Socially Awkward Rule

#Km91#@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 971 points –
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stop the train and run for your life, don't let them get to you

Remember, if they bite you, you only have a minute to kill yourself.

I was bitten this morning and I feel fi----nally half way through the week am I right? Any plans this weekend?

Would you rather murder a stranger, or be forced to interact with them for 5 seconds?

Well murder risks further interaction with cops, the legal system, lawyers... Can I just stare at the stranger for 5 seconds? I could probably manage a smile.

Wait, you're a stranger! Look ma I did it!

I rather tie my self up and pick a spot than get stuck interacting with a stranger for 5 seconds.

So how long have you been in the trolley stopping business?

As someone who worked in a gas station for 24 years..

sigh

I’d do it. I’d suck it up. I’d make some damn good friends along the way and then I’d never maintain those friendships and feel guilty for the rest of rest of my life. “Just call him, dipshit. He’s going through a divorce! Just go fishing! Pleaaassse! Ok, here goes. Tomorrow.”

Always tomorrow.

I could do a few small talks before I'm socially exhausted, so maybe if i pull the lever about halfway through?

But maybe you wont stop it in time for some of them, so then the families of those few in the front that died will forever hate you for not stopping it slightly sooner.

Does that mean that said families will never want to talk with me?

If you are lucky yes, if not they come over every sunday to throw eggs at your house. (Technically still not talking to you so hey...)

See, this is where you need a super hero persona; all masked super heroes are confirmed socially awkward!

Person posts shitpost.

Commenters getting triggered.

Nice job OP!🍿

If I pull the lever hard enough, will the trolley reverse? If so - can I jump on it to avoid the conversation?

Don't worry guys Nijika aka Dorito will come and save the day

That's not an option. Sorry guys!

Run on the track while holding the lever

The train will be stopped, but the person who pulled the lever wouldnt be alive to be thanked

"So, as I was saying officer, as I am not a trained trolley operator I didn't knew the lever was a mechanism for it to do thinks, so I watched in horror as it approached the... (tries hard to hide smile)"

I like to think I'm an introverts extravert. Most of my friends are introverts and they seem to like having me around, especially in busy social settings since I can act as a barrier to help manage the mayhem. I will gladly offer my services to the introvert who pulls the lever.

has it become popular to be a complete social inept? i've never seen so many kids that can't handle basic human interaction as i have in the last 5 years. WTF?

Why are you seeing so many kids for the last 5 years? Do you have a representative sample size?

I feel like getting a feel for how people in society actually act from memes is a dangerous game. I think the point of them is to push passed hyperbole so that people laugh at it, and then share it with friends.

Also, inept isn't a noun.

OP screaming at the top of their lungs: "Why are you kids so socially inept?!"

(Kids awkwardly backing away from this crazy person)

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The terminally online are 90% of Lemmy's content machine.

I get curated stuff for free so I'm happy those people exist but yeah don't take their worldview as the norm.

I think that people are more willing to talk about it now, because mental illness is less stigmatized than it used to be.

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Ah, so this is the post where that commenter got lost.

I utterly loathe people who are like this.

What a strange thing to hate. It makes you angry when people don't want to do small talk?

See the post below since your alt? account said the same thing.

What a strange thing to hate. It makes you angry when people struggle with social anxiety?

Sometimes, yeah.

Or, specifically, I can't stand the people who constantly post about how they have social anxiety in a public place for attention (which seems like the opposite of what they would want) and have this whole persona of a "smol widdle sad bean 8c I'd wather wet people die den tawk to dem".

I've had to deal with a lot of toxic, manipulative people who use their identity of having "social anxiety" as a way to manipulate and control others. "I am so weak and tired from talking and anxious, we should go back to the hotel right now and if we don't I'm going to throw a fit!" Doesn't matter if it's the funeral for their partner's dad and said partner hasn't seen their family in years because they live far away and it's really important for them to get closure, naw, the anxiety is more important so we gotta leave NOW.

So yeah, I don't like some socially anxious people. And I hate people who have attitudes like this comic, because for some people, it's not hyperbole, they are that selfish and self centered.

I don’t understand, do you mean talking with people who want to chill by themselves or running a trolly over people?

The people who make social anxiety their whole identity. See the larger comment if you want more detail.