Asociality isn't even in the DSM and yet loners are seen as freaks and pathologized by the wider community.
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So... What is this trope about, exactly? Is it about An Aesop that being a loner is inherently bad, or is it an in-universe thing where (potentially misplaced) ostracism causes the ostracizers to have their beliefs "confirmed" by the loner's friendlessness (ignorant that it was caused by their ostracism in their first place), leading to a vicious cycle?
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Nah, it's about loners usually being bad/dubious people.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
What the heck?! There's nothing wrong with being a loner. I'm a loner and I'm proud of it.
It's total extroverts and extreme social butterflies who are freaks 'cause they can't seme to leave loners and introverts alone.
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Congratulations for making yourself look ignorant and prove this trope right. There's a reason introverts are considered the strange people of society.
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Knock it off.
So glad there are no real life examples, because boy that would cause a lot of arguments.
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