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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Hi I'm THCDenton, and I'm addicted to marijuana"

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

"Hi, I'm JC Denton and this is my favorite weed on the citadel." Am I doing this right?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

I just said to my wife this week how so often I'm at an appointment or at the store and the person helping me starts with the polite "any big plans for this evening / weekend" and in my head I'm thinking "leave me alone, I don't know what's going on! Why you gotta put me on the spot like that? Why am I even here?"

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If this is in a work context, no problem. If it isn't, that's problematic.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah for some reason talking about what I do at work isn’t an issue. Anything else, I’m faking explosive diarrhea.

[–] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This just happened at my grandmother's funeral of all places. Wtf.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, a funeral is not the appropriate time for this kind of bullshit.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

If somebody expected me to participate in that, there would be another funeral.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm sorry... :( ...were you close?

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

And what's a fun fact about you related to the deceased?

[–] Tywele@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's social anxiety not introversion.

[–] ergonomic_importer@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Normally I fully agree with this sentiment whenever it comes up, but here I'm not so sure. I absolutely loathe talking about myself to anybody unless we're already on a specific topic I'm interested in.

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 week ago
[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I’m so focused on mentally getting my story straight that I completely miss the other introductions.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

And say a little something about what brought you here today!

I’m fucking leaving.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just make shit up to sound cool.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I do the opposite. My name is .... And i read.

Uhm anything else?

No thank you.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 2 points 1 week ago

Who am I? None of your business!

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Sounds like the perfect opportunity to grey-rock some strangers. I am managing their expectations, not unlike a opossum playing dead

i end up one-upping everyone and feeling bad