Obsessed with work is the most obnoxious type of person. It’s a validation seeking behavior that I find intolerable.
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In general I agree but a few people are lucky enough to have jobs that are cool enough to be obsessed with. That doesn't excuse them from being able to talk about other stuff with other people, but I think it's fine for them to be that way. I work in some fairly advanced science facilities and some of the people I've met are working on stuff that's crazy enough and difficult enough that you almost need to be a little obsessed to succeed at it.
But my job is awesome and I really enjoy it and I'd do it for free if I didn't have to worry about money. I just want to share the fun fulfilling stuff I did with my friends :(
Luckily we're all autistic enough to tell me off if they don't want to hear about it.
We do the best we can with what we know at the time. We're products of our parents and environments. You can't blame somebody for that.
this goes for literally everything. Someone might still experience it as obnoxious and intolerable. Me included
I am with you on generally trying to understand the reasons for a particular behavior. Does not always help with being annoyed by it though. Especially if they apply their world view to everyone else around them and start to judge you for enjoying work/life balance
I'm all for understanding, but my line is drawn when the understanding fails to lead to action. My oldest friend still chooses validation seeking over all else, despite knowing that it's the crux of all his problems and knowing he has the support of everyone, he's adamant that it's not on him to change and it's on his support network to accept this as who he is and accommodate it even at their detriment. 24 years, I can't handle that. I'm not willing to undo changes I made for my mental health to accommodate a lifestyle he's admitted to being toxic.
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I’m not really any of these. How about content with less and spends time traveling?
I’m the one who disappears for a while lol. “Is he in jail or in the Cayman Islands… who knows”
Drugs
I'm certain I fall into bottom right as the category but I can't tell where in the quadrant I'd put the dot that indicates that I'm actively still on the internet and available to be found but I've dedicated an unreasonable amount of time to avoiding the modern digital culture in lieu of a mock attempt to recapture the late 2000s digital experience. Hit me up in that chatroom or text me on my flip phone, you'll find me by my handle it's the same on every platform.
Bottom left. "Outrun the darkness" group.
Secret 5th option: became a girl
Seems like I'm a little bit all over the place lol
Right, I'm like shit, these are all me.
I can't hit 30 friends, I only have 2
- online only, never actually met (gaming, streams)
I tell people that I told my ROTC cadre that my nonexistent sister got me pregnant and that's why I stare at goats now, which is a fancy way to say I do counterintelligence, and everyone disappears from my perspective.
We know why. They're dead.
from personal experience,
we just deleted our accounts once school/uni was over
and started new chapter
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Possibly because, in your case, they moved to a geographical region less actively hostile to their non-binary personality, but people continuïng their outgoing Renaissance Fair / Swordfighting / Theater / Convention polycule life is a category for me.
Oh dang this almost perfectly explains me and my three friends
Quadrant III, (bootom left) with II wing (bottom right) for me.
Nothing wrong with that. It's called figuring out what life is all about. And given that your 30s is when you properly mature. It makes perfect sense.
I see no reason why I can't fill all of the quadrants, except for chronic lack of time
All 4? Not in my 30's though. But everyone does all of these.