I gotta admit I’m pretty confused with these labels. I thought intro/extro were labels applied to behaviours of people, not some intrinsic want.

E.g. if you have social anxiety or were shy, driving you to stay indoors and not interact no matter how much you wanted to, that’s introverted.

I spent most of my life like that, at peace with my own hobbies, and happy to be left alone, but later in life overcame my social issues and developed a slow rapport with people, that then turned into enjoying others company.

That’s how it starts out, but decades later you’re not shy anymore, you’re just lazy in starting a conversation and rely on others who have much less inertia.

I also love my extrovees

There’s a scene missing there. I swear the last time I saw this, they covered a twisted romance angel too

He likes large butts, and he does not fib.

Doc, why you 360 nocap me like that?

weird place to cast shade

Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away…
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air…

Length of post + laughing at vocabulary =/= laughing at article

Starring this comment.

Now you know how I felt through this whole comment chain

(there’s an unwritten glottal stop between those two ee’s, for anyone wondering)

And why pirates drink coffee. “Boo, tea!” they cry

Chaos A.D.
Disorder unleashed
Silence means death
Stand on your feet
Inner fear
Your worst enemy

I hope you find what you’re looking for then

Things are bad here too. As a US citizen you will be paying tax twice if you work here, you’ll never quite fully feel at home for about 8 years, and (most importantly) you’ll miss the cultural banter you grew up with.

US isn’t a country, it’s practically a continent. There are plenty of places to knuckle through the next few years, but I’m telling you now - Europe isn’t the safe haven you think it is.

Fair, just be aware that family ties can sometimes matter more than our ideals.

In my parents country, the left were aligned with the left of the neighbouring country, but differed on the issue of nationalism. That small issue was enough for some of them to distance/execute the left in my parents village, and it was the right-wing fascists in the village (yeah the lunatics wielding guns and causing trouble) who came to their aid.

As you might imagine my family is a mix of extreme communists and fascists, and yet they all sit down with each other for christmas.

I guess what I’m saying is, things might get really crazy out there in the next few years, and when push comes to shove, families generally protect their own, no matter what creed.

That’s fair. From what I can see in the text, the dad isn’t actually refuting anything the child says, just offering their (bad) POV. I’m not sure if that means he’s open to discussion, but he’s definitely not the aggressor, and to me that’s a sign that he might be reasoned with if you meet his basic level of civility.

You’re right though, I don’t really know their dynamic. Hell, this might be playful dinner banter for all I know

I think your dad might have been objecting more to your language and tone, than to what you were actually saying. Not that your dad isn’t a tad naive with his taken liberties, but you’d win his ear more if you talked to him with a little bit of mutual respect.

Always keep in mind: this is the guy who fed you when you couldn’t feed yourself

Man it must be really difficult to get a taxi wherever that was taken

That’s the spirit!