An introvert is not someone who just needs to ‘get out more’ and ’learn to not be so shy’ but a person with a seperate philosophy of life from the noisy majority. 98% percent of talk is small talk. It leads to nothing, is spouted out for its own sake without consideration. It is a waste of time and energy. It is pollution. It is mandatory. Those who do not subscribe to a lifestyle of loghorrhea and chronic mass gatherings invested with false importance are known as ‘introverts.’
The term is loaded with negative connotations, but I will use it, because it is the word most used in the common sphere. As such, after a lifetime in the predominant noise culture, I am less than inclined to be charitable in my terms towards the extroverted. It might be tempting right here at the beginning to label me as bitter. Perhaps, but the important thing is that I am one who disagrees with the prevailing practices and am on the internet looking to find the like-minded and inform more extroverted individuals. By approaching the matter with candor, without politically correct hedging, I would strive to communicate more effectively to whomever might come here. To write without such constraints is precisely the purpose of writing incognito on the internet.
To begin I would establish the underlying premise of all that follows here:
Introverts are not people who are shy or talk less. They are an altogether different culture with different values.
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