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On 12/12/2017, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello Russ,
>
> (I'm deliberately avoiding the term 'extrovert' because (i) I am really
> not sure what it means; and (ii) I want to discuss a much more specific
> dichotomy which is probably not all of extroversion, namely "those who
> have no
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Being nice to introverts/the highly sensitive (was
Re: "Breaking Cliques at Events")"):
> I'm not sure I have any great or insightful advice, but I think being a
> bit cautious about the line between invitation and pushing is the most
>
Marc Haber writes ("Re: Being nice to introverts/the highly sensitive (was Re:
"Breaking Cliques at Events")"):
> the following is happily based on my personal feelings and my personal
> experience. Please be sure not to generalize.
...
> Feeling even a remote suggest
Sean Whitton writes:
> You, Russ, are someone with a great deal of self-knowledge: you know
> when to make yourself scarce in order to avoid burnout. So I don't feel
> particularly worried about the possibility that I imposed upon you.
For the record, you definitely didn't. :) It helps for me
Hello Mark,
On Wed, Dec 13 2017, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:03:23PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
>>
>> Further, in my day-to-day life I am in a culture -- a university --
>> where the norm is to assume that nobody is uncomfortable talking to
>> new people, and if they seem like
Hi,
the following is happily based on my personal feelings and my personal
experience. Please be sure not to generalize.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:03:23PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> I am someone who has no real barriers talking to new people (except a
> little when they have famous names like
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 08:32:07PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> I think «has difficulty meeting new people» feels like a crude
> approximation. To me, it depends a lot on the person and the context and
> probably the time of day, the moon phase and the colour of the
> neighbour's cat. I'm terri
]] Sean Whitton
Hi folks,
> Given the above, at DebConf17 -- my first free software conference -- I
> sometimes worried that I had imposed myself on others by
> enthusiastically and expectantly introducing myself and asking them
> about themselves. By 'expectantly' I mean that I approached them
Hey Sean
On 12/12/2017 08:03, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Given the above, at DebConf17 -- my first free software conference -- I
> sometimes worried that I had imposed myself on others by
> enthusiastically and expectantly introducing myself and asking them
> about themselves. By 'expectantly' I mean
Hello Russ,
On Mon, Dec 11 2017, Russ Allbery wrote:
> A minor caveat here: for some people, it's a minor worry or discomfort
> to meet other people and then it has a huge payoff, and for other
> people, it's a larger emotional drain that can accumulate.
>
> I really enjoy Debconf when I make it
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