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Warpy

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27. Except for running out of junk food or toilet paper

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:54 AM

Mar 2020

because hoarders are sitting on piles of it in their garages, this is a gift for most of us introverts. It's a great excuse not to get out and be social, a great excuse to avoid parties we don't much want to go to, and a fabulous excuse to get out of things like meetings at work.

Being an introvert in a world full of extroverts who push stupid team building exercises at us when we'd really rather just be quietly productive, thanks, is incredibly uncomfortable. We'll emerge from this will fully charged personal batteries, while the extroverts will be very frayed around the edges.

So fellow loners, introverts, and garden variety misanthropes, I salute you. If it weren't for toilet paper hoarders, we'd probably look back on this as the good old days a couple of years from now.

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Loner check-in [View all] backtoblue Mar 2020 OP

Right now I'm looking at Opal and how your other fur friends like her. Maraya1969 Mar 2020 #1

Lol backtoblue Mar 2020 #3

Here? Learning new fiddle tunes that I've been putting off for years, yonder Mar 2020 #2

My grandfather played the fiddle backtoblue Mar 2020 #6

Dadburn it, now you gave me an earworm!! Sunriser13 Mar 2020 #30

Watching other people play video games on videos Jamastiene Mar 2020 #4

Internet service sucks out here backtoblue Mar 2020 #8

I finally went through some of my aunt's stuff from the VA Jamastiene Mar 2020 #10

I've isolated myself for the past ten years or so, so LiberalLoner Mar 2020 #5

Hi!!! backtoblue Mar 2020 #11

I'm doing great, love having my DH work from home, LiberalLoner Mar 2020 #31

Same Here The River Mar 2020 #12

That seems like a great life. JudyM Mar 2020 #20

❤ littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #25

My cat Patches Walleye Mar 2020 #7

Yesterday, backtoblue Mar 2020 #13

Thanks. I'm used to being alone Walleye Mar 2020 #16

Doing okay except for having a raging headache on the left side of my head. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #9

Oh, I hope you get rid of the headache backtoblue Mar 2020 #15

4 regular group type social events all cancelled. hanging out, go to beach, walk in park msongs Mar 2020 #14

DU is alot faster and accessible now that I can read on my phone backtoblue Mar 2020 #17

my fish keeps me company Goonch Mar 2020 #18

He's making duck lips... backtoblue Mar 2020 #19

I'm loving the time/space while poring over all the research on this virus. JudyM Mar 2020 #21

Thanks backtoblue Mar 2020 #33

Yeah, that's a good description of the feelings. JudyM Mar 2020 #44

hipster loner? traladeda Mar 2020 #22

Your post reminded me of my favorite poem backtoblue Mar 2020 #34

I JUST said to husband cilla4progress Mar 2020 #23

Thats great! backtoblue Mar 2020 #35

existing dweller Mar 2020 #24

Right on backtoblue Mar 2020 #36

Wisdom from Yogi Berra hurl Mar 2020 #45

Just hanging out with my cats. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #26

18 months... backtoblue Mar 2020 #37

Except for running out of junk food or toilet paper Warpy Mar 2020 #27

I hope you found some TP today! backtoblue Mar 2020 #38

Researching the virus, netflix, Twitter, DU. Three dogs. Partner here, but as an only child I have emmaverybo Mar 2020 #28

Ways to entertain yourself... backtoblue Mar 2020 #39

Oh I loved it! Lots of fun! emmaverybo Mar 2020 #41

My life hasn't changed all that much. Aquaria Mar 2020 #29

Its been raining here for weeks it seems backtoblue Mar 2020 #40

I'm doing fine. I'm nested and love being home. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #32

Stay safe! backtoblue Mar 2020 #42

Within 12 hours of the Police incident. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #43

I think, we as loners, observe the world a bit closer. I like this poem irisblue Mar 2020 #46

Great poem! backtoblue Apr 2020 #47