Is Internet Extroversion a Thing?

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*confused*

Talking to people IRL drains me.  I have no desire whatsoever to be surrounded by lots of IRL people who think I'm cool.  I have no desire whatsoever to be the heart of the IRL party.  I have no desire whatsoever to be the person who knows everybody, is loved by everybody, is in constant communication with everybody... that would be awful D: Too many people!! Other people scare me, I need spaaaaaaace DX  I can't even go to Chipotle or one of those restaurants where you customize your order, without feeling horribly judged and lame and a failure at even reading things off a menu.  I need a few close friends to develop a strong, supportive, incredibly special friendship with ( : D some of you reading this... you know who you are : D ).  People I can go to for help with problems, people who I can help with problems, people who I can trust, and who I know trust me.     

And yet.

I LOVE talking to people on the internet.  I want ALL the pageviews.  I want EVERYBODY to think I'm cool, and funny, and clever.  I want to be not just the heart of the internet party, I want to BE the internet party.  I want to be surrounded by a million people I don't know and will never know, talking to me about anything and everything.  Do I necessarily trust anyone?  That's not the point!  My art is a gift nobody has to earn.  Enjoy it!  Dig around my gallery three months later because you're bored and enjoy it again!  Print it out and put it on the door of your office next to all of those other funny things you found on the internet, rub it on your face, DEAR PLANET EARTH PLZ LOVE ME I LOVE U 2 HI IM AN ENTERTAINER

And it's not like, one of these "sides" is the "true me" and the other one just happened somehow, like, "oh you poor dear, you must be an extrovert at heart, and some events in real life must have scared you into thinking you were an introvert, and you only just found out that you were wrong," or, "wow, you were such a cool introvert, but then you just caved under the social pressure to be extroverted, and you're trying out a personality to make people like you when really, you don't have to do that, just be happy with who you are."  I am really like this!  I NEED my space, and I NEED my attention.  Both.  BADLY.  I am very genuine, and very superficial, at the same time, and it just works.

Labels are like stickers, you can put lots of them on your face and then proceed to run around wearing a bedsheet cape, singing your favorite song at the top of your lungs.


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RubyPetal's avatar
I think i'm the same way!
irl i'm very quiet, more reserved, i sometimes don't feel like i'm in the same league/conversation as those around me and i'd much rather be alone sometimes
but when it comes to the internet, i'm bubbly as anything, i want to talk to everyone, anyone, i want to build relationships and friendships and everything and its just strange XD i guess i can come across as being "talkative" on the internet?
it is odd though! like you said, it's not like there's two sides to us and one of them is the "real" one haha