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by ngerrity 2199 days ago
I don't think there's anything wrong with not wanting to participate in silly games like that all the time, but if you never try to step out of your comfort zone in a public setting, I think you're missing out on an opportunity to grow as a person. You might just have fun doing something you thought was stupid or you thought you would hate.
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Ahh hello there, good'ol FOMO. Let me show you a little trick:

I don't think there's anything wrong with not wanting to participate in silly games like that all the time, and if you never try to step out of your comfort zone in a public setting, I don't think you're missing out on an opportunity to grow as a person.

Not fomo IMO. Rather, experimenting and discovering new things, incl about oneself.
That can happen outside of attention-seeking exercises organized by extroverts, FYI.
Basically Bandit algorithm: balancing between exploitation (doing same things that already work) vs exploration (try out new things)