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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
 Posted - 04/28/2005 : 08:58:19
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Originally posted by floop
so, which are you owen? can only be one!!
I'm having a hard time buying that floop is an introvert. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 09:14:58
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Actually, if I'm drinking, I like to give chachied out guys that are too good looking for their own good a hard time. Especially if they hit on me. Things like once I told some guy that he looks like he tries to hard and then I said, look at the amount of product in your hair for chrissakes... Just stuff like that.
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 09:50:07
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It hurt me so when you dissed my moose, Carolynanna. I spent a long time intentionally messing up my hair in hopes of impressing you that night.
I'm introverted, yo.
Let 'em riot. We're Sonic-fuckin'-Death Monkey. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 10:16:54
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I did say I'm sorry, yeesh, touchy touchy TarTar.
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 11:42:58
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All of you are a bunch of introvert losers!
Ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 11:50:10
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neither
 Let the Klugman revolution begin! |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 18:37:35
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I'm very introverted. Just in case you haven't figured that out already.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 18:47:14
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Introverted. I even read a book called The Introvert Advantage designed to boost intro's flimsy egos. Realized how those intelligent sounding, talk about anything extros ARE pretty stupid!!
All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 00:59:50
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 http://prettycrabby.com br / br / br / Thomas br / Cult of Ray br / br / br / br / USA br / 1113 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 15:43:16 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / We talk to friends on a message board. We are all Introverts. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard br / br / br / Thomas br / Cult of Ray br / br / br / br / USA br / 1113 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 15:43:53 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / If you say otherwise you LIE. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard br / br / br / darwin br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / USA br / 2298 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 15:48:29 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Intro, but rapidly extro after a beer or two. br / br / br / Visiting Sasquatch br / Cult of Ray br / br / br / br / USA br / 346 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 15:50:08 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Closet introvert...I push myself to be more social...even though I get uncomfortable in social situations. Growing up, people always thought I was stuck up...oh well... br / br / br / ElevatorLady br / - FB Fan - br / br / br / br / 244 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 16:30:00 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Interesting. I m introvert as well. Any extrovert members out there? It s kinda obvious in a way but still very interesting if most people who post on forums are introverts. Could be that virtual social interactions don t offer enough stimulation for the extroverts so they get bored of it more easily. Something like that. br / br / br / floop br / gt gt Denizen of the Citizens Band lt lt br / br / br / br / Costa Rica br / 8473 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 16:32:10 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / extroverts are usually dumb and can t read good br / br / br / Erebus br / Cult of Ray br / br / br / br / USA br / 877 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 16:39:42 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / introvert br / br / With an extrovert, what you see is what you get, and that s it. br / br / How many extroverts does it take to change a lightbulb? As many as they can get. br / br / br / Erebus br / Cult of Ray br / br / br / br / USA br / 877 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 16:40:12 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Dogs are people people. br / br / br / ElevatorLady br / - FB Fan - br / br / br / br / 244 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 16:44:09 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / quote: br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Originally posted by floop br / br / extroverts are usually dumb and can t read good br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / br / br / And there is of course that. br / br / br / zub_the_goat br / - FB Fan - br / br / br / br / United Kingdom br / 91 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 18:05:18 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / quote: br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Originally posted by ElevatorLady br / br / Interesting. I m introvert as well. Any extrovert members out there? It s kinda obvious in a way but still very interesting if most people who post on forums are introverts. Could be that virtual social interactions don t offer enough stimulation for the extroverts so they get bored of it more easily. Something like that. br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / br / definetly introvert, but im getting better at pretending not to be, i suppose on a forum its a lot easier to get your voices heard if that makes sense br / br / I wish i had a wooden heart that i could set on fire... br / br / br / floop br / gt gt Denizen of the Citizens Band lt lt br / br / br / br / Costa Rica br / 8473 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 18:09:41 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / we could all sure have quite the party. br / br / unfortunately there wouldn t be enough corners in any building for each of us to hide in br / br / br / danjersey br / - FB Fan - br / br / br / br / USA br / 103 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 22:12:37 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / can i wear my dunce cap? br / br / br / Carl br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / Ireland br / 1745 Posts br / Posted - 04/27/2005 : 22:40:05 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Looks like I m in good company! br / br / br / Surfer Rosa br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / Mexico br / 1850 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 01:00:52 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / I honestly don t know - I think I veer pretty heavily to both extremes at times. I m allowed to though, I m a gemini. br / br / The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. br / br / br / rita br / gt Teenager of the Year lt br / br / br / br / 3557 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 01:34:44 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Surfer, another gemini? When s your birthday? It must be soon. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / If you could be anything that you want to be, br / do you think that you would be who you see in the mirror? br / br / br / br / Surfer Rosa br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / Mexico br / 1850 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 02:32:19 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Brian and I share a birthday, though I believe Floop and KSR are next in line for birthday celebrations. br / br / The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. br / br / br / Cheeseman1000 br / gt gt Denizen of the Citizens Band lt lt br / br / br / br / Iceland br / 5264 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 02:50:36 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / I think most people here are introverts, because extroverts have real friends. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / I m like a lost snail in the night. br / br / br / PixieSteve br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / United Kingdom br / 1827 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 03:17:03 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / closet extrovert br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Oh let it linger br / br / br / whoreatthedoor br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / Spain br / 1716 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 03:45:02 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Intro. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Ayúdate a ti mismo, y entonces te ayudarán también los demás. Principio de amor al prójimo. br / br / br / Newo br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / Spain br / 1325 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 04:13:19 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / How is it more boring picking both instead of one? br / br / br / br / -- br / br / Here love, brakes on a high squeak, it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know. br / br / br / ObfuscateByWill br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / USA br / 1369 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 04:18:23 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Introvert. br / br / I hit Reset Form on most of my would-be posts. br / br / Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. br / br / br / whoreatthedoor br / Dog in the Sand br / br / br / br / Spain br / 1716 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 04:42:07 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / quote: br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Originally posted by Cheeseman1000 br / br / I think most people here are introverts, because extroverts have real friends. br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / br / Right as always. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Ayúdate a ti mismo, y entonces te ayudarán también los demás. Principio de amor al prójimo. br / br / br / Homers_pet_monkey br / Official forum monkey br / br / br / br / United Kingdom br / 10025 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 06:06:55 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / I think floop and Erebus said it best. br / br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / br / br / Carolynanna br / gt Teenager of the Year lt br / br / br / br / Canada br / 4853 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 08:05:34 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / Hmmmm, its weird because if I m out like grocery shopping or something I could chat with someone or make a comment if they talk to me, but usually I like my privacy. Tall fences between neighbours and such. Which is tough when you re a parent because you have to talk to other parents and teachers etc. br / br / And of course the drinking thing is true. br / br / __________ br / This is the war and not the warning. br / br / br / floop br / gt gt Denizen of the Citizens Band lt lt br / br / br / br / Costa Rica br / 8473 Posts br / Posted - 04/28/2005 : 08:32:44 br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / quote: br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / Originally posted by Newo br / br / How is it more boring picking both instead of one? br / br / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- br / br / br / br / because then everyone would talk about how sometimes they are introverted, but sometimes they are extroverted. which is boring. br / br / so, which are you owen? can only be one!! br / br / br / br / " border="0">
Sorry mister ain´t climbing into that box, but feel free to call me whatever you want.
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ElevatorLady
= Cult of Ray =
385 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 04:54:07
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I'm sorry about the long post. I found this on the net. I hope someone reads this, since it also talks about why most of us here on this forum are introverts. It may also help clarify the concept of extraversion-introversion a little.
Extraversion/Introversion
Extraversion/introversion is often thought of as being bipolar, but in reality it occurs along a continuum. People who fall at the extremes have clear preferences. Those who fall in the middle are called "ambiverts" and can function well in many different situations.
The definition of this personality trait is slightly different depending on which personality instrument is being used. Hans Eysenck believed that the autonomic nervous system determines how one reacts. When the activity of the cortex is inhibited by the brain stem, the person needs more stimulation and becomes extroverted. When the activity of the cortex is excited, there is too much stimulation and the person becomes introverted. Thus, introverts show stimulus aversion, and extraverts stimulus hunger.
Characteristics of Extraverts:
- Talk more and tend to take action with less reflection
- Work better in groups than alone
- Good at interpreting body language & facial expressions
- Excel during classes with high levels of activity
- Respond well to praise and competition
- Prefer quicker, less accurate approach
- Good at tasks involving short-term memory
- Highly resistant to distraction in interference conditions involving divided attention
- Prefer bright colors, loud music, and excitement
- Need a lot going on in the outer world
To know if a person is very extraverted, you don't need to encounter that person face to face! Extraverts have been found more likely to engage in "flaming" during computer-mediated communication. They are also more likely to use emoticons, the little smiley faces and other pictorial symbols used to express emotions and create a sense of social presence.
Characteristics of Introverts:
- Talk less and reflect more before acting
- Like to be quiet
- Better at reflective problem solving and tasks involving long-term memory
- Like to work independently or with one or two other people
- Prefer slower, more accurate approach
- May have trouble establishing rapport with others
- Oriented toward inner world of ideas and feelings
- Prefer low sensory input and low levels of activity
- Excel at focusing attention for long periods of time in situations if there are no distractions
- Have a lot going on in their inner world
The introvert may be at an advantage with asynchronous computer-mediated communication. One study asked college students to rate their communication style and give perceptions of CMC seminars held through asynchronous conferencing. The more extraverted the students were, the less likely they were to perceive CMC seminars as satisfying, as compared to face to face. The more students preferred to work individually, and the more self-conscious they were, the more they saw CMC as being stimulating and involving. Students who preferred working in groups had lower levels of CMC, as they missed the face-to-face interaction. The researcher concluded that introverted, quieter students benefit the most from CMC.
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ElevatorLady
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 04/29/2005 : 04:55:52
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 06:26:44
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I think I'm more outgoing with people I don't know and more of an introvert around people I do know, sometimes, weird.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 06:27:32
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Sn@ke
- FB Fan -
Portugal
16 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 12:45:51
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 13:53:21
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quote:
Originally posted by ElevatorLady
Oh, and there is actually no existing correlation between intelligence and the dimension extraversion-introversion.
But introversion is more highly correlated with intellect than is extroversion. |
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 13:55:28
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
I think I'm more outgoing with people I don't know and more of an introvert around people I do know, sometimes, weird.
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This is the war and not the warning.
a a a a ! that ain't allowed!
you gotta chooze!
wipe it on your dress and send it to me. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:03:08
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yes, chooze!
i like to see the world in a very black and white, clearcut way. please, no ambiguity or contradictions. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:19:49
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Definitely an ambivert then. aha.
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ElevatorLady
= Cult of Ray =
385 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:30:35
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Originally posted by Erebus
But introversion is more highly correlated with intellect than is extroversion.
Wha?
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:31:07
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
Definitely an ambivert then. aha.
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i'll let you off, since you're pregnant |
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:31:55
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booo.
are you ambi-anythingelse?
hee heee.
ha ha. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/29/2005 : 14:33:35
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Amphibious.
No, wait...
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 15:44:49
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
Definitely an ambivert then. aha.
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i'll let you off, since you're pregnant
Maybe she's introverted and her unborn baby is extroverted. Or the other way 'round, perhaps.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:09:07
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quote:
Originally posted by ElevatorLady
To know if a person is very extraverted, you don't need to encounter that person face to face! Extraverts have been found more likely to engage in "flaming" during computer-mediated communication.
i don't see how someone's sexual preference can indicate whether they're an introvert or extrovert |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:46:18
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I have taken Myers Briggs personality test twice... I am an extrovert but only slightly.... I do like my down time away from everyone  |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:47:36
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Originally posted by Daisy Girl
hmmmm. is that a smily i see? |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 16:57:15
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quote:
Originally posted by ElevatorLady
quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
But introversion is more highly correlated with intellect than is extroversion.
Wha?
I guess I was getting at a distinction between intelligence and intellect. To be quick and dirty about it, intellect consists in ease of seeing the general principle in the particular examples, at least within a certain domain of thought or creativity. Some people who are obviously highly intelligent nonetheless rarely communicate in terms of general principles, whereas those usually termed "intellectual" will prefer to use abstract or general language, and will frequently use a specific as a point of departure for elucidation of the general forms manifest in the particular specific in question. Those who demonstrate the type of thought typically termed intellectual are more likely, by far, to be introverted. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 18:47:14
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in an effort to be more extroverted i've decided to use more smilies  
i think this will help me to stop being shy  and i'll start meeting more people  
maybe i'll even meet my future girlfriend  
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 19:14:54
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 04/29/2005 : 21:10:21
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in light of elevatorlady and erebus's posts here, i have to conclude that I am an extraverted non-intellectual.
stupid loudmouth for short.
not that I didn't already know that.
just trying to come to terms with it.
guess i'll go get drunk and yell at the trees. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 14:30:22
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quote:
Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
booo.
are you ambi-anythingelse?
Obviously ambivalent...
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 15:25:05
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erebus called me an extrovert once, never been so insulted! doubly so now I read it means he thinks I'm thick
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:14:06
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Originally posted by starmekitten
erebus called me an extrovert once, never been so insulted! doubly so now I read it means he thinks I'm thick
he he. [that's what I say, right?]
Hey, I was wrong. But it does suggest a distinction of sorts, in that some introverts, used in the normal, social-interaction sense of the term, obviously extro-verse in writing and therefore also on the net.
I also should have noted that I consider it legit to use the term "intellectual" in at least two senses. The first is that suggestive of erudition in the arts and sciences, or in an art or a science. The academics, the ph.d.’s (though not all of them, and probably not even a majority of them). The second sense is much broader and, at least to me, more interesting. Many think, here invoking the Myers-Briggs personality system and others like it, that about a quarter of some populations are comfortable discoursing upon ideas. They think, and speak, in terms of principles whenever conditions permit, whereas most folks are more detail, or surface, oriented. Nothing wrong with that. In fact many of them are highly intelligent, and usually in a way that is astounding to those of us more likely to dance on the abstract plain, as it were.
Reminds me of a past discussion here of “genius”. There’s the definition whereby one could point, or try to point, to a few per century, or to a hundred. Or one could be referring to something like the top one or two percent of a population. Or one could be referring to anyone who generates something unique that resonates for a broad spectrum of other folks. This last refers to something like the second sense of intellectual sketched above. This in turn reminds me of a distinction, gained long ago in a descriptive astronomy class I attended, between stars and planets. Planets are seen via reflected light, but stars generate more energy then they receive. (I remember the prof saying that if Jupiter were about twenty times more massive it might have made a small star, but then that analysis is old, probably overcome by subsequent advances in physics.) By these lights (he he), most people (you know, the huddled masses, the scum) at best resemble cosmic debris such as asteroids or space dust, tumbling at the mercy of more massive influences. (OK, that last is included just to tweak KSR, Owen, and all the other fucking egalitarians.)
So, Tre, thanks for the reminder. You’ll always be a star to me.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:17:08
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Damn it, I've got something in my eye again.
I joined the secret forum, and all I got was this lousy secret
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2005 : 16:22:04
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I wish Erebus was my dad
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are you an introvert or an extrovert?
