Introverts do talk

It's going to be a short and sweet post today.

For all of you people out there who think that introverts don't like to talk, think again. Introverts just don't like to make small talk.

I would like you to watch the above scene from the movie The 40-Year Old Virgin. I think that this is a classic scene and to be honest, it is a little hard to watch, cringeworthy almost. (By the way, there is some "colourful" language in this clip so if you are offended by that, don't watch it.)

Did you watch it?

Can you see that Steve Carell's and Seth Rogen's characters are the complete opposite?

Cal (Seth Rogen) is talking about his weekend in which he had a fun time and did something, in his mind anyway, that was cool and should be talked about forever. However, introverted Andy (Steve Carell) couldn't really care less because he had a good time by himself and that egg salad sandwich was obviously important to him but to an extrovert that sounds like torture, hence the shooting himself in the head at the end of the scene.

Let me leave you with this, Introverts do like to talk but you have to pick a topic that they are interested in. Unfortunately a woman having sex with a horse in Tijuana is not going bring that out in them no matter how "cool" you think it is.

Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in and you won't be able to shut them up for hours. They will talk with passion, with enthusiasm and "fluency." Talking about something insignificant will not do that.

(I'm sorry, horses in Tijuana are not interesting.)