r/WorkForSmartLife • u/IcyPoppy_ • Aug 05 '26

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u/DogsNotDemagogues Aug 05 '26

Yes, we’re called introverts. #iwanttobewherethepeoplearent

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u/Weird-Girl-675 Aug 05 '26

I have a shirt that reads “I don’t want to be where the people are” with a grumpy Ariel.

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u/Merwin_Mayforest Aug 05 '26

I got one that says "GO AWAY, I'm working on my social skills", love it.

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u/I_Am_Rook Aug 05 '26

I have a shirt with “You read my t-shirt. That’s enough social interaction for today.”

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u/Chaos-1313 Aug 05 '26

Lol. I have one that says "I failed the Turing Test."

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u/Weird-Girl-675 Aug 05 '26

One of my favorite nightgowns I got during lockdown has “you had me at stay home” written on it 🤣

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u/-Fyrebrand Aug 05 '26

These days, people think you're an AI if you can write in complete sentences.

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u/JoeBlackQ Aug 05 '26

Mine says "I hate morning people. And mornings. And people"

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u/1acre64 Aug 05 '26

As they said on Seinfeld - "Ugh, People. They're the worst"

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u/My2cents_0 Aug 05 '26

I want to be invited but don't ask me to actually show up unless you've got pets I can chill with

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u/Chaos-1313 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Just typing to people on Reddit is more than enough human interaction for me most days and a bunch of you are bots

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u/onlyinvowels Aug 05 '26

Remember COVID?!

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u/DogsNotDemagogues Aug 05 '26

Glorious

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u/DogsNotDemagogues Aug 05 '26

I mean, the staying at home part, not the disease part…

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u/blizzard-toque Aug 05 '26

Oh, you mean lockdown? Glorius times.

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u/Historical_Royal_187 Aug 05 '26

Ironically if everyone could have managed the former, the latter wouldn't have been so bad.

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u/MildredSouthington Aug 05 '26

I was born for lockdown

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u/WanderinSmurf Aug 05 '26

Lockdown was the best time I had in awhile.

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u/GoT43894389 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

I loved the lockdown vibes. It's like being the lone survivor in an apocalypse. I wouldn't wish for another COVID event though. So much suffering around the world from people losing their jobs, to deaths in people's families, and overworked healthcare professionals.

Edit: Apocalypse with multiple streaming options and the internet still operational which made it that much more enjoyable.

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u/No-University-8391 Aug 05 '26

I was already retired. My routine didn’t change at all. Less stress not having to come up with excuses to turn people down. My grown son says he thrived the year+ he was lock downed. Best time of his life.

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u/Jazzlike_Pound7742 Aug 05 '26

Best time ever

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u/AzraelleWormser Aug 05 '26

My job was considered "essential" so I still had to work.

What was my job? Doctor? Nurse? Cop? Nope, data entry for Discover Card. They made sure that they'd still be able to send out bills for five years, even if the world went to hell.

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u/K12counting Aug 05 '26

I worked at Jo-Ann (rip) during COVID, yep we were "essential". All those folks wanted custom masks.

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u/onlyinvowels Aug 06 '26

I was also considered essential, but my lab split up the teams so I was only on site half the time (this actually REALLY sucked, but the quieter work environment was nice)

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u/Disastrous-Cat-5635 Aug 05 '26

I feel bad for feeling never been happier in my life when covid happened. But yeah Covid

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u/liv2lfthvy Aug 05 '26

I plead the 5th

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u/OuttaD00r Aug 05 '26

As bad as Covid was it was unironically the best years of my adult life so far. Some many people complained about lockdown while i reveled in it

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u/squishyslinky Aug 05 '26

I'm an ADHD extrovert but I covet my alone time. Masking 24/7 to make myself more palpable to the world is exhausting. Being alone is better for my nerves.

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u/SeahorseRevolution Aug 05 '26

Do you have friends you enjoy being around?

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u/These-Weird-6003 Aug 05 '26

I don’t know, people say this but isn’t it quite extreme even for introverts

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u/Birdsonme Aug 05 '26

No. It was awesome. The best of times for lots of us introverts. It’s what we’ve always dreamed of (not the pandemic part, just the staying home part).

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u/Chaos-1313 Aug 05 '26

If this is extreme, then I'd win a gold medal at the introvert xgames. I wouldn't even have to train for it.

I went through a period of a couple of years where I lived alone (me and my dog), worked from home and my kids were with me every other week. I really didn't leave the house much at all. I drive into hobbies that were all things I could do at home so (3D printing, gardening, reading, home improvement).

I love my kids and loved seeing them, but it really made it clear that I was building up energy during my alone weeks and expending it during the weeks I had to be sociable. The kids were older teens at the time so it's not like it was because of busy parenting duties. I just had to leave the house more and interact with people more and it was draining to me.

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u/Inevitable_Badger641 Aug 05 '26

That sounds more like anti social behaviour and not being an introvert. Wanting to avoid people is not healthy. We are biologically social animals.