(09-28-2013, 11:27 AM)K Wrote: Jumping in on random conversations can suit some personalities but as Asyria said, it is not usual/normal. Nor does choosing not to do so make you an 'introvert', which I'll just add, is an incorrect term since it has nothing to do with social anxiety.
However, I think certain topics can interest other RPers and maybe enforce them to break that norm and involve themselves or find reason to stumble in to the scene without implying they were eavesdropping or overheard anything. Aside from that, it is a clear indicator that RP is going on and it'd be much nicer to be able to see where RP is active rather than walking though an area filled with 'open' RP but no-one being able to join a scene because the others decided to invite interested RPers to a party, leading to late joiners assume nothing is going on.
Oh man. Â Your head would explode if you lived here. Â Everybody is in everybody else's business all the damn time.
You walk down the street? Â People expect you to look them in the eye and say a polite hello.
You're at the grocery store? Â People will randomly start up conversations with you. Â And the workers. Â And anyone else who happens to be nearby.
Browsing the baking or spices aisle? Â Someone will probably ask you questions about something, because everyone in those aisles talks to everyone else.
I have lost track of the number of times that people have joined in a conversation I was having with someone else, and the number of times I've randomly gotten involved in someone else's conversation - whether just to talk or because they needed help with something or whatever.
And no, I don't live in a small town. Â And yes, this is completely normal here. Â It happens everywhere I go here.
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