The cat, Felis catus, has been catching birds and throwing up hairballs for approximately 10-12 million years (depending on who you ask). Scientists estimate the nearest relative to the modern human, Homo sapiens, arrived on the scene about 300,000 years ago (depending on who you ask). Ancestors of the modern housecat were snacking on humans before our ancestors figured out how to flick boogers. That loveable little Lucy cat you see in the picture has, at least, nine million years of cruel survivalist instinct embedded in her tiny cortex. Meanwhile, my measly brain can’t make it through an hour of the day without playing the theme song from Spongebob Squarepants.
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Covers themes related to introversion, shyness, and social phobia.
Ah, small talk…. Chit chat…. Polite conversation about trivial, mundane, uncontroversial matters. The weather, the traffic, movies….
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I love extroverts. God bless those happy, crazy people that love to get in groups and talk until their heads fall off. They’re like puppies–and what pathological sicko doesn’t love puppies.
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As an adult, I’m on the quiet side.
As a child, you couldn’t shut me up.
Maybe when I’m old I’ll find a nice middle ground.
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There was nothing that so struck fear into my soul than the dreaded party.
It didn’t have to be a house full of thumping music and bouncing bodies. A party is any casual social occasion where more than 7 people gather in order to eat, drink, play games, and create awkwardness for shy people.
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