>Two kinds of people hide behind being an introvert: assholes and people afraid of other people, often a mixture of both.

False dichotomy. I love hanging out with people, and get on with a lot of people really well, but I need alone time in between or it becomes a hellish experience. Kind of like how I love being awake, but if I don't sleep regularly then being awake is really horrible.

Then again, extroverts who don't understand this probably think I'm an aloof asshole for not wanting to socialise with strangers all the time.