# Introvert in Dorm

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-in-dorm/679132>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 18, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-in-dorm/679132 "2014-01-18T05:23:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-in-dorm/679132/61 "2014-01-22T23:10:03Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> Get a gaming system if you don’t have one already. When I was in college, a lot of guys on the floor played Madden and NES baseball against each other.

Double Dribble and Techmo Bowl!

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-in-dorm/679132/62 "2014-01-22T23:52:40Z")

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> [@levdrakon](#):
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> If the OP is genuinely an introvert and is more or less okay with that, then telling him/her how to be an extrovert isn’t all that helpful. Get out and talk to people! Well, duh.
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> Somehow I’ve managed to make it almost a half century as a shy introvert, and looking back on my life, most of my best friends were more extroverted types who more or less barged into my life. That can’t happen if you hide in your room though. So, you have to put yourself out there and be more or less available, but you can’t really expect an introvert to speed-date their way through every room they enter. That’s the extroverts’ job.

It’s nowhere near as polarised a domain as that.

‘Introvert’ doesn’t necessarily have to mean complete loner. It’s entirely possible to have friends, talk to people, have a social circle, and still be an introvert. Introverts value solitude, personal space, etc - but it doesn’t mean they run screaming from any human contact - any more than extroverts stomp around constantly shouting ‘ME ME ME!’ (OK, some do).

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-in-dorm/679132/63 "2014-01-23T01:48:12Z")

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> [@Macca26](#):
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> :rolleyes: I’m pretty sure simply being male doesn’t project some sort of “stay away he’s a creeper” field out in public just by existing. Sheesh.

You think males get treated the same as women? Sheesh back to you…

[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/science/bias-persists-against-women-of-science-a-study-says.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/science/bias-persists-against-women-of-science-a-study-says.html)

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