not my monkeys not my circus
i don’t care
You don’t have to listen to people ramble on and their bullshit opinions in real life or online. Just walk away, save yourself time.
It’s not?
the people who do it tend to be arsehole edgelords shitting on basic humanity rather than telling cooked fuckers to shut their yaps
Saying “I don’t care” is a bit rude, but its fairly normal to find some excuse and leave the conversation. Go get a refill or drinks, or say hi to someone else and join their conversation.
Everything’s socially acceptable if you’re awkward enough about it
I do the old trusty:
“Well, anyway…” and walk away.
AuDHD me on meds “ah fuck, now I have to listen because im too aware that it’s social unacceptable to say I don’t care and bail.”
AuDHD me off meds: “THIS IS BORING LETS TALK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE SUBMARINES!”
I wiah there were*
lol, I have some Eastern European friends … they really don’t care, I love it.
If you truly don’t care, then you won’t care if it’s socially acceptable.
I can not care about the topic someone is talking about but care about hurting their feelings or damaging my social standings
true zen
You can leave politely, you just make up an excuse, it’s total normal human interaction. Even just “hey look I’m really sorry but I really gotta go, we can chat later!” is totally polite.
Where are people’s social skills!
Turns around and starts new conversation with people at the party.
Online communication doesn’t have start and end points like it does in person, so people who socialize more online than in person might struggle with that part of social interaction than others.
Its sort of a double edged sword though, I’m on the other side where I struggle with online communication specifically because of the lack of break points. I find it overwhelming and time consuming compared to talking face to face.
but the break points in online communication are more frequent, longer, and often have no requirement to reply
It depends on the group of people, might be a generational thing, but it seems the people around me expect a daily flood of messages and to be replied back to within 15 minutes of whenever they decide to reach out. It feels like being an on-call therapist sort of, at least for me.
“I HAVE TO POOP.”
You’re welcome.
I have used this. It works.
I’m a fan of:
“I need to go to the toilet, but please, continue while I’m away.”
I use “actually, sorry, but it turns out I’m not invested enough in this conversation to continue, have a nice day/night” and then walk away. I only use it when the discussion is getting heated though, because I’m tired of strangers starting arguments with me about things like morals and human rights (I’m very obviously leftist and live in an ultra-conservative area, so yes it does happen a lot and no that doesn’t make me the asshole).
Nothing is stopping you.
If anyone tries to stop you, maybe you can just say “I don’t care” and walk away. See, it works for everything! #lifehacks
It is socially acceptable. Either conversations are consensual and it is fine to express your feelings or the conversation is not consensual and you are free to throw it out like a Molotov cocktail with a middle finger in the air…
