Poll: Do you consider yourself more of an Introvert or Extrovert?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: Do you consider yourself more of an Introvert or Extrovert? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=334)

[shadowfax]

overwhelmingly introverted here...

[Sabenth]

cheese


first post and what do you think

dang second post oh well tried

[Nermal]

Yeah, introverted :( but apparently I'm slowly becoming more outgoing.

[MoparShaha]

Originally posted by Nermal
Yeah, introverted :( but apparently I'm slowly becoming more outgoing. Yeah, I'd have to say the same about myself.

[gerror]

Somewhere in the middle.
I like to show off my iPod but if I step into a room with unknown people I keep my distance.

[bennetsaysargh]

hmm. im shy around people i dont know, and outgoing in front of my friends, so i dont know what i should vote for. i'll vote later when i can think more;)

[aethier]

Around new people i am shy, or pretty girls at school, if i do not talk to the often (luckily most of them i do) anyways, for all you guys out there, from experience i have come to realize that the iPod works like a hightech puppy. take it out and imunute later expect a flock of pretty girls around all impressed that you have one.

aethier

[Centris 650]

I'm an extrovert. I've taken several personality/leadership tests and I've always come out on the extrovert side. This was not always the case. Back in highschool and some of college I was a BIG TIME introvert. I would never have dreamed doing what I do now and being able to talk to complete strangers.

[Stella]

I have chosen to follow the ways of the Geek.

Definitely introverted.

[Blaaze]

More like, Extroverted Introvert. Does that make sense?

[TheFish]

HEY EVREYBODY!! (extrovert..... get it?)

[WinterMute]

Extroverted, I'm a university lecturer, I'd better be a bloody extrovert, it'd be very boring in a class with some bloke who won't speak above a mutter cos he's shy.:D

[IndyGopher]

I would say a former extrovert.. when I was younger I was very outgoing, striking up conversations with strangers, going out my way to be first to talk to the new kid at school, or the new guy at work...
I've pretty much fallen out of that, though, as I have come to realize that the vast majority of people on the planet are quite simply idiots. I don't need everyone to be a genius, but at least pay some attention to the world around you. I have more success discussing current events with a parrot at the mall petshop than I do with any of the knucklewalkers I work with.

[Lord Bodak]

Introverted until I get to know someone.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by Lord Bodak
Introverted until I get to know someone. most introverts are ;)

[MongoTheGeek]

Originally posted by Lord Bodak
Introverted until I get to know someone.

How do you tell if a geek is extroverted? He stares at your shoes when he talks to you.

Personally, I am an extrovert as long as people keep a respectable distance, not one of those touchy feely people.

[zapp]

Originally posted by IndyGopher
......as I have come to realize that the vast majority of people on the planet are quite simply idiots. I don't need everyone to be a genius, but at least pay some attention to the world around you. I have more success discussing current events with a parrot at the mall petshop than I do with any of the knucklewalkers I work with.


That is the truth... I am introverted so I can spare myself the need to talk to the walking dead. Right now I work with one other person, and we work good together. Now If I could get rid of the telephone, cell-phone, and Company E-mail it would be a better world.

[coumerelli]

Actually, it seems that introvert/extrovert would better be defined as, "when you are really exhausted, how do you best 'recharge'? In an empty room (introvert) or in a room full of people (introvert)?" I love to be around people, but I always find a place away from people if I need to 'get away from it all' - others may party to do that. I'm not shy, but I voted introvert.

just my thoughts

[tazo]

When I am with friends I am extroverted, when I am meeting new people I am pretty introverted.

[Jerry Spoon]

Originally posted by Blaaze
More like, Extroverted Introvert. Does that make sense?

Makes sense to me. I was going to write something very similar.

[iAlan]

An EXTROVERT for sure.

A couple of reasons:
Love giving presentations (Keynote blows my audiences away to boot) but not as charismatic (Sp?) as the Mr Jobs. I do tend to boune around a little more than he does.
Can communicate very well and this helps make friends easily.
As Department Manager at the job I do, I have to pull the various team members together (I am the only non-Japanese member in the department so this is not always easy)
And people say that they think I am evtroverted (is that a word?)

Woo Hoo

[Java]

I'm just me.

[Bunzi2k4]

in person, i'm introvert... on aim or in forums i'm not... dunno why... but it's lame... people say i'm easy to talk to on aim, but not in person... hahaha... :(

[iShater]

Extrovert, and it took a while for that I guess. That moment when I climbed the walls like a monkey in my college dorm were probably the beginning of it.

I have to admit though, doing presentations in college and having a customer service job had a big impact.

Interesting topic, cause I am taking part in a talk/discussion/presentation about Peace in the Middle East tonight. Too many people will be staring! :D

[mrsebastian]

there should have been an option for "extrovert with liquid courage" :D i consider myself somewhere in the middle.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by WinterMute
Extroverted, I'm a university lecturer, I'd better be a bloody extrovert, it'd be very boring in a class with some bloke who won't speak above a mutter cos he's shy.:D

That's for certain.

When I've had the pleasure of being asked to teach classes wherever I'm working, I tend to have problems getting out the knowledge, except on paper. Groups of eight or fewer in a more casual setting works fine. :D

I'm an introvert who can pretend to be an extrovert for short periods during business hours.

[AmigoMac]

Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
hmm. im shy around people i dont know, and outgoing in front of my friends, so i dont know what i should vote for. i'll vote later when i can think more;)

OK, I already decided and the shy mode is a bit stronger (60% Shy/ 40% Outgoing) ... is it because we love our macs and only want to talk about them or whatever related is? :D

[From Win to Mac]

I've always thought computers and TV and PS2s keep you away from a real life. When i play them at friends' houses, i can see how awesome they are (OMG Vice City !!)
I knew since i was a kid that i would be an engineer, that i was good in math, and that i had real big NERD potential. So i always decided to spend the least possible time on computers and always go out and have fun. So i'm pretty extroverted.

I've always kept my brother (he's 14) away from computers, since i know what games do to you.
I know that just going outside and playing soccer or hockey for an hour will make you more sociable. Why, you ask ? Because you become friends with the people in your team, learn how to play and act in teams (which applies for sports or homework) etc. Because you'll get in shape and also because when you're good at sports, chicks dig it (i coach his soccer team and sometimes girls come to watch, and i always hear them talking about my bro... they don't know that the guy screaming at him from the side of the field is his brother.)
So since he can, my bro is out playing and running and talking to people. I had succesfully kept him away from any reason to stay home, until last week.

I even convinced my dad to not get a new PC for him. (my macs are in my room, nobody has access, hehe).
So last week, he came to me and showed me the CDs for Counter-Strike that a friend gave him and said he wanted help installing it on his old 1Ghz PC. Right away, i knew he would be blown away, since he's never played computer games (at home)before, and that meant he would play a lot.

So i told him fine, but as long as it's not for too long. So there i went installing it. And what's happening ?? He's on it until midnight every night since he got it. He talks about it again and again, and I knew this would happen. At least, he's too deep into soccer and hockey to back off, and he has a lot of cool friends, but i know that had he started when he was a kid, like so many of you guys, he would be introverted.

And it's just not games. I remember guys in my primary school learning MS-DOS and stuff like that (i'm 19). There were no games when we were kids that would keep you hooked for hours. I mean, Block Braker vs. Medal Of Honor ?? This means that kids today have even more of a reason to stay at home, hooked on games. Computers shouldn't be part of their when they're young kids. I really wonder if it's a good thing to give thousands of PCs and iBooks to 10yr old kids. I mean, they don't need to know how to make PowerPoint presentations. And they get hooked. Well, iBooks maybe, hehe... since you can't play any decent games on them anyway.

Well, that's what i think. Any opinions ?

[McToast]

COMPLETE EXTROVERT, ALL SITUATIONS.

[Brock]

Whoa, there are a lot of geeky introverts, I guess. I am an extrovert. I don't really understand how I would survive university without confidence and social skills. I mean, its not like I get good grades or anything. I have to rely on my charm and goodlooks to get by.

Anyone else the same?

[TomSmithMacEd]

It all depends on what mood/situation I'm in. Usually I'm very outspoken and weird, but there are times where I'm just dead quiet. Or when I don't like to be around people, just at home with my Mac:)

[macguymike]

Originally posted by From Win to Mac
Well, that's what i think. Any opinions ?

First, being introverted is not a "bad" thing.

Second, being hooked on video games does not equate to being an introvert.

You can be an extrovert or an introvert and get hooked on games.

Like someone else here said, being extroverted or introverted has to do with how you recharge (being alone vs. being around other people).

If being at a party all night leaves you exhausted and itching for some quiet-time, you're probably an introvert.

If you enjoy being alone with your thoughts, are introspective, and have people ask you if you're "feeling okay" because you don't talk much, you're probably an introvert.

If you feel energized after spending all night at a party, you're probably an extrovert.

If you feel a need to get out and talk to people and notice that you tend to talk on and on about everyday things, you're probably an extrovert.

That being said, we are all somewhat introverted and somewhat extroverted. Its a spectrum, not black or white. There are shades of gray.

I am introverted but, like others here have mentioned, I do open up more when I am around friends and people/situations I am comfortable with. :)

[stoid]

I do tend to be introverted (helps me avoid the blathering morons in the world). And obviously this thread is going to be heavily biased toward the introverts, because all the extroverts are not sitting at their computer taking polls and commenting about intro/extroversion. However, I have no problems in public situations, I was involved in drama club and sports in high school. I am nervous around new people and very self-conscious, but that is more a product of my late grade school years. *shudder* bad memories, really bad, needs to be a tear emot-icon

[Raid]

Originally posted by mrsebastian
there should have been an option for "extrovert with liquid courage"
Hmm I'm an extrovert that just like to keep things semi private on public forums. :cool: When I have a little "liquid courage" I'm a little happier, and have better pick up skills :)

Originally posted by Brock
Whoa, there are a lot of geeky introverts, I guess. I am an extrovert. I don't really understand how I would survive university without confidence and social skills. I mean, its not like I get good grades or anything. I have to rely on my charm and goodlooks to get by.

What you'll soon discover is that everyone, in some aspect of their lives is a geek. They have some bizarre facination with something or other that they choose to follow that passion rather than 'behave normally'. Like at Brock have you ever talked to a wrestler? They get introverted, change their diet, and talk constantly about their passion like other more stereotypical geeks (i.e.computer, sci-fi, hobbiist geeks).
Also what you say about university is true you do need to get out there and make friends it really can make university the best years of your life. I met one of my friends in my first year when we spent an hour and a half waiting in the University photo id line. That lead to meeting more friends through her and I'm still good friends with many of them today.

Just study up ok, charm can wear thin on people. :)

[Gymnut]

Intro-extrovert. :D Btw, if any of you follow the comic, "Zits", Jeremy asked Hector if he thought he was an introvert or an extrovert. Hector's reply, "I think you're an extra-pervert!" ;)

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by Bunzi2k4
in person, i'm introvert... on aim or in forums i'm not... dunno why... but it's lame... people say i'm easy to talk to on aim, but not in person... hahaha... :(


Amen, and add email to the list too. If I have to ask someone a question, I will always choose email over a telephone call, if possible.

Frankly, technology has really opened up my social life. IM-ing, for example, enables me to be a lot more open, to talk more. For example, my brother and I have rarely spoken for years, but now with IM we talk all the time. It has really opened up our relationship.

I can't explain why IM-ing is so much better than actual talking (in person or on the phone), exactly, except that I think it slows down the pace of the conversation and allows me to think out my responses a little better. In-person conversation runs so much on instincts that I either do not have or that do not work quickly enough for me to be able to keep up and not feel drained.

It sucks, too, because my first loves are writing and current events, but I would never become a news reporter because my interviewing skills are beyond abominable.

[mainstreetmark]

I think tomorrows poll should be "Do you think Yesterday's Poll was too personal?"

[JesseJames]

I am an introvert. Yet can be an incorrigible wiseass when not careful.

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by mainstreetmark
I think tomorrows poll should be "Do you think Yesterday's Poll was too personal?"


:D Am now wiping the soda off my Cinema Display that I spit, laughing, when I read your post.


(Arn should have a suggestion box for poll ideas. It must be hard thinking of something new EVERY day.)

[Brock]

Originally posted by Raid
Just study up ok, charm can wear thin on people. :)

Yeah... Its a good thing I'm not here for an education.

What university did you go to?

[PretendPCuser]

Originally posted by From Win to Mac
I really wonder if it's a good thing to give thousands of PCs and iBooks to 10yr old kids. I mean, they don't need to know how to make PowerPoint presentations. And they get hooked. Well, iBooks maybe, hehe... since you can't play any decent games on them anyway.

Well, that's what i think. Any opinions ? [/B]

There's a book by Donald Tapscott called Growing Up Digital that addresses some of the concerns you bring up. Believe it or not, you have grown up in the digital age. You may not have chosen to expose yourself to it as much as others, but your peers probably did. The same people that you probably hang out with and played with growing up, probably played video games and got online and talked to people in chat rooms. It's tough to tell if that has more of an impact: Being engrossed in a digital world, or because that's the way the person is most comfortable.

Some would also argue the point that more people should be self-aware. More involved with what's going on inside themselves and become able to cope with things that they don't like about themselves and change or improve. When you can do that, you change your self-esteem and perspective and therefore tend to want to be more outgoing.

Don't underestimate the sense of self. If your brother has a cool and caring brother (which it sounds like he does) then he's going to have a better outlook on life and will therefore probably help him be/stay more open.

Good luck, but remember to let your brother be himself. Don't let your good judgment develop into an unhealthy need to control him (or others). The only person's life who you have (almost) complete control over is your own.

Just my $27.02

:)

[Raid]

Originally posted by Brock
What university did you go to?

Why Brock of course. :) So watch those cracks about the quality of education ;)

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by Awimoway
(Arn should have a suggestion box for poll ideas. It must be hard thinking of something new EVERY day.) [/B] he does.
ideas@macpolls.com

[aaronvegh]

Atlantic Monthly had this excellent story about what, exactly, introversion is. Since most people are extroverts, it's really important for those of us who are introverted -- that is, those who lose energy in the company of others, and recharge on solo time -- to understand ourselves, and how others should treat us! :-)

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/03/rauch.htm

[Brock]

Originally posted by Raid
Why Brock of course. :) So watch those cracks about the quality of education ;)

Whoa! Seriously? that's awesome! You walked and talked?

Haha, but seriously, I love Brock.

[Raid]

Originally posted by Brock
Whoa! Seriously? that's awesome! You walked and talked?

Haha, but seriously, I love Brock.

Yeah I always loved that line considering I needed an 80% average to get from Humber to Brock (York BTW offered me course credits for my year at Humber, Brock didn't offer squat).

Speaking of Humber that was a real case of introverts and extroverts. Many of the people were there were from around Toronto and knew eachother so they were quite out going and friendly...except some reall morons got into their old groups and would start throwing their weight around like they were back highschool. They didn't get that nobody cared what they were in highschool and thought it was sad they were trying to use that rep at college. :rolleyes:

[matthew24]

I used to be introvert but after I became a Christian God converted me to an extravert person.

So, everybody repent.... and be Happy. :)

Merry Xmas everybody.;)

Matthew 24

[Fahd]

mostly introvert except when I'm in a really good mood or when I'm drunk! :D

[Fahd]

Originally posted by TheFish
HEY EVREYBODY!! (extrovert..... get it?)

Umm...no...its usually the introverts who are most loud (read active) on forums and chatrooms on the internet. (Mostly because they have no real social life.)

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by matthew24
I used to be introvert but after I became a Christian God converted me to an extravert person.

So, everybody repent.... and be Happy. :)

Merry Xmas everybody.;)

Matthew 24

That was truly one of the most incomprehensible, bizarre posts I've ever read.





And hey, Fahd, are you allowed to drink?

[Fahd]

Originally posted by Awimoway

And hey, Fahd, are you allowed to drink?

How exactly do you mean? Age? Yes Religion? No, but I do anyway. Something else?

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by Fahd
How exactly do you mean? Age? Yes Religion? No, but I do anyway. Something else?

Religion. I was just curious. It's not a religion I know a lot about. Is it pretty common to bend this rule/commandment?

[From Win to Mac]

Originally posted by PretendPCuser
You may not have chosen to expose yourself to it as much as others, but your peers probably did. The same people that you probably hang out with and played with growing up, probably played video games and got online and talked to people in chat rooms.
Oh yeah, i know that. I did it too. It's just that i made sure that my friends didn't JUST do that. Hanging out with computer-illiterate people, or people who would fall asleep in front of a Halo Deathmatch, forces you to do other stuff, mainly outside of the house.

Originally posted by PretendPCuser

Don't underestimate the sense of self. If your brother has a cool and caring brother (which it sounds like he does) then he's going to have a better outlook on life and will therefore probably help him be/stay more open.

Good luck, but remember to let your brother be himself. Don't let your good judgment develop into an unhealthy need to control him (or others). The only person's life who you have (almost) complete control over is your own.

First, thank you :D
Second, i think my job is mainly done, which is why i installed the game without too much arguing. He's 14, doesn't like or know too much about computers. He's into sports, cars, chicks and snowboarding... Not NFS Underground, GT3, Amped 2 or 1080 Avalanche (sick sick sick !!). So my job is pretty much done.

Thing is, I'm always around computers when i'm home since i'm a Software Engineering student, so he keeps checking out my code and flow charts. And i'm like: "this is boring stuff man". But if even if he gets into computers now (and which kid today doesn't), then it won't have that much of an effect on his life, since he has so much else.

Example: I know people from school (some of them friends) who's life IS computers. They're running Windows, Linux and BSD (and now OS X) boxes. They go to LAN parties. These guys have been screwing around with computers since the day they learned how to type on a keyboard.
And here is the problem: they really don't have much else to do.

I think that once you're out of high school, your social caracter is pretty set. At least, in Quebec, where their isn't so much difference between high-school and College, since we all party and go clubbing and get drunk starting at the age of 15. ( Avouez ! :D ) I know it's different in the US, but bear with me.
So if, in high school, a kid locked himself in his room and just fragged people all night or chatted with friends, then he will develop difficulties in a social environment and will become introverted. Notice i didn't say that computers is the only reason. Some people just are like that.

So i think that being near computers at a young age simply negates the need of going out and talking to actual people face to face. And in the course of a few years of doing that, it's obvious that this kid won't be able to suddenly speak in public or go out and talk to girls comfortably.

Originally posted by Awimoway
I can't explain why IM-ing is so much better than actual talking (in person or on the phone), exactly, except that I think it slows down the pace of the conversation and allows me to think out my responses a little better. In-person conversation runs so much on instincts that I either do not have or that do not work quickly enough for me to be able to keep up and not feel drained.
This is exactly why people become introverted, because they are freaked out that they can't take a step back, anaylze and formulate a good response.
What gaming is doing to guys, chatting is doing to girls these days. I was signed in on Fire this saturday night, cramming intensivly for my exams this week, and somebody with the same interests as me somehow found me and started saying: "Hey, i'm emily, 18 from Toronto, wanna chat ??". I always enjoy talking to people, but chatting for fun ??? On saturday night ???
I think chatting has greatly simplified long-distance communications, like for Awimoway and his brother, made it great for collaborative projects, and gave you a way to stay in touch with people you woudn't see everyday. But i simply can't agree with the fact that "technology has really opened up my social life". Shoudn't a social life include more than simply discussions ? You should see the person, you should touch, but most importantly, you should do THINGS together, interACT. Would you prefer to chat all night or go out ? Even if it was just for coffee ?

I beleive that all this technology has crippled people's social lives.

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by From Win to Mac
I think chatting has greatly simplified long-distance communications, like for Awimoway and his brother, made it great for collaborative projects, and gave you a way to stay in touch with people you woudn't see everyday. But i simply can't agree with the fact that "technology has really opened up my social life". Shoudn't a social life include more than simply discussions ? You should see the person, you should touch, but most importantly, you should do THINGS together, interACT. Would you prefer to chat all night or go out ? Even if it was just for coffee ?

I beleive that all this technology has crippled people's social lives.

Fair enough. You make a lot of good points. On the other hand, yes it does lead to greater "interACTion" in my case, although I question whether that should somehow be privileged over the pure and vital interaction of simply communicating.

For example, my brother and I are now exchanging music and movies (all non-copyrighted files, of course ;) ) and talking about them. And I have plans to travel to see him for Christmas. My friend, who does live close enough to interACT with, and I are doing more together because we share more ideas and make more plans through the more easily facilitated conversation that IM-ing and email provides. We had kind of drifted apart for a while, but our mutual interests in technology have brought us back together.

Like I said, I'm not sure I agree that one kind of interaction is more legitimate than another, but to answer your question, yes it has opened up my actual social life, not just my virtual one.

[Bunzi2k4]

Originally posted by From Win to Mac
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And it's just not games. I remember guys in my primary school learning MS-DOS and stuff like that (i'm 19). There were no games when we were kids that would keep you hooked for hours. I mean, Block Braker vs. Medal Of Honor ?? This means that kids today have even more of a reason to stay at home, hooked on games. Computers shouldn't be part of their when they're young kids. I really wonder if it's a good thing to give thousands of PCs and iBooks to 10yr old kids. I mean, they don't need to know how to make PowerPoint presentations. And they get hooked. Well, iBooks maybe, hehe... since you can't play any decent games on them anyway.

Well, that's what i think. Any opinions ?

yea i hear ya, i'm a bit hooked, but for me it's on and off. i guess i'm just weird, people don't seem to like me... cuz of that i don't care too much about them... but sometimes it changes...

[bobbyp80521]

:o

[wdlove]

I'm a classic introvert, the shy type. According to the voting the majority of Mac people are like me.

[Bunzi2k4]

yea were a buncha loners :-D be proud!

[LethalWolfe]

I'm most definetly an introvert. People annoy me. Always have, always will. Very taxing to interact w/too. When I used to work as a cashier, or in customer service I would just be spent after an 8hr day. Just exhausted.

When I was a little kid (4 or 5 years old) and my parents would drop me off for Sunday school, while they went to the regular mass, I would always end up playing in the hall way by myself. Completely happy. I just don't enjoy social interaction 95% of the time.


Lethal