The comic made me chuckle; but why has introversion become synonymous with being anti-social or asocial? My understanding is that it’s entirely possible to be highly social and introverted, because being introverted just means you gain energy from being alone. It doesn’t mean you hate social gatherings or don’t like having friends; it just means you discharge when socializing and recharge during alone time (and the opposite is usually true for extroverted people).
I wanted to point that out as I seem to be a social introvert. I like socializing and love being invited to things (even if I’m not available or it’s something I don’t like doing, because it means someone remembered that I exist), but my battery wears out fairly quickly when doing so. Strangely, I used to be very extraverted, but at some point I swapped to being introverted.
Edit: I guess I will say that the thing the comic gets right is that usually I won’t hold it against someone for cancelling. However, I don’t get excited about it, and might even be disappointed if it was something I was looking forward to, but I usually am okay with it.
Maybe? I guess when I think of asocial vs anti-social, I think of someone who is apathetic towards social interaction vs someone who doesn’t like socializing and only does it because it tends to be a mandatory part of society. As such, I’d think someone who’s asocial would be indifferent to a host cancelling, while someone who’s antisocial would be happy or excited by it.
Edit: I am aware that anti-social tends to have different connotations when used generally, but in a social setting I tend to think of antisocial being opposed to socializing.
I know you’re not the owner and so it isn’t your job to house-train the dog, but personally I would have asked if it was okay if I trained it for them. I like dogs and working with animals, so personally I’d be more than happy to do it for free so long as they A) aren’t demanding I teach the dog tricks (only basic house-training), and B) they follow any instructions I give them.
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Meet my new puppy: Ass! (lemmy.world)