Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What social situations stress you out?

---

Being around too many people, or being the centre of attention for too long...

Comments

A quick survey that I could write a book on

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Awkward and uncomfortable silences around people I have only just met.

The press of too many people all around me with no escape route out of the herd.

Loud and obnoxious drunks acting out in my vicinity.

Social bullies that spend every moment discussing how trained/buff/athletic/tough they are, and how they can whoop anyone's ass around them. These douche bags are a total social snore by talking themselves up for an acceptance they can never attain by acting as they are (irony!), they tend to slap, punch and bluster for fun, and people who really can whoop ass into traction never go around advertising it.

People who are clearly on some kind of chemical soup for depression/serotonin levels. They are so glassy that you can't communicate with them, but they still try anyway. Which is why I am not on those medications for my own in-balances.

People who cannot clearly enunciate their vocabulary. I hate asking people to repeat themselves. If I have to do so too often, my mind will wander and I will accidentally ignore them while pretending to pay attention.

People who only talk very loudly about their latest drama and talk over/interrupt everyone who was already talking quietly to someone else - and usually in front of people they do not know. There's a lot of these at Faire.

People who feel the need to resort to name-calling and finger pointing when they do not get their way. For instance, the assholes that proclaim someone a loser or a bitch because that individual wouldn't go out and get them a beer, latte or something equally inane.

Those who choose guilt as their weapon of choice to garner attention, affection and/or material gain. If you have to guilt someone to get the things you desire, then those things are not worth having.