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It is and the peephole is the gateway to false negatives. It seems like they're gone, and then they're not! They were just out of spy range!
The fuckers forgot their car keys and had to dash back in!
Thats why you have pinhole cameras above your door pointing down the hallway in each direction as well.
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People with anxiety are valid and deserve to have their problems taken seriously
Yes, but this situation isn't necessarily anxiety. It can just be social awkwardness, not wanting to have to say hi, etc.
of course it’s a comic with fake characters with no objective truth to be found…
but the artist is a vocal mental health advocate
…it’s 100% about anxiety 😅
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People who say Lemmy is not a social media site might just be right.
Because apparently the people here do not want to be social they just want the media.
Finally
Asocial media
discussion =/= socializing
I think lemmy and reddit are super different from social media. you can use some of their tools to socialize but most if not all people don't use their real names, most don't even have a proper profile, most people don't follow each other or try to get followers, etc. there's just no "relationship" aspect that is distinct to social media sites.
if anything lemmy feels a little more social just because of the small size, and how you start to recognize the same bunch of people in the comments. but I'd expect that to go away if it ever gets really big one day.
Even worse when you're really hungry but your flatmates are hanging out in the kitchen
Just stroll out as casual as possible and act suprise when they see you. "oh shit, hey" without any clothes on. Repeat this until they relocate their usual hangout spot to another building.
E: or discover your like exhibitionism and your fear of socializing drops (but your horniness rises when you can hear them congregating)
I don't get it. Are they afraid of possibly having a brief interaction with a neighbor?
Yes, we are.
...why though?
Reminds me of a favorite line from a song, "I don't want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart"
Just going to stick my reply on the top comment here, but may touch on some of the lower comments to help out.
Answering yes to the question "Are they afraid of possibly having a brief interaction with a neighbor" is going to be unique to the individual. I saw some mention of anxiety disorder down there, and while that may be the case for some, I wouldn't label myself with that and I see this as a good opportunity to caution against over generalization for these grey areas of life.
For me personally, I have a full time career that primarily involves interacting with people 95% of the time. When I get done working for the day... I'm all interacted out. So yeah I may not enter a room or exit my apartment when I know it's going to require more social interactions. I'm just tired. It's honestly easier for me to just wait a couple minutes so that I don't have to restart my decompression.
This was a useful perspective for me. Thanks.
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Because then you have to make pointless small talk and pleasantries, and I need to save all of those for the boring people I don't want to talk to at work.
Come to Germany. We don't talk to each other in public. Ever.
Smalltalk with the cashier? Hell no. It's just "Card or Cash? " "Card." "Receipt?" "Nope. Bye." "Bye". Every time.
Walk past each other on a tail. Maaaaaybe it will be a "Hello". That's it. Every time.
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…why though?
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired.
Expressing your struggles is not the same as romanticizing them. You should self interrogate why you assume they are the same
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They likely have high anxiety, possibly an anxiety disorder. It’s just a relatable representation of that in comic form
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Every fucking time I want to leave some other neighbour comes out first and I have to wait for them to clear out before I can leave.
And they are so slow! Clear the public area swiftly you inconsiderate buffoons!
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Who is speaking in the last panel?
Without checking other comics in the same storyline I would have to guess roommate(I don't know this chatacters living situation), the keyholes in some appartments are on both sides, she is inside her apartment trying to leave, and has been trying for long enough that the roommate is surprised.
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Maybe we should seriously stop normalizing anxiety.
Yeah, just stop normalizing talking with people who don't want to socialize.
The problem in the comic isn't the neighbor, it is talking to the neighbor.
Just walk past without saying a word. What are they going to do? Move?
Just say "Hi !" if you're not an asshole
Only if they say “hi” first. There’s no reason to engage if they don’t.
Swear to God some of you were raised in caves
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expressing struggles with a common disorder is not normalizing the disorder. this is a mean comment.
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Are they afraid to leave their apartment? It looks like they're outside their apartment with needing the key to turn the deadbolt.
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You can't be serious.
EDIT: Guys, seriously. If this is you please talk to a doctor or seek help through other channels. This is not a healthy or normal way to live.
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Hm, I'm kind of in between. I do this fairly often, not wanting to go out right when someone else is there. But I don't know why, since as far as I can tell it doesn't make me feel anxious to run into someone like in the cartoon.
It doesn't bother me at all to cross paths with someone and I'm fine with saying Hi or just nodding to acknowledge their presence. Rarely does anyone actually try to start a conversation or anything. If they do say anything it's probably just a one-liner and move on. And it's easy to tell if someone doesn't want to nod or say Hi as you pass because they stare at the ground the whole time, and I'm fine with that too, but I don't do that.
But now I'm wondering, so why do I tend to wait until they're gone? Is it really social anxiety? I don't think so? I'm a loner but I have no problem or anxiety talking to people either. 🤔
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I do this for every threat of human interaction ever. I wish I could fix that.
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My wife is like this. She claims its because the dog is to crazy around them, but its not the dog. I know her. Its funny because when caught with the neighbors she is cordial and will talk and laugh but she just can't get passed her predispositions. I on the other hand will run out if I hear the neighbors as I like to play with their dogs.
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