Are you a people-person or a loner?

artsygrrl · 11.29.2009, 10:38 PM

...or maybe both?
With my job I interact with students and staff nearly every minute 5 days a week, but when I need to unwind I need to be by myself. Even tho I love my family and friends and my job, I am pretty ok being a loner.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.29.2009, 11:03 PM

neither or both. . . not sure.

Skuj · 11.29.2009, 11:03 PM

That's a damn good question, and I have to say that, by and large, I have always been a loner. And I like it.

But I have a wife and child, and friends and co-workers in my life......however, my alone time is extremely important to me, and I do not try hard to "socialize" with groups of people, generally.

This might partially explain my presence here, hahaha......or maybe not.

deflinus · 11.29.2009, 11:24 PM

i mind my own biz

amerikangod · 11.29.2009, 11:30 PM

I am very clearly a people person. I love everybody, and everybody loves me.

pbradley · 11.29.2009, 11:42 PM

Kind of oscillate between the two.

SuperCreep · 11.29.2009, 11:53 PM

a bit of both, depending on the situation, but i've been gravitating toward being a "people-person" in recent years.

notyourfiend · 11.30.2009, 12:20 AM

working alone from home has taught me that i'm a huge extrovert.

automatic bzooty · 11.30.2009, 12:43 AM

i'm a people person when i'm with the right people...

but i need loads of "me time."

Dead-Air · 11.30.2009, 12:47 AM

even split. every time I take a test I come up 50% introvert, 50% extrovert. makes for a good dj - I can control the whole room and say very little except for taking requests.

I come up 50% between right and left brain too.

atsonicpark · 11.30.2009, 06:08 AM

both.

I don't like people and I don't like to be around people but for some reason people love me and cling to me, so who knows. I'm the most popular loner of all time.

ploesj · 11.30.2009, 06:14 AM

both. i love being around people i like, i hate being around people i dislike, and from time to time i need to lock myself away and get my head in order.

akprodr · 11.30.2009, 08:11 AM

dig the sig

_slavo_ · 11.30.2009, 08:54 AM

loner, pretty much. or an individualist, better said.

Keeping It Simple · 11.30.2009, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ploesj

both. i love being around people i like, i hate being around people i dislike, and from time to time i need to lock myself away and get my head in order.

Just like me.

floatingslowly · 11.30.2009, 10:22 AM

I really can't stand most people. life is more peaceful without the cacophony of intruding thoughts.

next stop: the hermitage.

pbradley · 11.30.2009, 10:52 AM

Another point about myself, because this thread is such a great example of communal individuality, is that I've almost always had a very small ground of friends (though the cabals have changed almost always in relation to school). But this tendency to few close friends has never been anything that I've consciously willed. Even when I attempted to break this down and be friendlier generally, nothing would come of it. It is with them, the small group (7 to 10 people), that I move into society and move out of it given my mood.

floatingslowly · 11.30.2009, 11:13 AM

if you start being friendlier, in going to be so disappointed.

pbradley · 11.30.2009, 11:29 AM

Well great you just broke the individuality chain by replying to me. Totally pissing on the lovely painting. Hope you're happy.

But I think friendlier is the wrong word, maybe more socially engaged. Friendliness can be creepy sometimes.

Trasher02 · 11.30.2009, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automatic bzooty

i'm a people person when i'm with the right people...

but i need loads of "me time."

This pretty much sums it up.

11.29.2009, 10:38 PM	#1
artsygrrl the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan, USA Posts: 961	...or maybe both? With my job I interact with students and staff nearly every minute 5 days a week, but when I need to unwind I need to be by myself. Even tho I love my family and friends and my job, I am pretty ok being a loner.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	neither or both. . . not sure.
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Skuj invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Location: See My Top 10. Posts: 2,695	That's a damn good question, and I have to say that, by and large, I have always been a loner. And I like it. But I have a wife and child, and friends and co-workers in my life......however, my alone time is extremely important to me, and I do not try hard to "socialize" with groups of people, generally. This might partially explain my presence here, hahaha......or maybe not. __________________ Fuckit.
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deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	i mind my own biz
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amerikangod invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,761	I am very clearly a people person. I love everybody, and everybody loves me. __________________
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11.29.2009, 11:42 PM	#6
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Kind of oscillate between the two.
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11.29.2009, 11:53 PM	#7
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	a bit of both, depending on the situation, but i've been gravitating toward being a "people-person" in recent years. __________________
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11.30.2009, 12:20 AM	#8
notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	working alone from home has taught me that i'm a huge extrovert. __________________
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11.30.2009, 12:43 AM	#9
automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	i'm a people person when i'm with the right people... but i need loads of "me time."
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11.30.2009, 12:47 AM	#10
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	even split. every time I take a test I come up 50% introvert, 50% extrovert. makes for a good dj - I can control the whole room and say very little except for taking requests. I come up 50% between right and left brain too. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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11.30.2009, 06:08 AM	#11
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	both. I don't like people and I don't like to be around people but for some reason people love me and cling to me, so who knows. I'm the most popular loner of all time. __________________
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ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	both. i love being around people i like, i hate being around people i dislike, and from time to time i need to lock myself away and get my head in order. __________________ blog flickr
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akprodr the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mt Clair Posts: 1,129	dig the sig __________________ Odi profanum vulgus et arceo
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11.30.2009, 08:54 AM	#14
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,907	loner, pretty much. or an individualist, better said. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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11.30.2009, 10:22 AM	#16
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	I really can't stand most people. life is more peaceful without the cacophony of intruding thoughts. next stop: the hermitage.
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11.30.2009, 10:52 AM	#17
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Another point about myself, because this thread is such a great example of communal individuality, is that I've almost always had a very small ground of friends (though the cabals have changed almost always in relation to school). But this tendency to few close friends has never been anything that I've consciously willed. Even when I attempted to break this down and be friendlier generally, nothing would come of it. It is with them, the small group (7 to 10 people), that I move into society and move out of it given my mood.
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11.30.2009, 11:13 AM	#18
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	if you start being friendlier, in going to be so disappointed.
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11.30.2009, 11:29 AM	#19
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Well great you just broke the individuality chain by replying to me. Totally pissing on the lovely painting. Hope you're happy. But I think friendlier is the wrong word, maybe more socially engaged. Friendliness can be creepy sometimes.
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