Ugh, I hate people fetishizing poor social skills. I mean, sure, honour knowledge, and if you have poor social skills, it's not like it's the worse thing in the world, there are all kinds of skills the world values, but it seems like people so often either pretend the problem doesn't exist (ie. if they're experiencing difficulties with others, it's down to a reason that shows their superiority, like mainstreamers are jealousy of their intellect/beauty/insert awesome quality here.) or else actively make it a positive (I wouldn't want to fit in with those popular kids, I'm too different and special! Like, everytime you read an interview with an actor or pop star nowadays, it's always them talking about what a nerd they were, like you'd be that awkward and then decide 'You know what I'd like? A career where I constantly deal with people!') People who are truly isolated aren't just 'Oh, I got picked last in gym, and there were people more popular than me!', people who feel sorry for themselves for that don't realise that that's 99% of humanity's experience - they're people who almost certainly struggle with basic social skills for whatever reasons, which isn't sexy or glamorous like the whole 'outsider image', it's being unable to read social cues.
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I mean, sure, honour knowledge, and if you have poor social skills, it's not like it's the worse thing in the world, there are all kinds of skills the world values, but it seems like people so often either pretend the problem doesn't exist (ie. if they're experiencing difficulties with others, it's down to a reason that shows their superiority, like mainstreamers are jealousy of their intellect/beauty/insert awesome quality here.) or else actively make it a positive (I wouldn't want to fit in with those popular kids, I'm too different and special!
Like, everytime you read an interview with an actor or pop star nowadays, it's always them talking about what a nerd they were, like you'd be that awkward and then decide 'You know what I'd like? A career where I constantly deal with people!')
People who are truly isolated aren't just 'Oh, I got picked last in gym, and there were people more popular than me!', people who feel sorry for themselves for that don't realise that that's 99% of humanity's experience - they're people who almost certainly struggle with basic social skills for whatever reasons, which isn't sexy or glamorous like the whole 'outsider image', it's being unable to read social cues.