On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 12:06 -0600, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > If you'd like to discuss these things with non-FOSSy type geeks, non-nerds, > non-misfits (fits?), and social extroverts - wrong place. Oddly enough, many > of us managed to get married... so I'm not sure how socially introverted geeks > really are. Even Linus, the flame-fest geek king, managed to get married after > spending 3 years in a drunken, non-stop, bathrobe laden, coding fest. Of > course, Tove did have to e-mail him to ask him out. ;-)
I don't buy into the whole intro-/extrovert thing anymore. I used to think I was an introvert, but eventually discovered that under the right circumstances I'm an extrovert. I have a harder time relating to "normal" people, but that's just because they're not my people. Linux is my native culture, but I'm also comfortable with many other groups that were treated as outcasts in High School. I recognize that some people are more capable of entertaining themselves than other, and therefore some people are more inclined to need regular human contact. I also recognize that Asperges and such makes it harder for some to interact socially. But I reject the idea that "extroverts enjoy being around people" and "introverts don't enjoy being around other people". Instead, I would argue that "if you think you're an introvert, you haven't found your people yet". /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
