Rant: being socially awkward

[IMADreamer]

I get what you are saying guys, it's just these guys had all these work stories and it sounded good and all I had was "I shelled 100 acres of corn today, and will do the same tomorrow, and monday I'll make someones tombstone before going to shell more corn." kind of unimportant.

[cardsfansince82]

re: Fancy important jobs:


“There are only five real jobs in the world: teacher, fireman, policeman, medical professional and soldier. Everybody else should just chill out and enjoy life.” ~ Charles Barkley.

Man, what did farmers ever do to Barkley?

He's certainly a fan of their work, probably just doesn't like to pay for it.

[AdmiralKird]

I'm pretty sure the world could get by without the teacher profession. It's been shown a person's education from childhood to adulthood correlates more with the family and environment than anything else. Plus everyone is a teacher, not everyone is a soldier/teacher/doctor/farmer/fireman/policeman.

Also apparently in Charles' world no one would be wearing clothes. Also I don't see how you can advocate for firemen when engineers/architects, and construction workers are not on your list.

And what happened to scientists?

[Popeye_Card]

Do we really need firemen anymore? Do that many houses burn down that we couldn't just build a new one? Aren't firemen these days just glorified paramedics?

[Leroy]

I'm very shy so I hate those things too. Not because of my occupation, just general shyness. If I find I'm around a group of people that I don't want to talk to I just tell them I'm an accountant. If that doesn't do the trick, I might tell a story about a tax return. At that point the only people left around me are the people I wanted to talk to in the first place.

[IMADreamer]

I did eavesdrop in on my gf explaining complex derivative swaps to someone. The glazed over look on their face was priceless.

It's really not about the job thing so much though, that was just part of the uncomfortableness, it was just the whole thing. I hate crowds and loud places. It's why the only time I go to clubs is if I'm in the band, not down on the floor listening to it. I do like concerts though. I guess I just don't get what you are supposed to do in these situations. Do you find a group and stick with it? or do you go from group to group talking? That's kind of what I did, sort of made my rounds, talked to everyone I knew then got out.

[wart57]

I am awesome in most party situations. I can stike up a conversation with anyone, about just about anything. I am an excellent [expletive]. Smalltalk is easy and effortless.
It helps that I don't give a [expletive] what most people think about me.

[jeffbgoofy]

I host smores nights quite oftena nd there can end up being sometimes up to 50 people at our house tat barely know each other. Some have become great friends thru the nights. Most just need an excuse to get out of the house...

[jim]

I just don't care what other people do for a living unless it's in sports.

[Spider John]

Do we really need firemen anymore? Do that many houses burn down that we couldn't just build a new one? Aren't firemen these days just glorified paramedics?

Pretty much. All the do is sit around, listen to Hank Williams, and post on message boards. The job's a piece of cake.

IMA, I'm not very social either, and especially wasn't back in high school. A couple of years ago I went to a football game at my old high school, and the same insecure feelings of old came back to me, even though it had been thirty years.