• Eyedust
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    244 months ago

    I once worked with that one person. You know the one, heavy enjoyer of cannabis even on the job. He was THE person. No, let me put it into perspective.

    The guy would down a full bottle of cannalean 1k nano THC before work and would come in with a massive 500mg candy in his mouth. This kid would impress old Tommy Chong.

    The first thing he’d ever tell you is that he ate human flesh. Apparently, him and a buddy were cooking something and his buddy cut the tip of his finger off on the cutting board. He said that they both stared at it for a long time before my coworker asked, “Can I eat that?” If its true, these guys had to have been blasted.

    Shame he was fired for sleeping on the job.

    • @nelly_man@lemmy.world
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      24 months ago

      Also, William Seabrook.

      In the 1920s, Seabrook traveled to West Africa and came across a tribe who partook in the eating of human meat. Seabrook wrote about his experience of cannibalism in his travel book Jungle Ways; however, he later admitted that the tribe had not allowed him to join in on the ritualistic cannibalism. Instead, he had obtained samples of human flesh by persuading a medical intern at the Sorbonne University to give him a chunk of human meat from the body of a man who had died in an accident.

      Seabrook might have eaten human flesh also on another occasion. When his claim of having participating in ritualistic cannibalism turned out wrong (and he hadn’t yet dared reveal the Sorbonne story), he was much mocked for it. According to his autobiography, the wealthy socialite Daisy Fellowes invited him to one of her garden parties, stating “I think you deserve to know what human flesh really tastes like”. During the party, which was attended by about a dozen guests (some of them well-known), a piece of supposedly human flesh was grilled and eaten with much pomp. He comments that, while he never found out “the real truth” behind this meal, it “looked and tasted exactly” like the human flesh he had eaten before.

      • @GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        14 months ago

        I thought the phrase “eat the rich” was figurative, but by the way this gentleman describes the flavor and texture, it doesn’t sound too bad.

  • @merc@sh.itjust.works
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    144 months ago

    Hey extrovert, how about you shut up? Silence is nice. We don’t constantly need to hear you talking.

    • @skygirl@lemmy.world
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      194 months ago

      Nah, I love my extroverts. They do what I repeatedly fail to do, and help pull me into the conversation and actually get some social interaction rather than sulking quietly in a corner.

      Extroverts that know how to pull introverts into social interaction are the best and I have often looked up to them.

        • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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          4 months ago

          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

            • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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              14 months ago

              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.

              • @merc@sh.itjust.works
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                14 months ago

                No, it’s an intrinsic want. Extroverts get energized by being around other people, and feel drained when spending time alone. Introverts get drained by being around other people, and need some time alone to recharge. You can be a shy extrovert, someone who wants to be around other people but is shy about it. Or, you can be a class-clown introvert, someone who is the life of the party, but needs to get away and get some energy back after that kind of performance.

                • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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                  24 months ago

                  Hmm. I guess I iterate between the two a lot then. I’d also be surprised if most people didn’t

    • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      04 months ago

      Introvert here, don’t listen to merc. I like hearing people talk, especially if it’s a weird subject that I can actually engage with