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Hello fellow introvert. I too have struggled with these dynamics in the past.

Im introverted and have always enjoyed my solitude. Some people have complained that I don’t talk much, which is true, I don’t need to talk to feel good.

but jesus christ, others outright avoid even eye contact with me like the plague, even though I kept greeting them for at least 2 more days.

Sounds like you've met people similar to you. How would you prefer others handle you? I'm guessing it's "ditch the small chat, and get to the point". I'd say, treat these people like that. Focus all your conversations with them purely on the shared work and leave them alone otherwise.

I confess neither do I know how to react when people are friendly when I’m talking to a coworker they like but the moment this coworker leaves, they turn to a mute.

It's likely that they have an established working relationship with the other person but not you and so they freeze up in a 1:1 scenario. Just continue to engage with them in group settings until you establish rapport.

It’s also a bit funny: 2 coworkers that the first day had small but normal conversations with me now look elsewhere when they see me… and I give them back the same treatment. Childish and petty? extremely, but I ask you: what should I do?

You don't have to do much. Continue to be friendly with them and if they don't reciprocate just engage with them on the work alone. If you need something from them, ditch the small talk, explain the problem clearly and explain what you need from them.

I think you're trying to take a one size fits all approach here. You need to adapt to each individual. For those who want to be friendly and chatty, hit them up and engage with them. Find them to be boring? You pretend to care, ask them a few follow-up questions (people love to talk about their interests) and then glance at your watch and say "ugh, I'm really sorry to interrupt, I've got to //".

This makes me wonder... wtf was the balrog's day to day like all those years? Was he really just hibernating? I mean, the maiar get bored. I can't imagine being a shadow hellfire demon makes you suddenly never get bored.

Sounds like chatgpt.

Yes, both my wife and I's phones died in the same way. Register touch, but no screen.

You're welcome, but I'm no angel! His ADHD frustrates the absolute hell out of me. Trying to play with him results in a shift in activity every 5 minutes. It's painful when I get invested in drawing Godzilla pictures only to have to go play pretend Minecraft 5 minutes in.

Reading these is a survival mechanism for me!

On a side note: I've realized I share sooooooo many symptoms with him. Currently in progress getting tested for adult ADHD.

I'm with you. My kid has adhd and I read these comics, not for the humor, but to get an idea of what's going on in his head.

Before he hit the end of that sentence, I thought torch was going to turn out to mean a lighter. :(

Just wait until the 30s when you start feeling the hangover effects BEFORE you go to bed.

When I got my mouse, it was so sensitive that I couldn't rest my pointer finger lest I accidentally click. Had to take the mouse apart and put some rubber pieces under it to reduce the sensitivity. Razer Deathadder V2. Works amazingly well after that mod.

Also I use the MessagEase keyboard on my phone and I'm constantly hitting spacebar when I meant to hit 'E'.

Counter-point... sweat, manure, and baby spit don't mess with my allergies like perfumes do. Perfumes should be banned (and I also wouldn't cry if smokers smelling like smoke were banned too).

It's that robot in Interstellar.

I thought it was clear we were talking about marketing in general since you announced yourself as a marketeer and made no mention of your personal industry. We should ditch the conversation. We're not going to see eye-to-eye at all here.