22 Introvert Memes for Grateful Loners Happy to Stay in Their Lane (November 15, 2024)

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Nov 15, 2024 10:00 AM EST

If you went back in time to the 80s and stopped someone on the street to tell them that nobody uses their phones to make phone calls anymore, what do you think they'd say? In all likelihood, they'd laugh and say that phones have no other function apart from calls, so why even have a phone line at all? Well, well, well, Mr. Time Traveler Man knows that modern phones are the essence of innate introversion. We never realized it, but the introduction of texting as a feature of cell service made introverts so much more powerful in their communication.

Finally, introverts can send a message without talking out loud! And from then on out, things escalated, making it plausible that (in 2024) you can be 100% nonverbal and still be a fully functioning member of society with a job, an apartment, groceries, and everything else an introvert needs.

What a time to be socially awkward! Keep scrolling if you're one of the social weirdos who thrives online behind the written word–I know I am certainly a behemoth in texts and an L1 wizard on the phone, so I'm thrilled to live in an era where we don't pay per minute.