I would offer a refinement on But also lots of things advantage introverts, like being able to deal with being bored for several hours a day specifically --
-- It's perhaps not that we deal with being bored better, it's that our possible solutions to boredom include a lot of solitary activities that might still be dull to an extrovert. (Call centers are perhaps one of the worst types of job for any type of person: too many people for an introvert, and rarely an opportunity to actually connect, while still being surrounded by people. I learned a lot about boredom in my time in various call centers.)
I identify as an introvert but I'm relatively sociable, and spending time in great groups does charge me -- overcharge me, in fact. If I spend too long with people I'll be keyed up enough that it delays when I can actually get to sleep by several hours.
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2016-06-16 05:11 pm (UTC)-- It's perhaps not that we deal with being bored better, it's that our possible solutions to boredom include a lot of solitary activities that might still be dull to an extrovert. (Call centers are perhaps one of the worst types of job for any type of person: too many people for an introvert, and rarely an opportunity to actually connect, while still being surrounded by people. I learned a lot about boredom in my time in various call centers.)
I identify as an introvert but I'm relatively sociable, and spending time in great groups does charge me -- overcharge me, in fact. If I spend too long with people I'll be keyed up enough that it delays when I can actually get to sleep by several hours.