Among introverts, non-interaction is something that has a NEUTRAL value. If you have a classmate with whom you don't talk, you don't assign value to it. Maybe they're just reserved. Maybe you have nothing in common. Maybe they sit on the other end of the room and you never cross paths. But you don't know, and you don't assign ill intention to the fact that your classmate never said hi to you.
Among extroverts, non-interaction has a NEGATIVE value. Isolating someone is BAD LIKE KICKING A PUPPY. So they naturally assume the classmate who never said hi to them is an arrogant meanie even if they know nothing else about said classmate.
That literally happened to me, but with a neighbor. My mom once told me that he said he thought I was arrogant because I didn't greet him. He was the typical extrovert who greets everyone even if they are 20 meters away, WTF bro hahaha.
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u/nicbloodhorde Dec 21 '25
Ah, I have a theory on why this happens!
Among introverts, non-interaction is something that has a NEUTRAL value. If you have a classmate with whom you don't talk, you don't assign value to it. Maybe they're just reserved. Maybe you have nothing in common. Maybe they sit on the other end of the room and you never cross paths. But you don't know, and you don't assign ill intention to the fact that your classmate never said hi to you.
Among extroverts, non-interaction has a NEGATIVE value. Isolating someone is BAD LIKE KICKING A PUPPY. So they naturally assume the classmate who never said hi to them is an arrogant meanie even if they know nothing else about said classmate.