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― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 4 May 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Yes, thank you (although I would argue that most meetings could skip the call step and go straight to email).
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Friday, 4 May 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
That you have to have someone call you so you can adjust the ringer volume on your office phone is actually pretty funny.
― pplains, Thursday, 4 August 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
lol had to do that today after getting a new headset...was used to being able to do test calls on Skype for Business but now we're on Teams who know
― nashwan, Thursday, 4 August 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
Usually experience holidays as a kind of a They Shoot Horses, Don’t They non-stop marathon of talking by the extroverts.
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 01:22 (one year ago) link
Every boring story is another you’ve gotta hear this! Dick’s Picks version of “Dark Star.”
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 01:26 (one year ago) link
Perhaps with this I have already alienated a good portion of the posters who have frequented this thread.
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
It is a choice one makes as an alternative to being alone. It could be fortunate to have a choice.Family in particular ... why do we care what they say?
― youn, Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
As someone who is often extremely extroverted but then has to recoup that energy later with some low-demand days, I'm balancing today between people I have to put a TON of energy into being around, ie people who I'm not on the same wavelength as, so I have to heavily moderate my behavior/reactions...and later, going to see people who are very low-effort ie we're on the same page on so many things that being around them is a pleasure.
More of the latter in my life, pls.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
I mean idk if that's being extro OR intro-verted, I think it's just "being around people" but whatever.
amen to the latter
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
It's folks who talk about themselves at length but never once think to ask how I'm doing that I cannot be doing with anymore, which sadly is 90% of my wife's extended family.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 24 November 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
Sorry. Feeling that one. Seems to me some people just keep talking the way they would keep the engine running in their car so their battery won’t die.
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
when I used to hang out with people my favourites were those who talked about themselves without wanting or expecting any reciprocity
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
This is a interesting point. People talking about themselves at length is fine as long as they are picking up on the subtle or not-so-subtle cues of body language and such on whether you want to keep listening.
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
Which is similar to what MaresNest said.
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
I only learned “body language” is real a few years ago, I had thought it was made up for detective stories
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 24 November 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
i’m hyper-aware of body language & micro-expressions so my stories are like two sentences long bc i’ll cut it short at the slightest hint of boredombut my inner self just constantly tells me to shut up even when ppl seem intetested so i’m a better listener than talker lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 November 2022 20:00 (one year ago) link
I feel like I'm a pretty good listener and am genuinely interested in other people's lives.
I don't think I really require much reciprocal engagement, but when someone is sorta stuck on transmit all the while, I begin to get nervous and wonder why I'm even here.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 24 November 2022 22:53 (one year ago) link
Otm
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link