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

[droggelbecher@lemmy.world]

Even worse when you're really hungry but your flatmates are hanging out in the kitchen

[zoopzezoop@lemmy.world]

It is and the peephole is the gateway to false negatives. It seems like they're gone, and then they're not! They were just out of spy range!

[or3x@lemm.ee]

You can't be serious

[acemod@lemmy.world]

Thats why you have pinhole cameras above your door pointing down the hallway in each direction as well.

[miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

There's 2 playing my game!?!??

[miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

The fuckers forgot their car keys and had to dash back in!

[dwindling7373@feddit.it]

Maybe we should seriously stop normalyzing anxiety.

[honytawk@lemmy.zip]

Yeah, just stop normalizing talking with people who don't want to socialize.

The problem in the comic isn't the neighbor, it is talking to the neighbor.

Just walk past without saying a word. What are they going to do? Move?

[buboscandiacus@mander.xyz]

Just say "Hi !" if you're not an asshole

[dragonfucker@lemmy.nz]

People with anxiety are valid and deserve to have their problems taken seriously

[dwindling7373@feddit.it]

There is no problem in the comic. We live in a society, democracy is based on the idea that we want others to be treated fairly, we should start to act like one.

Greeting your neightbour is a good, easy, positive thing.

[myturtleswimsupsidedown@fedia.io]

Only if they say “hi” first. There’s no reason to engage if they don’t.

[usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca]

Are they afraid to leave their apartment? It looks like they're outside their apartment with needing the key to turn the deadbolt.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

Yes, but this situation isn't necessarily anxiety. It can just be social awkwardness, not wanting to have to say hi, etc.

[jjjalljs@ttrpg.network]

I don't get it. Are they afraid of possibly having a brief interaction with a neighbor?

[feathercrown@lemmy.world]

Skill issue

[remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world]

Social awkwardness can be a part of anxiety.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

Did I say otherwise? I only said anxiety is not the only possible cause

[sneaky@r.nf]

Yes, we are.

[honytawk@lemmy.zip]

Sure, but it isn't a necessary thing.

Not even in a society where everyone gets treated fairly.