List one NT thing you do not understand.

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Actually, I do this a lot too. It is not very nice, but people probably do it to me aswell. I just try not to think about it.

Why do NTs often smile without being mirthful?

My view is this: if you are happy, smile and/or laugh. If not, then don't.

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It's called venting. They also don't want to hurt their feelings so they are polite to them and they keep the negative thoughts to themselves. Plus they are nice people themselves so they show respect to them. Plus would you want your bully to know that they have hurt you? I bet not and I bet you would be talking to someone about it saying how mean they are and stuff. Plus I think it's also to avoid conflicts because tons of people don't like to be talked badly about so they play the victim when they find out or catch you and it doesn't matter if they were the bad guys. They think they are entitled to not be talked about nonetheless. That I don't get about people and why people can't take criticism and take responsibility over their actions and change their ways.

Okay if I liked spitting at people let's say and shoving people out of the way without saying "excuse me" and waiting for them to move, then one day I find out people are talking bad about me saying how rude I am and disrespectful bla bla bla and I get so butthurt and upset I got badly talked about and think all these people are awful and so horrible. How dare they talk behind my back. They should be fired for workplace bullying and making fun of me behind my back.

That's true, but I think that the poster may have been talking more about behind-the-back insults. I will vent about someone behind their back, but I won't insult someone behind their back.

That's probably true. My problem is that it takes me a little while to decide if something is a joke or not. By the time that I decide that something is supposed to be a joke, it's too late for me to fake a laugh. Besides, I'm horrible at faking laughter. At least with writing, I have a little more time to think of something honest, but tactful to say.

How they can so glibly pronounce "everybody has that problem" when you tell them something like "I can't remember names".

Uh yeah. So everybody forgets names mid sentence - a name you use daily.

I don't understand how people can like something but not get obsessed with it. Like, enjoy something but not think about it all the time or want to learn all the facts about it, or get tired of it within a relatively short period of time. Where's the fun in that?

Why do people feel the need to make eye contact with you, just because they walk through your line of sight?

Because they don't realize you mean you forget names daily so they assume that issue you have is the same as everyone else's. Same as other issues you have. They don't realize what you mean by your issues because they assume you mean your issue is just like everyone else's They don't realize how bad it is for you and how worse you have it.

I find many magazines absolutely baffling. Why would women want to read a "women's magazine" that is exclusively about men? (Attracting them, sleeping with them, etc.). Why would anybody want to read a magazine focusing on the social lives/family lives/ sex lives of people they don't know, will never meet, and who will never give a damn about them? If I feel like purchasing a magazine for some reason (like before an airplane flight) I pick something that contains information that is actually useful, like a news magazine or Popular Science or something similar.

Why do people need iPhones and Android phones?

Cell phones should be used to talk. Cell phones that are also toasters, tvs, computers, agendas, etc, etc, etc are not cell phones. That should be the purpose of a computer. What a waste of money.

Yes I was talking about insults behind the back , and then really nice to that same person's face. Backstabbing I believe its called. Lots & lots of NT girls do this, much more so than blokes.

I just find it a horrible thing to watch. It makes me very uncomfortable.

Because they're fun, and make great toys.

I agree with you but, actually, one of my favorite magazines is Cosmo. It's like a secret glimpse into the other side of life. I wonder, do people actually live this way? Is this how NT women function? I've been reading these magazines since I was a young teen. I don't experience any of the things in Cosmo personally but it's kind of like a social guide for me.

Hehe. Yeah, I had a roommate once who subscribed to Cosmo and a couple of similar magazines, and I picked it up occasionally out of anthropological interest. It was an interesting glimpse at the minds of people who think completely differently than I do; I like to read websites maintained by political and religious extremists for the same reason. My roommate was pretty much an uber-NT though. It was like living with a member of a different species.

Haha! That's how I feel when I read Cosmo. It really is like another planet of people in there.