that you're an excuse for an introvert. A true introvert wouldn't put down others who are like him or her. The ones who betray introverts are traitors.

You come off as being an obnoxious introvert. One example is that you insulted a girl’s religious beliefs. If you’re really an introvert, you wouldn’t do that. Instead, you’d respect them. As far as I’m concerned, you’re more of an extroverts than an introverts. Besides, true introverts don’t insult other people unless they’re provoked.

Hahaha omg well on the one hand you have a point because I don’t use this blog anymore and it’s partially because I felt like it was a little too mean to people who were kinda just trying to get through their lives with a little self-esteem.

On the other hand good LORD, person, you are actually so hilarious you made me come out of hiding. Thank you for making my day. Maybe you’re a troll? Well, anyway… *wipes tears of mirth from eyes*…here we go, I’ll bite. Maybe someone else will learn from this, if not you.

Are introverts some kind of secret clan that fiercely protects our own? Do we not have opinions? Can we really not be dicks to people? The whole point of this blog— which is that introverts aren’t special and are actually totally capable of being dingdongs— has totally and delightfully shot right past your head, anon.

A “true introvert”…unironic use of the word “traitor”… I… I don’t even have… this is some next-level comedy. Thank you. Sincerely.

Now I’ll get serious for a second. When you accuse me of being an extrovert you are flat-out equating “badness” with extroversion. Stop that. Stop that right now. You are the reason different kinds of people can’t get along with each other. You are the reason wars happen. I am only half-kidding.

Okay. This has been fun. I missed telling people off on here! What a rush. Bye, then!

—Emily

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

What do you think of ESFP(s)? ( Extrovert, Sensing, Feeling, Perception. )

I think they’re complex and varied individuals just like everyone else, Anon!

Personally speaking, that’s the direct opposite of my type (with the possible exception of the P, not sure if I’m a P or a J). I’m a T who holds the concept of reason in very high regard and this can make me abrasive/stubborn/unrelenting to Fs sometimes… once in high school I implied a girl’s religious beliefs were stupid and she hasn’t really spoken to me since… just goes to show every type has its advantages and disadvantages.

But take this with a grain of salt because everyone seriously is different and I’m not sure I like the idea of Meyers-Briggs typology being used to actually describe people. And no way would I be able to say I like you or don’t like you based on your type. I’m going to default to assuming everyone’s a lovely person until proving otherwise. :)

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

A person asked why am I so quite... What do I do?...

Telling them it’s because you’re introverted isn’t a bad thing! You can also say it’s just how you are, or maybe you’re shy or have social anxiety or don’t like talking or you always get talked over… you know, whatever’s true for you. You don’t even have to be super nice about answering the question— it’s a little bit annoying/rude to ask someone that, though it all depends on how it was phrased. If they sounded genuinely curious, or like they were concerned about you, you may want to open up! If it sounded more like they were asking you, “Hey, why are you such a freak?” then don’t pay them much mind. A simple “It’s just how I am” will work fine. If they don’t leave you alone after that, just shrug or say “I dunno,” or turn it around on them and ask them why they asked.

Hope that helps!

-Emily

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

This is actually really funny xD Yes I'm a tad hurt being that I am labeled into this group but everything you say is true and quite hilarious! xD

If it helps, I'm an introvert too! It's all about whether you're obnoxious or not. :P

That said, there are a number of reasons this blog isn't active anymore but one of them is I got a little tired of feeling bad for being mean to people. Even if it was only a little mean... I'd just imagine them saying ignorant things not really thinking about it and then getting slammed by me on this blog-- of course they'd feel upset and defensive even if they were in the wrong.

Then again I definitely don't think people should be barred from making fun of each other, so idk. Just some food for thought.

[ohcorny]

don’t let your introverts outside, they might get injured in a sewer or cause irreparable damage to the wildlife by hunting birds or small mammals, or mate with feral extroverts and create unwanted kittens

[vagabondaesthetics]

Damn near everyone who considers themselves on the left here takes an absurd amount of pride in being antisocial, hates any type of group work, and frequently wants to do whatever they want whenever they want regardless of what any other human being on earth thinks. They also dream of a revolutionary interdependent community that can sustain itself.

[tributary]

if you make observations about human existence and then call them “introvert problems” or “smart people problems” or “creative people problems,” other people will creatively invent new ways to avoid you!

[tokyofive]

How extroverts can make friends with introverts

Place a bowl of chestnuts on your front porch. Do not approach the introverts when they come to eat them.

Make sure there are no strong-smelling herbs in your home garden, as this may repel introverts.

Paint your doorway a bright color to let introverts know you’re friendly.

Introverts use a complex series of symbols to communicate with one another. Learn these symbols and draw them on the curb in front of your house or on your mailbox.

Softly play a pan flute if you believe introverts are near.

[tokyofive]

Place a bowl of chestnuts on your front porch. Do not approach the introverts when they come to eat them.

Make sure there are no strong-smelling herbs in your home garden, as this may repel introverts.

Paint your doorway a bright color to let introverts know you’re friendly.

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[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

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[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

:') Kill me

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We all have our own problems.

[loudenoughtohear]

Sometimes I scroll through my blog, all my gifs, text posts, and pictures of my favorite television shows, movies, books, art, and I wonder what my family members would think if they found it. My first thought always is: they wouldn’t understand it. Although it pains me to admit it, they don’t watch Supernatural, or Sherlock, or Hannibal, they have never read any of the books that I have. They have never seen Fight Club, The Fall, The Departed, or any other number of movies that I count as favorites. If they have seen the shows and movies, or read the books, it is only to pass to time, to be entertained for that set of hours it takes to consume the art, but not digest it. They aren’t acquainted with Arya Stark, Will Graham, Dean Winchester, Castiel, Sherlock’s BBC reincarnation, or any of the countless characters that I lean on for support, wisdom, happiness. With this thought always comes the question, lingering in the background, but there, who fault is it that they wouldn’t understand? How could they possibly? I almost feel as though I have severed myself into a multitude of tiny fragments and implanted them within my favorite alternate realities, and the only way to understand me is to understand the world, to watch the episodes, read the pages, befriend the characters, but then they will only understand the fraction of myself hidden within that particular world. They must forge on, into other realms, tirelessly watching, reading, befriending. Isn’t that too much to ask of someone? Perhaps that is the point. I have never been one that easily relates to others around me, including my family. I have never easily shared my own inner beliefs, feelings, ideas, thoughts, experiences, unless in the written word. Never face to face. Maybe the idea of my family entering a sanctury of my own creation, and not understanding, says much more about myself than it does about them. I distance myself, make myself hard to reach, shrouded in a nest of books, movies, and TV shows, and the faithful characters that come along with them, patiently waiting for that one person to push through, somehow.

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

[bolding mine]

I was going to reblog this and critique it, but it seems the poster is self-aware enough to have done that already, making it an interesting and worthwhile read rather than something to be mocked.

[thebookist]

Embrace introversion

[diplomaticbird]

With their endless appetite for talk and attention, extroverts also dominate social life, so they tend to set expectations. In our extrovertist society, being outgoing is considered normal and therefore desirable, a mark of happiness, confidence, leadership. Extroverts are seen as bighearted, vibrant, warm, empathic. “People person” is a compliment. Introverts are described with words like “guarded,” “loner,” “reserved,” “taciturn,” “self-contained,” “private”—narrow, ungenerous words, words that suggest emotional parsimony and smallness of personality.

Jonathan Rauch (via 116boy)

Guys? Guys I actually just saw the word "extrovertist" used sincerely. I'm going to curl up and hibernate now, please wake me next century.

No but really

These word cloud arguments are so tired

Loudmouthed, histrionic, busybody, domineering, aggressive, needy

Thoughtful, soft-spoken, independent, intellectual

Come on.

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

I appreciate the heck out of this blog! I'm an ENFP, and I'm not some half-crazed, spontaneous, party animal extrovert with no brain...but by some things ~introverts~ post on Tumblr, you'd think I'm nothing more than a dumb, noisy pain in the ass. I'd say I'm pretty smart; I'm just a people person, and that's not a bad thing to be at all. ^-^ So, keep on keepin' on, you guys.

Same ENFP anon: My husband is an INTJ (complete coincidence, I swear - we’d been together three years when he took the test) and he absolutely hates the “sociopath/manipulative bastard” stereotype associated with his type. He’s a very loving and caring individual; he just isn’t driven by his feelings for the most part. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t have them. And he also doesn’t act all superior about the introversion thing, so there’s that. :)

Glad you like what we’re doing! I’m an INTJ (test as an INTP but I feel the INTJ profile fits me better). Though I find Jungian typology to be fascinating, I wonder about its actual usefulness in generalizing about personality. It’s obviously much harder to truly describe someone’s character than it is to identify which four letters describe them.

It’s ridiculous and harmful to judge someone definitively on criteria which are probably not even all that valid, and the fact that people on Tumblr seem to carry the judgment to a much harsher level adds insult to injury.

The Thinking vs. Feeling dichotomy interests me a lot, because I believe myself to be pretty far on the thinking side. However, again, I’m hesitant to make judgments about the types or to use my type to explain my behavior (it’s very difficult to make me cry, for instance). What I can say is that I in no way see anyone’s place within this dichotomy as lowering their moral caliber. Both you and your husband seem like lovely people!

—Emily

[theconsultingchemist-blog]

A good Friday night to me consists of things like:

- curling up with a good book

- star gazing

- drinking tea and watching Netflix

- sitting in pajamas and playing video games

- scrolling through Tumblr

It is not going to a crowded bar or club, getting drunk enough to lose control of my mental faculties, and letting strangers touch me.

Why can extroverts not understand this?

[lookatthisfuckingintrovert]

Only extraverts go out.

Crowded bars are the only places people go out to.

People always get smashed when they go to bars.

This drunkenness always results in sexual contact with strangers.

You know you're an individual, so why are extraverts a hivemind?