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Nick January 25th, 2010 3:29 AM

SHUT UP YOU CAN'T SEE ME! I'M AS CAMOUFLAGEABLE AS A KECLEON!
 
That's such a fun title, in't it?

Anyway, when you meet someone new, are you yourself? Are you as open with your personality as you are with people you've known for months, years, or even decades? Do you shy away a little bit to the person you're meeting? Do you blend in with their personality by adapting your own to better suit a compatible friendship? How do you feel about meeting new people, anyway? Is it a fun experience, or a terrifying one?

Pixels January 25th, 2010 6:20 AM

I am terrified of meeting/talking to anyone I haven't met before. But once I get to know them I come out of my shell and become the crazy, exuberant person that I am! I am such a turtle. :3

Miz en Scène January 25th, 2010 6:26 AM

Not to say terrifying, but I come out of my shell eventually...

Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty January 25th, 2010 7:17 AM

Whilst I'm incredibly shy and find it hard to talk to new people, I act as myself. It's something I noticed during our first four months in Halls; everybody acted nicer than they actually were, then their true personalities bled through and all hell broke loose. I couldn't see the point of acting differently to impress people, so I just acted my normal dorky self and if they didn't like it then I didn't bother to get to know them.

Anxiety. January 25th, 2010 7:40 AM

I hate meeting new people. I get nervous and I don't know what to say, and then when I do say something I freak them out, or make them angry.

ÇyänïdëÉX January 25th, 2010 8:47 AM

When its a girl i dunno i try too but its been a while so i dunno. When i meet a guy yeah i usually am myself. Such is life heh.

Jordan January 25th, 2010 8:59 AM

I rarely am the one to start a conversation with a new person unless they're new people. When someone talks to me, I try to be as nice as possible and avoid arbitrary jokes until we've gotten to know each other a little better. I typically don't need the person I'm friends with to have the same personality, viewpoints or interests, but rather, usually it's having similar thought processes that my friends and I share.

alisaie January 25th, 2010 9:24 AM

I am definitely shy when meeting with new people. In fact, most of my classmates/acquaintances think I either don't talk, or I don't talk often. :x It's only my friends whom I have grown close to who realize my true personality. Sometimes I try to be a little more active, but it's kind of hard. So, yeah, meeting new people is something I'm not good at: they have to be the one to talk to me, not the other way around. :/

Rogue planet January 25th, 2010 9:41 AM

No, I don't act myself. I won't blend my personality to suit the person, I'm just paranoid and don't trust people that I don't know. Sometimes not even with people I've known for a long time, it depends on who it is.
I get nervous meeting new people that are my own age, but not so much that I have trouble talking to them. I'm fine talking to people that are either younger or older than me though.

poopnoodle January 25th, 2010 10:20 AM

I am shy and awkward around everyone, and when I get to know a person, I become less shy, but remain awkward. It's neither a horrible nor an exciting experience.

Ayselipera January 25th, 2010 2:14 PM

When I first meet someone new I ease them into my personality. I'm just not comfortable being my 100% self with someone I don't know too well. Once I get to know them and I feel like it's okay to be myself then I'm fine.

Overall I HATE meeting new people. I'm really shy when it comes to people I don't know. So it can be a really uneasy situation for me. If I never met anyone new though I wouldn't have many friends so I realize it's just something you have to do and get over.

Unforgettable January 25th, 2010 2:17 PM

I'm still outgoing and open and stuff, but I tend to be a little shier. It just depends on my mood when I'm meeting them and who I'm meeting I guess.

magikarptrainer January 25th, 2010 4:00 PM

I'm pretty easy going.

My personality will tweak here and there depending who I am meeting.

Honest January 25th, 2010 4:35 PM

New people, I'm scared to death. I always get nervous and start to fidget. But when I get over that, we talk like we've known each other for years. ;)

Tyrantrum January 25th, 2010 5:28 PM

I'm actually a bit more outgoing than I used to be, irl. Online, I'm like, everywhere at once it seems. I make a lot of new friends on here. I have more online friends than I do irl friends! XD;;

...I need to get a job. :(

Tater Tot January 25th, 2010 5:41 PM

When I meet a new person I'm utterly terrified. :[ I'm anti-social, and extremely shy, so I have a hard time speaking. It takes months for me to be myself around a person.

It's not that I'm nervous being around them. It's me worried that when I say something, or act a certain way, they'll automatically hate me.

I even have a hard time talking to someone here on the forums. Because my mind-set is always tuned to: "No one likes you. Don't speak to them. Just keep to your retarded self." So it's a very long process for me to be normal around someone... :[

Esper January 25th, 2010 6:31 PM

I'm never myself. I adapt to other people's expectations of me. Shy is how I operate. Terrified is my middle name.

That's an exaggeration, but not as big as you might think.

Takoto January 25th, 2010 6:41 PM

I'm shy.
Usually I'm just kinda quiet.

Sammi January 25th, 2010 7:01 PM

I just act like myself, I suppose; I'm a bit weird, sure, but I don't think it's weird enough to hide it to new people.

...I think I act as I usually do, anyway. o_O I haven't met a lot of new people in awhile. How sad is that?

♣Gawain♣ January 25th, 2010 9:25 PM

Depends on the person itself. If he/she's approachable, I'll never shy away. Otherwise, I'll probably make an excuse and run.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ January 26th, 2010 3:09 AM

I'm pretty open and am myself when meeting new people. Met a whole group of new people Sunday night, as a matter of fact, and had no trouble striking up conversation.

Conan Edogawa January 26th, 2010 4:25 AM

I like meeting new people but it's hard for me. I'm very shy and don't talk much so it's a challenge for me.

Alexithymia~ January 26th, 2010 10:29 AM

I usually hide behind my brother when we meet new people, or if he isn't there, I'll hide behind a friend. I'll let them do the talking. -.-

I have no idea how to talk to certain people, I just go blank and have nothing to say. If they try and initiate a conversation, I don't always reply. I might just smile, because normally when I do reply I say something stupid or dither terribly.. ;;

Cheesymitten January 26th, 2010 11:33 AM

I'm just like a normal teenager the deep voice goes away when I start to know people better XD
But I don't go up to people and say "hi" I'd rather someone else say that..

¡No Hablo Inglés! January 27th, 2010 2:04 AM

I'm pretty bad at meeting new people, to be honest. I'm really the last person to just walk up to someone and strike up a conversation. But y'know, if someone walks over and starts talking to me I'm not going to be rude, I'll generally at least attempt to make conversation with them.

Anyway, I'm generally not totally myself when I meet someone new, I'm more a toned down, quiet version of myself. Although after I get to know someone I usually drop the defences, so to speak, and end up acting like my idiotic self. xD;

Idiot! January 27th, 2010 2:29 AM

I don't like meeting old people. Why would it be any different from meeting new ones?

I show my true colours to only people who understands and does not judge.


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