The rules are made up and the points don't matter

[multifariace@lemmy.world]

Not me. I even talk to people in the bathroom.

[buboscandiacus@mander.xyz]

You are their neighbor and they are yours. Why should they say hi first and not you ?

[kusimulkku@lemm.ee]

no cap, it's really skibidi

[kusimulkku@lemm.ee]

Never really got this myself. Maybe it's not a rational thing since who gives a fuck?

[neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm usually rushing out somewhere when I leave the house and a few of my neighbors are talkers, which I normally don't mind at all. But sometimes it makes more sense to just wait inside for a minute rather than get stuck in a 5 minute conversation.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

I need this explained.

[chaoticneutralczech@feddit.org]

a r t s t y l e

[chaoticneutralczech@feddit.org]

Finally

Asocial media

[sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works]

Oh yeah it's completely irrational. Used to be like this myself particularly when living in a dorm during college. Couldn't tell you what I was scared of to be clear. No thoughts led me there, no experiance with people, no issue with talking to people even. I know if just walked out I'd be fine

When I was next to the door and heard someone in the hall I'd just feel nervous and fearful. I'd standby the door with my ear against it steadying my breath without making a sound until the were gone. Particularly aweful when the bathroom was down the hall you know.

Notaclue what changed either I just kinda stopped caring at a point

[saharamaleikuhm@feddit.org]

The old people always want to talk and I'm too nice to cut them off. There is no other choice but to avoid them at all costs.

[tetris11@lemmy.world]

Yes. Their violent neighbor broke in earlier and is currently using their bathroom, much to the embarrassment of the protagonist

[doingthestuff@lemy.lol]

This is why people moved en masse to suburbs. You go to your car and drive away, rarely even see a neighbor. I've spoken to a neighbor once in the last year and it was because we were both shoveling snow (it was yesterday). We shoveled for an hour in silence but we kept getting closer to the street (she's across the street). At some point we were only about 20 feet from each other and the silence was awkward. At least it was just a 30 second convo.

[doingthestuff@lemy.lol]

This is true. Denser populations tend to be more antisocial. Europe and much of the US northeast is crowded, most of the US south is not. It's also why a lot of people from small-town US think most "city folk" are rude, and that includes many Europeans. It's really just culture.

[doingthestuff@lemy.lol]

This is it. As long as I can remember in the US, the winning party (winning with 23.7% of the eligible voters approval vs 22.9% on the other side) have always essentially said, "suck it losers!" and done as much as they can of what the other party hates. It's tyranny of the majority and why the US has a constitutional Republic framework to limit that tyranny, however ineffective it may be. Never has a party come into power and said, "let's make sure we also represent the will of the millions of voters who voted the other way."

[can@sh.itjust.works]

You explained it the best

[morrowind@lemmy.ml]

discussion =/= socializing

[etherwhack@lemmy.world]

I think it's her front door and her neighbors are talking in the hall outside her apartment. (The keys doesn't really make sense with her wanting to 'go')

[etherwhack@lemmy.world]

For me, it's my roommate and the never-ending rant about 'stupid' things going on at work.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

(The keys doesn't really make sense with her wanting to 'go')

I was thinking it could be a gas station bathroom.

[dragonfucker@lemmy.nz]

Do you think we should treat people with crippling anxiety by telling them that their anxiety is crippling any time they post on the internet about how crippling their anxiety is?