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       #Post#: 9249--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: Allie Date: November 16, 2018, 5:35 am
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       @Alharacas
       I really wasn’t going to tell the girl’s nationality, but after
       your comment I think I have to. She is German.
       I see what you’re saying, but exchanging contacts is normal. It
       doesn’t have to be phone number, it can be Facebook or Instagram
       and it’s about being friendly. You get someone’s contact even
       though you don’t intend to keep in touch.
       How direct the answer was what is somewhat shocking.
       If someone asked for my contact details (I mean, not a stranger
       in a pub, of course, but as in this situation where it’s a
       friend from a friend, after we had done something together and
       talked) I would feel extremely uncomfortable to deny.
 I
       would probably just give my number (or a social network I don’t
       use much) or at least come up with the lamest excuse (“er… I
       don’t have a phone”)
       #Post#: 9250--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: Truman Overby Date: November 16, 2018, 5:35 am
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       Regarding Steve's comment that law schools teach future lawyers
       to dislike ambiguity in language. That much is true, but the
       part that you left out is that they also are taught to muddle,
       distort, contort, twist, bastardize, fold, spindle, and mutilate
       language any chance they get when they believe that it will help
       a client.
       #Post#: 9255--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: Pasha Date: November 16, 2018, 7:16 am
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       Allie some people are just rude. There is nothing you can do
       about that.
       #Post#: 9256--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: Sudeep Date: November 16, 2018, 7:37 am
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       I too pretty much get confused with this two words, that's the
       reason whenever someone asks me about my status, I tell them I
       am an ambivert(better to say something than "I don't know" ;D).
       If you consider "talking" is a parameter to define whether
       someone is intro/extrovert, then it might be confusing. I had a
       friend who was quite shy and didn't talk much (hate chit chat)
       and everyone considered her weird. But she was not weird rather
       she was in her own world where no one knew how to enter. Like
       other said the "comfort zone". Whenever we talked about some
       social topic or some topic of her interest, she was like
       unstoppable and poured information around the world and I was
       like gazing at her thinking what to speak once she stopped
       talking. No one could say she was an introvert at that time.
       So, I think this introvert and extrovert are the labels that we
       set according to who we are comfortable talking/listening to.
       Once you get to know them why they are what they are, it will be
       clearer and you will realize they are as normal as we think
       extroverts are.
       BTW, I don't consider them extrovert who talk much, I mean boast
       themselves way above their own horizon. They need their screws
       tight. ;)
       #Post#: 9258--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: Alharacas Date: November 16, 2018, 10:59 am
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       @Allie - German? What a surprise!  ;D
       I'd thought about it, of course, and "German" was the only
       answer I could come up with.
       Of course I agree, some exuse would definitely have been the
       better choice, particularly under the circumstances (common
       friend).
       What can I say, Allie? Will you accept my apologies for my
       compatriot's behaviour?
       #Post#: 9280--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: SHL Date: November 16, 2018, 7:40 pm
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       [quote author=Truman Overby link=topic=618.msg9250#msg9250
       date=1542368154]
       Regarding Steve's comment that law schools teach future lawyers
       to dislike ambiguity in language. That much is true, but the
       part that you left out is that they also are taught to muddle,
       distort, contort, twist, bastardize, fold, spindle, and mutilate
       language any chance they get when they believe that it will help
       a client.
       [/quote]
       Jerry, well you are right. We are taught to hate ambiguity in
       language, but contrariwise we are also taught to exploit it when
       we encounter it in law to the advantage of our client or cause.
       That`s the catch. As much as lawmakers and courts try to narrow
       down meanings and words, our job is to twist it to our
       advantage. And it really gets ridiculous much of the time. Like
       I had a case once I settled with the other side and we agreed
       neither party would get alimony in the future. Sounds simple
       enough. Right. Ooooh no. WRONG. There`s about 5 appellate cases
       that say if you just say alimony is terminated as to each party
       that`s not enough. Why? Oh, someone will interpret „terminate“
       as meaning „until one or the other gets sick in the future and
       needs to go back and get it.“ It´s stupid crap like that that
       drives me crazy, so we follow case law and spell it out to a T,
       to be on the safe side. I once had just a clerk at court reject
       a Judgment I prepared wherein alimony was terminated and I used
       all the „safe“ language and she said it was no good because I
       didnt use these magic words „now and forever.“ I took it back to
       her and asked where in the law did it say those words were
       required, where in the Rules of Court, what case ever said this,
       and where such a rule in the Local Rules of Court said this. She
       said she didnt know but her supervisor told her. What???? I told
       her I wanted it sent to a Judge for signature immediately, that
       she had no right to reject it because of this nonsense she made
       up, and she did and the Judge signed it. That`s how dumb it`s
       become.
       That`s why you guys need lawyers for this stuff or you`ll mess
       it all up. It takes years to figure out all this.
       #Post#: 9297--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: NealC Date: November 17, 2018, 10:46 am
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       I went to court for a custody hearing and watched the case
       before me where two lawyers were divorcing each other.  The fast
       way to a mostly no-fault divorce in NY is allege "Constructive
       Abandonment", which basically means your spouse hasn't had sex
       with you for a year.
       So the wife had her lawyer question her before the judge and she
       testified that she begged her husband for a year, and he would
       not have sex with her despite her impassioned pleas.  The wife
       was a rather attractive woman and no one in the court believed a
       word she said - what red-blooded male would resist her for a
       whole year?
       But she said the magic words, covered all the legal bases, and
       got her case settled fast.  It is all in the magic words.
       
       4 lawyers on one case, what a sh*t show.
       #Post#: 9302--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: SHL Date: November 17, 2018, 2:20 pm
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       Neal,
       Why would there be 4 lawyers on a case like that? What, was one
       a witness???
       See, there`s an example of a really stupid law. Define „having
       sex“. What does THAT really mean? It can mean a myriad of
       things. (I won`t get into the minutiae out of respect for the
       ladies here- I`m a gentleman (It`s all that British /Irish
       ancestry I guess) but you know what I mean.
       We don`t have any such a dumb rule in CA. You could run a Mack
       truck though a law like that for the reasons I mentioned.
       #Post#: 9304--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: SHL Date: November 17, 2018, 2:23 pm
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       Getting back to the introvert /extrovert issue, I frankly
       believe it is BS- high school psychology class for 15 year olds
       or 1950s era psychology. So it means nothing of any usefulness.
       #Post#: 9314--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Introvert or extrovert?
       By: Susan Date: November 17, 2018, 5:03 pm
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       I agree with Marmolada that there is a biological basis to any
       real concept of extroversion.  There is a researcher that can
       predict, to a significant level whether a baby at the age of
       four months will be an extrovert or an introvert.  The babies
       that react more to such stimulation such as a swab of alcohol
       passed under their nose become introverts, those that react less
       become extroverts.  Our nervious system has an optimum level of
       stimulation which can be biologically different for different
       people.  Biological introverts find the same stimulation more
       stimulating than others, and interacting with people is very
       stimulating, especially interacting with people we do not know
       well and interacting in groups of people.  Introverts generally
       prefer interacting with fewer people at a time and can be
       overstimulated by interaction with people they do not know well
       and thus often either avoid the larger louder parties or prefer
       not to stay as long.  Inroverts can be quite social, but
       generally need some time to recharge in situations of lower
       stimulation.
       The problem is that the way people generally define
       extroversion-- for example who likes to talk and who doesn´t is
       counfounded by so many things.  There are people who are shy but
       not introverted.  There are people who are more sensitive to
       others emotions.  Different levels of empathy.  Also, I agree
       there is some impact by your comfort level-- how you were
       raised.
       True introversion/extroversion is on a bell shaped curve, that
       is why the definition ¨ambivert¨ fits so well for so many
       people.  For many people who are not on the extreme ends of the
       bell shaped curve, what Pasha said makes senses:  there social
       interaction is highly influenced by the however they were raised
       and what comfort zone they were accustomed to.  And if there are
       problems affecting stimulation, like hearing loss, for example,
       that can also make someone act differently.   When we are sick
       our optimal level of stimulation is lowered, so that is a time
       when some extroverts experience more what it is like to be an
       introvert-- they might like being with people but do not want
       all the stimulation.
       Marmolada probably is not in the center of the bell-shaped curve
       from her description. I am definitively on the introverted side,
       but it is a little complicated because of my upbringing which
       was not socially typical.  My parents were both quite
       introverted, my mother was almost deaf, and my childhood home
       was almost silent compared to many.
       What was this about Norwegians?  Is that a cultural stereotype?
       It made me curious if there is also more of a cultural aspect to
       this than I realized. (My parents both came from an ethnic
       Scandinavian community-- four of my great-grand-parents were
       Norwegian and three were Swedish.  Perhaps there was more of a
       cultural component to how quiet my family was.  I thought it was
       just a coincidence related to my parents.)
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