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25 Post author: magfrump 04 May 2012 04:20AM

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 04 May 2012 10:30:23AM 7 points [-]

I used to do amateur musical theatre, and one line I heard a lot was "oh, you're so brave to get up in front of all those people!" It feels churlish to tell them I do it because I have narcissistic tendencies coupled with a craving for the approval of my peers.

How do you feel about job interviews?

Comment author: Alicorn 04 May 2012 04:57:25PM 2 points [-]

How do you feel about job interviews?

I don't much like them. The way I normally wear my hair codes as too casual so I have to do it differently, and they make me feel judged (not wrongly, of course). Neither really applies to karaoke :)

Comment author: CuSithBell 04 May 2012 10:28:31PM 1 point [-]

"Ah, it's because I'm insecure in a different way." Yep, I've been there!