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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

Dec 4

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 Dec 4 OP

Thanks MustLoveBeagles Dec 4 #1

You're fine, but the videos on that channel are made with AI. See reply 17. highplainsdem Dec 4 #19

thanks for this...me in a nutshell N/T dwp6577 Dec 4 #2

Anymore I tend to like dogs better than a lot of people. groundloop Dec 4 #3

I have a little plaque in my house that says: CousinIT Dec 4 #16

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

It's better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing you were alone. mobeau69 Dec 4 #5

Isn't that the truth MustLoveBeagles Dec 4 #6

Absolutely. n/t CousinIT Dec 4 #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 Dec 5 #29

I Had 5 Friends As Of July. Then One Died. Another Has .... ColoringFool Dec 4 #7

I only have a few friends, but they're good ones. MIButterfly Dec 4 #8

I used to be a lot more gregarious BaronChocula Dec 4 #9

First, Sing it, Zackzzzz Dec 4 #10

No friends, that's me but I'm good with it. 🙂 nt Raine Dec 4 #12

I had good friends before COVID. ananda Dec 4 #13

glurge WhiskeyGrinder Dec 4 #14

The entire channel is apparently AI-generated. See reply 17. highplainsdem Dec 4 #18

I'm saying WhiskeyGrinder Dec 4 #20

I wasn't sure exactly how to read "glurge" but it could be a drowning-in-AI-slop noise. And YouTube highplainsdem Dec 4 #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 Dec 4 #22

Thanks! I hadn't run across that term before. I thought you might have meant a glug-like sound. highplainsdem Dec 4 #24

It came up in the 90s to describe those ridiculous forwarded emails about fake uplifting stories and is being used WhiskeyGrinder Dec 5 #30

I really hadn't seen it used before. But I have minimal contact with Facebook, and I hadn't run across highplainsdem Dec 5 #33

Post.Of.The.Day WarGamer Dec 4 #15

The videos on that YouTube channel are made with AI, probably with the script written by AI. NOT highplainsdem Dec 4 #17

This video produced by AI or not Mossfern Dec 4 #23

It's important that people who are neurodivergent are understood by others, and that they understand highplainsdem Dec 5 #25

The video, AI generated or not, does not say anything that is not true. CousinIT Dec 5 #28

It does show a bias against extroverts and people who have a lot of friends, and that's divisive and highplainsdem Dec 5 #31

So true 😁 my cats are my best friends and I'm happy 😁 TommieMommy Dec 5 #26

Thank you wendyb-NC Dec 5 #27

Quality not quantity jfz9580m Dec 5 #32