• dangblingus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can tell who the introverts and who the extroverts were during the pandemic. For those that got to stay at home:

    Extroverts: “My mental health is crumbling! I’ll never be the same after this. Literally the worst thing that’s ever happened to me!”

    Introverts: “I just beat a handful of games in my backlog, read 4 books, started learning how to make Chinese food at home, and I just started learning Spanish on Duolingo. I’ll never be the same after this!”

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      1 year ago

      Is there a third thing besides extroverts and introverts? Because I hate being around people and I also hate being alone.

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      1 year ago

      As an introvert, I did a lot of things like that. But the tendency to be online more during that time started to result in depression. I don’t have many friends but I do have close friends. Not seeing them kinda ate at me. Things still feel weird.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I never stopped Duolingo. Started in Day 1 of the lockdown and I’m over 1100 days in a row.

      Also learned that I have a passion for cooking. I’ve been learning all sorts of fun recipes. :)

      • skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Right? I don’t know what those people are smoking but it’s cool to be able to meet my friends a few times a month and grocery shop normally. Being stuck inside too long makes you go funny in the head.

        • Sanyanov@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Guess it depends on how strongly introverted you are. As a strong introvert, I absolutely enjoyed time spent at home; besides general lockdown, I’ve been through three of the strict 2-week isolations (twice as contact person, once as a COVID carrier), and those were amazing times!

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        I’m an introvert who was afraid to do things I wanted to do outside the house. You are not a freak.

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        I’ve historically been rather extroverted but has spent the last decade doing WFH and years leading up to the pandemic doing so without any of my previous friends group nearby. For me, nothing fundamentally changed, except for managers trying to pressure me into going into the office and be telling them “no”.