introvert
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How It Feels to Be ‘Inside Out’ After 40 Years of Keeping Everything In
“I didn’t expect to know this much about your dick.” I don’t know where to start, so I’ll just start with the bar I sat at while writing this. No alcohol was served or consumed, but I could see my three tour companions: a bottle of Cutty Sark and a bottle of Lazzaroni—the ingredients for…
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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Introverts
Hey, y’all. I just had a birthday last weekend. And since 39-year-old dads don’t really get gifts anymore other than alcohol and “Hey, I’ll take the kids this afternoon so you can stay home and watch the NBA League Pass in your drawls in peace,” I think of my birthdays now as opportunities to give…
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Small Talk Is Trash and the World Would Be a Better Place if Everyone Just Stopped Doing It
There is a man right now standing in line at a place where he is waiting to get a quick meal, perhaps. Or maybe a small coffee. Just something to help him through the day. He is not having a particularly bad or good day—it’s a regular, run-of-the-mill, mundane Wednesday. Later that day, he might…