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MarkPaul

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Continuing to make steady progress with social interactions...

Just to set the record straight... it's not that I can't handle social interactions. Sure, I'm a little awkward at it in certain complex situations and when caught off-guard. But overall, I handle social interactions just fine, technically speaking.... See More »

I hate when people think I am being "so quiet" when I am just being normal.

2 co-workers separately came to me wanting to know why I was "so quiet" at the Christmas party. I guess I just shrugged my shoulders because I didn't know what to say and one of them said I should socialize more and the other one said, "That's okay.... See More »

A harrowing experience at the independent bookstore...

I went into a bookstore over lunch and was looking at a book I had heard about and a woman in the same aisle was staring at me which made me uncomfortable. I stood my ground and didn't move although I thought I was going to faint. After a while as I... See More »

What stage of dementia is not recognizing if a random person in the audience might be your daughter who you are attracted to?

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I hate being confronted at work with personal drama. It's overwhelming.

A side conversation gone crazy...

I no longer call women at work, "girls." When I use images in my slide presentations I am deliberate about being sure to include women as well as men (in a team project at school one time I was chastised, berated, and verbally beaten down by a female... See More »

Calibri or Times New Roman?

Oh yeah... "the base" would definitely pay for this... no questions asked.

1 of several pics of notable people in Jeffrey Epstein's collection of personal memory photos.

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With all options turned off, I suppose I need to go to the Office Christmas Party...

I don't even know what the point of it is. I thought this was just a one-time thing and I went, mostly graciously, last year. I lingered outside my manager's office today to tell her why I wouldn't be able to go after she told me the other day she... See More »

In social situations, I keep wondering why my intentions are so often misunderstood.

I never seem to get it right, no matter how much time I put into analyzing the situation both before and after each encounter.

My motives were exposed, crushed, and I am now backed into a corner...

My manager handed me some files to review and after she explained them, as she was leaving, she quickly turned and said, "And, I expect to see you at our Holiday Party. It is important that you go. It's going to be fun." She then walked away before I... See More »

I had another run-in with the maintenance guy at my apartment building who has a massive grudge against me (for no reason)...

I went to get my mail, and he was in there putting up a sign. There were 2 other people there and he looked at me and said to no one in particular with disdain, "it's because of him." The 2 people looked at me before they walked away and as he left,... See More »

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That flat-chested girl at work wanted to know if I was going to the Office Holiday Party.

I didn't know what to say and I resented her intrusive question. She walked away, shaking her head

Democrat wins Mayor race in Miami, FL... first time win for a Democrat in 30 years.

Why do people become ICE agents?

"See, I got picked on in school. I never felt that cool. There's a hole in my soul that just rages. All the women turned me down. They told me I was a .clown. Well, won't you look at me now? I'm putting folks in cages at ICE. They got great hours.... See More »

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If I said it once, I've said it a million times... I don't like to be "greeted" when I enter a store and be coerced into getting into a conversation.

I feel like I get singled out by retail employees who think they are doing something epic by greeting me at the door the moment I walk in, smile at me, welcome me in, and want to chat with me. I am all for being social and being friendly, but I'm not... See More »

Republican Senator Tom Cotton describes 2 motorboat survivors of US Military murder of civilians as suntanning as they clung to wreckage.

"One of them took off his shirt as though he was suntanning."

Are you okay killing unarmed people sitting in a motorboat?

"A lot of people who love what they are doing don't sleep much."

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I feel like random people automatically assume I have social anxiety...

It bothers me because they just assume that I have it. I used to have it for sure, but now it kind of comes and goes. But I worry that it has left traces of itself on me. I hate that.

How dependent are you on the kindness of others?

I need to do a complete and total wardrobe refresh so I stop looking like a kid just out of university and more like a business professional

The time has come. I have probably put this off for too long.

What would be the blowback of not showing up to the office holiday party?

1. Something suddenly came up. 2. I must have eaten something; I wasn't feeling well. 3. It felt like I was coming down with the flu and I didn't want to get everyone sick. 4. I got the date mixed up and I thought it was next week. 5. Sorry I missed... See More »

Reclaiming my right to say, "I just have a trace of social anxiety."

I know I said I would stop claiming I only have a "trace" of social anxiety, but the thing is... well I think with recent improvements I have made in social situations all that remains is... well... a trace. Now, a trace does still include awkward... See More »

A co-worker told me I remind him of his teenage nephew because of my questions and refusal to accept anything he says in conversations...

He didn't say it in a mean way, but out of exasperation, I guess. We continued talking for a bit, but now I feel insulted by his comment. Surprisingly, I don't really know how to connect with people in a way they find meaningful. Often, when I try... See More »

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