Jargon (There's A Word For That!)
Y'know that thing, where two people have a different way of relating, so they're on opposite sides of the conversational spectrum, and sometimes when they talk, they wind up and up and UP trying to relate to each other and end up in gridlock?
You know. The one where the lone extrovert is shouting unfunny jokes to horrified silent onlookers in a business meeting?
Or that thing where you join a writer's circle in person, only to discover that you're ALL introverts and cannot be the one to say something first oh god this is why I hate talking in groups and you sit DESPERATELY waiting for someone to do SOMETHING?
THAT THING HAS A REAL NAME. In social science research.
It's called a complementary schismogenesis.
It's sometimes also known as "I drink because it sucks to be the only sober person up in that party, goddamn."
You know. The one where the lone extrovert is shouting unfunny jokes to horrified silent onlookers in a business meeting?
Or that thing where you join a writer's circle in person, only to discover that you're ALL introverts and cannot be the one to say something first oh god this is why I hate talking in groups and you sit DESPERATELY waiting for someone to do SOMETHING?
THAT THING HAS A REAL NAME. In social science research.
It's called a complementary schismogenesis.
It's sometimes also known as "I drink because it sucks to be the only sober person up in that party, goddamn."