How social are you?

Started by Nihilego May 2nd, 2011 7:17 AM
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Nihilego

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Seen September 28th, 2018
Posted March 16th, 2018
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12.1 Years
How social are you guys? Are you completely closed off from the world sitting in a small dark room or do you feel like you're suffocating if you can't check your friends' status updates on facebook? Are you more likely to be at home with a book or out getting drunk out of your mind on a Saturday night?

Or anything in-between, of course. x)

Edit: Now using the new and innovative Toujours Scale!

Basically a scale of 1 to 10.
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Posted April 20th, 2020
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I enjoy being social. There's nothing better than getting a few drinks out, being in someone's back garden and just talking about whatever comes to your head. I play for sports teams; I've done less sporty things such as toastmasters and debating and acquired friends/good times from all of them. I regularly go on out at night to a disco or an under eighteens club or whatever with my crew. It's cool. I have friends I can count on.

That doesn't, however, mean that I don't enjoy some 'alone' time. I always keep time to be by myself to pursue what interests me; to write or whatever. It's a good system.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "I sit alone in my room doing nothing every day" and 10 being "I live with multiple people because I can't be alone", I'd say I'm a 6. I can definitely entertain myself online, but I love hanging out with my friends on campus and try to do that whenever possible nowadays. Of course, even when I'm online I'm talking to people on forums or Skype, so it might be more like a 7 or 8.


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On the now named Toujours-scale of sociability, I'm probably a 7-8 as well.

A few years ago, I'd have easily been a 4 or a 5, but going to university has really opened me up to a certain degree. The only social situations that I try to avoid now are ones with big groups of people where I don't know anyone, and one-on-one conversations with people I'm not sure of. Anything else, I'm fine with. I love spending time with my friends and doing stuff with them; it's a good feeling to have in that regard!

However, that's not to say I don't like my alone time. Sometimes I want to get away from it all, for maybe a few hours a day... and I like that as well. It's a nice balance I've got going for the time being, and I hope it to keep it this way!

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Uhhh, well that's a tough question to answer. I'm probably more likely to stay home and enjoy time to myself over a weekend, but I still do love hanging out with my friends. It's just cause everyone is getting such a busy schedule lately, myself included, that it tends to happen less and less. And that's not really a bad thing.

Now the problem is here: If I'm home, being unsocial if you will, I'm probably on Facebook or PC. Both sites that revolve around social activity. So even when I'm alone, I'm being social.

But yeah. From 1 to 10, I probably say a 5 or 6.
my social skills irl are kinda crap though

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I'm pretty social, I guess. I can spent the entire day on the internets when I'm alone, but as soon as another friend also got nothing to do, I'll be gone.
I rather spent time with my friends or outside.
I've got plenty of friends I can count on, and new friends are easy to make. Though it seems more difficult for me to strike up a conversation online.

I'd give myself a 7 on Toujour's scale
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I'm in-between. Some days, I'll feel like talking to strangers walking on the street and on other days I'll lock myself up in my room. Mildly exaggerated. So yeah, it kind of depends on my mood, environment and social setting for me.

Being social is enjoyable. I enjoy laughing with friends, talking about the most random of things with them and going out for strolls. I'm not too good with people I've just met though, and sometimes.. talking eye-to-eye scares me. I'm not the first to initiate things, and I act withdrawn sometimes. I can be modest at times.. and sometimes I'll try to start a conversation out of nowhere. My social flux has a great variation in wavelength, I suppose.

I enjoy giving time to myself. I enjoy reading books alone.. I love writing, and drawing. And I like just being alone sometimes. I enjoy company as much as I enjoy being alone, but the extent kind of varies.

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i think im pretty social cause i just can't live without seeing my friends.
I usually like to go out and talk about random things, have a good laugh and get a few drinks and maybe go crazy in the evenings. xD
When I meet new people i usually wait for the person to make the initiation but if they don't then I do cause having awkward quiet moments just kills me and I try to make them feel friendly near me so that we kinda open up to each other. :P
In Toujo's scale I'd say 6-7, mainly cause sometimes i enjoy to sit on the couch and play games, and the games i enjoy to play are killers of social life which can suck out 100 hours of my life(The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion). xD

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Posted June 23rd, 2011
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I would probably be a 5 out of 10.

I sometimes worry about going outside but once I'm outside I'm not too bad. I just worry about the negatives about going outside.

When I'm at school I'm alright and I do get on well with most around and I cause no bother to anyone and I do have friends and get on well with others and I will say "hi" to them.

But as I said before, I just worry about the negatives prior to doing something like going outside at times and if that problem was eradicated I'd probably be fine
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When I was in high school, I was a 2 or 3. I had a group of friends at school, but I generally spent my weekends at home by myself because that's how I liked to be.

Since I started working with customers and learned how to better interact with people, I'm probably a 6 or 7 - I make plans with people on my days off and generally have something going on, though I do still enjoy my alone time.

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Posted October 7th, 2011
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I think of myself as quite social. I talk to lots of friends at school, and after (I hang out a lot) as well. I also am here most of my free time.
But through my shyness I have, I'd give myself an 8 on the Toujours scale.
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For me, probably a 4. I don't know why, but 99% of the people that I know of at school or whatever just disgust me, seriously, sometimes you'd think that some of 'em are 5 year olds.. But the 1% that are my friends are enough to make up for it.

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I'd say 7/10, because I like meeting new people (in real life- I don't like about 70% of people I meet on the internet), but it doesn't mean I'll like them. I like socialising and small talk. The 3/10 is the parts where I want to be alone. When I want to be alone, there's nobody in the world I want to talk to. I really need my "me" time, but for the most part, I'm a sociable and outgoing person.

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Posted May 14th, 2011
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12.4 Years
1-2/10.
I avoid all social contact in real life, and I am really picky on the internet. Shopping with others feels like torture, having more than one guest over in my house feels like torture too, and on the rare occasion where I will go to a party (once in two or three years) I feel like I'm suffocating until I can find an empty spot away from people to sit at and wait until I can finally leave.

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2 when I'm at home because there's nobody to talk to except online and the way my parents freak out whenever I try to say something to them, I just try to steer clear of them.

When I'm at college, that number goes up to an 8. I constantly like to be out and about on campus, going to events and meetings and hanging out with friends.

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Posted May 19th, 2011
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On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd probably be a -10.

Okay, to be fair, that's a gross exaggeration. I do socialize and have a small group of friends. But that group is very small. And most of them have married, had kids, and/or moved. So, it's not like I'm going to the movies every single weekend with any of them or anything. I see them maybe once every four months or so. For at least a week at a time, but still a large gap between times.

Admittedly, I could probably make more friends if I... well, put myself out there. But I'm not social at all. I'm very, very, very socially awkward. Completely different offline than I am on. I rarely ever approach anyone... they always approach me first. I'm so socially awkward that I will get extremely nervous in social situations. Sometimes, it sucks. Other times, I don't care. It depends on the mood I'm in. Mostly, I spend my time in my room, with my DS and my laptop, a cup of coffee or tea, and my dog. To be more realistic, I'd say I'm a 2 on a scale of 1-10. In that I'm not a total recluse, but I might as well be.

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