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by sakura_k 4483 days ago
~(introvert || extrovert). Or perhaps a better definition is that there is no common mutex for introverts and extroverts. Or we're all a little introvert and all a little extrovert.

Introverts are powered by self-reflection and alone time spent understanding the things they love. Extroverts are powered by spending time with other people and reflecting on what they love. Most of us are a linear combination of the two. I'm about a 0.6i + a 0.4e (factors subject to change; some amazing people's factors add up to 1.0; warranty void where prohibited).

Introversion and extroversion aren't necessarily a dichotomy and aren't anything to apologize for. We partake of these modes of socialite as life permits. If you're binary on the scale, great - that helps other people understand you. If you're analog on the scale, great, you can help others understand you where you are currently.