tooshytosay
Well-known member
Social awkwardness is one of those really hard things to describe. You can't exactly "explain" it - but you know awkwardness when you see it / or are awkward yourself.
Recently there's been many articles about the new "Host Your Windows 7 Party" video by Microsoft - where it's just so "socially awkward" that it's "unbearable" to watch the whole thing.
YouTube - HostingYourParty
The grand irony is -
Such piece of poor acting is MY REALITY
If people think it's unbearable to watch a minute of "social awkwardness", how do they think it feels like to LIVE like that, 24/7?
And that is the problem. Whilst identifying, and laughing at, social awkwardness is easy - if you're the actual person who is socially awkward in life - there's just... like a wall in front of you. You know you are socially awkward, you want to do something about it - but it just feels like you are lacking some sort of "magical touch". No matter what you say, or do, you just seem to end up being socially awkward either way.
Recently there's been many articles about the new "Host Your Windows 7 Party" video by Microsoft - where it's just so "socially awkward" that it's "unbearable" to watch the whole thing.
YouTube - HostingYourParty
The grand irony is -
Such piece of poor acting is MY REALITY
If people think it's unbearable to watch a minute of "social awkwardness", how do they think it feels like to LIVE like that, 24/7?
And that is the problem. Whilst identifying, and laughing at, social awkwardness is easy - if you're the actual person who is socially awkward in life - there's just... like a wall in front of you. You know you are socially awkward, you want to do something about it - but it just feels like you are lacking some sort of "magical touch". No matter what you say, or do, you just seem to end up being socially awkward either way.