Your honest view of shy/non-confident people?

lol... they stand out, and frankly are useless in interacting with. we don't need them?

Are you purposely being an absolute idiot? What the world doesn't need is not shy people but absolute sh*theads like you.

the very notion of being fearful of others is nonsensical.

how am I being boring? I simply don't care about them.
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They feel and exhibit more confidence.

They are not easily intimidated by others.

They are happier, as they interact with people better.

Is there a non-politically correct reason why we must accommodate shy people?

But maybe time is what is needed to help people - like myself, to actually come out. We don't need sympathy just someone who will listen or just accept us.

You don't like shy people.. okay. You prefer the tough love approach.. fine. But we aren't begging you for sympathy or telling you to be our friend.. we're just asking for some recognition.

which the OP has none of. People are different please respect that.

By definition, being shy will mean being less confident in public and being more easily intimated by social relations. So your argument is basically circular. A shy person is "better" (and I don't even know what that might mean) than a non-shy person because the non-shy person is not shy.

What?

Sometimes I can be really confident and happy, talk well to people I don't know etc, but sometimes I can be really cripplingly shy and struggle to talk to mates who I've known for years... I don't like it when I get all shy, but thats life. I read an article somewhere, on the Guardian website I think, that was defending inroverts, which was really good. Apparently Barack Obama & J K Rowling are both introverts, which made me feel better! And also introverts can be confident and extroverts can be shy, which is interesting no?

Also, who has had the experience of sitting in a large group of people and not being able to say anything, wondering if they're noticing that you're not saying anything. Thats excruciating...

Btw All the trolls - if we didn't have shy people, how could there be any confident people? We'd all just be the same... [Philosophised!]

What is it that you didn't understand.

Lool true!.. owned. Haha... yeah I have but usually if I'm asked something I'd say it. I wouldn't go "Look at me look at me with my brilliant ideas" and then shout over everyone as that's not cool.

Whats worst is when the rest of the group know each other well and you don't know them that well... Urgh... My problem is once i start being quiet, i feel i have to carry on being quiet for some reason... Its really bad in seminars, even if i'm asked something i can't really say anything. I just go bright red and mumble I don't know, even if I know exactly what the topic is about etc... facepalm[\s]

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good idea hannahchan! I don't have any more seminars left this year at least! just exams

Apparently loads of people hate seminars, but I think there just aren't many on my course - its quite a vocal subject you have to argue alot - if it was all done over the internet i'd be fine!

Oh dear.. those arguments are the worst. :/

Especially when your point has to be relevant to the previous persons point.

Never daydream in those situations lol. .

HaHaHa! good idea. I'm normally sitting there scared stiff of being made to talk! probably picked the wrong degree subject!

There's always people who make really intricate points and you can never tell if they've made a comment so smart I can't understand it, or so irrelevant I can't understand it!