Nov 18, 2015
This week we put away our party hats and social butterfly personalities and tip our glasses to that often-misunderstood and maligned tribe who represents about one third of all people … introverts!
This episode's wine: Big House Pinot Evil Pinot Noir from
California
This episode's cheese: Colby Jack
Emily and James explore
how taking a bag of wine from a box of wine is like giving birth to
a baby calf.
Emily tells us all about the Myers Briggs personality, the four
characterizations within and profile and her self-diagnosis as an
introverted, intuitive, thinking judgmental person — we’re totally
shocked to learn Emily is judgmental!!
James questions the validity of the test—ever the cynic—and Emily
praises the other INTJs — in fiction, most of who happen to by
psychopathic murderous geniuses, which doesn’t really dissuade
Emily from admiring them.
James talks about how introverts are demonized a bit, and the idea
that intorverts are energized by solitary creative pursuits, and
strained by social encounters and extroverts are energized by
social encounters.
We learn about introverts need to sit quietly and process
information and think and learn, and the exhausting exercise of
socializing on introverts.
Emily’s surprised her daugheter doesn’t appear to be an introvert
aften spending so many hours staring up at the ceiling fan, without
interest in any other subject.
Children have the instinct for extroversion, until the world sets
upon them and teacher them to fear other people’s judgments.
Emily tells us about ambiverts, who are estimated to be up to 2/3
of all people. They fall on the spectrum between introverts and
extraverts, and they flip back and forth between the two worlds.
But not Donald Trump, who we perceive as 100 percent extrovert.
Wine discounts everything we’ve said about the introvert.
Emily lets us know about the origins of ther maiden name, Peck, who
liked to live on the peak of mountains and avoid socializing for
several millennia, other than for procreating.
James goes off an a tangent about his love of Katharine Hepburn and
Meryl Streep and how, the mispercetions people have because of his
affinity for those fine actresses and their drunkenss—Katharine,
not Meryl. Also, we love You Must Remember This!
Can you be heterosexual
and love Katharine Hepburn and the Jets?
James tells us about Susan Cain and her book and TED talk about the
strength and value of introverts and society tries to subvert their
instincts and their thoughtfulness.
Intorverts, she said, often give in to society’s pressure to be
overly social and allow their instincts to be overruled. And all
the great religious figures have found great wisdom in introversion
and solitude.
We talk about the dangers of open office spaces — one of the many
pitfall of gearing a world toward extroverts, and the perks of
being an introvert, despite the push of the value extroverts.
Resting bitch face sucks if you're also an introvert. But marketers and advertisers are trying to get into our psyche to get to introverts, especially when ads invade our personal spaces.
Next time you see an ad on the door of a bathroom stall, know it's geared toward introverts. Also, the majority of us take our phones into the bathroom. Marketers, leave us alone!
Another perk of being an introvert is having a close-knit group of friends, as opposed to a huge number of friends.
Also, small talk sucks. Just, stop talking to introverts about the weather!
And, James wants to end on himself by talking about narcissistic introverts. He also wants to be eaten by Hannibal Lecter, who is a loveable evil genius, in a way. James' fan fiction would be about Hannibal Lecter and Clarice turning into hobos.
Also, fava beans and Chianti would not be a good combination for someone like Hannibal Lecter. Just sayin'.
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Cheers!