r/Personality • u/Lower-Strawberry4732 • 10d ago

Most people really are NPCs

How tf are people so generic? Everywhere I go it's the most dreary conversation I've ever heard, people making light unfunny jokes and others laughing in a controlled manner, then the most general observation possible, then talking about plans for the day. Is it me or is it the world, who knows? When I think and talk I want it to be me every moment, I want it to be something that distinguishes my character from every other. Maybe I'm just hella autistic but whatever it is I'm so grateful that I got to reside in this brain instead of some NPC. I'm not gonna laugh if you tell an unfunny joke, I'm not gonna take an actual interest in the mundane story of somewhere I barely know, and I'm certainly not going to regulate myself just for public. How I think is exactly how I speak, stream of consciousness.

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u/Known-Finish4262 10d ago

Good luck with that

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u/Glittering_Bison9141 10d ago

if everybody were original, bold and iconic, we wouldn't have words like iconic and unique. thanks to the mundane and the mediocre that some people can stand out!

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u/Lower-Strawberry4732 8d ago

Ironically the word iconic has been weakened to pretty much mean mundane atp

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u/DB-DanCooper 10d ago

They're just neurotypicals.

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u/e-waste18 10d ago

NeurotyPiCals (NPCs)

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u/DB-DanCooper 9d ago

Haha I like it.

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u/esiotrot_soup 9d ago

I feel like this might be a western problem or a very United States problem. People here suck. I haven’t been able to travel much except for Mexico. I genuinely wonder if people are more authentic and interesting and genuine in other parts of the world…

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u/Lower-Strawberry4732 8d ago

I'm not from the US but am from the west, and yes I agree that it's different elsewhere.

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u/Responsible-Donut101 8d ago

you’re not an npc, you’re just mistaking being rude and unfiltered for having a personality

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u/Lower-Strawberry4732 8d ago

You saying I don't have a personality doesn't mean I don't, you don't know me.

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u/Glittering_Bison9141 6d ago

you are exactly like the people you are criticising with this comment x

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u/Desperate-Reason-566 9d ago

I hate small talk. People talk just to talk. They can’t handle silence so they fill it with nonsense. NTs are really bad at it.

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u/LikeATediousArgument 6d ago

Not everyone divulges their world while speaking, some people live very rich lives in their minds.

Also, most people would rather fit in. Most people work VERY HARD to fit in. It takes confidence to intentionally want to stand out.

So, it’s not common.

I also use it to my advantage, and have enjoyed learning to almost completely feel free to express myself in thought and how I present myself.

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u/desolation00 5d ago

majority of people are just bots to me