Irish exit.
What’s the plan?
Submitted 3 days ago by phudgins@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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don@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
don@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
It’s super effective!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I could never figure out if that term was racist toward Irish, or complimentary of them lol
Personally, I’m a fan of the Irish exit, and thank them for it.
j4k3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
sorry I have appointment to wash my hair
the_q@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
is bald
seralth@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Back and Butt hair isn’t going to wash it self.
reev@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
is shower
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I have to return some video tapes.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Me: “ I gotta go pick up my grandma at the airport.” Everyone else: “ dude your grandma died in 2008.” Me: *violently shits pants and run screaming out the door.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
“I need to return some vieeo tapes.”
dotslashme@infosec.pub 3 days ago
You could just tell them your social capital is spent and leave.
toomanypancakes@piefed.world 3 days ago
I've been more honest about that as I've gotten older, to others and myself. Like, if I have obligations coming up, I'm gonna plan a recovery day without. I'm gonna show up, do my best, then let the host know I'm tired when I've run out of socialization and leave before I get too awkward and distant. It's hard but worthwhile to just be honest how you're feeling.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Honestly takes courage.
dotslashme@infosec.pub 2 days ago
My deeply held belief is that living demands courage.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
“sorry, I’ve run out of spoons and must return home”
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Among my friends, I’ve normalized just leaving. I don’t go around and say good bye to everyone. I literally tell one person that I’m leaving, merely to inform them so they can tell others I’ve left if they ask.
So I’ll literally turn to whomever is closest that I know, who isn’t also leaving, and just say I’m leaving, then go.
The story I’ve spun into all of the people I know, which I believe to be the case frequently is that: by making a big show of leaving, you’re basically asking for people to give you a reason to stay or convince you to stay. I don’t want either to happen, and I don’t feel the need to have any pageantry about departing. So I’ll just leave. I want to do that thing, so I’m going to go do that thing. I’m not going to talk about doing that thing, or make a big show of it, I’m just going to do it.
Listen, it’s ok to leave. I know you feel like you owe people some explanation or justification for leaving, but in reality, you do not. Just go.
I will add: this is a very simple idea/concept. That doesn’t, and shouldn’t, imply it will be easy for you, or anyone, to execute. Each person will have their own mental hurdles to get over with this, and I do not want anyone to think that I’m ignoring, or belittling that. Your feelings and challenges are real, legitimate, and valid.
This concept is simple and execution may be easy, or not, for you individually. You may need to restructure the way you think to adopt this, or you may accept it easily. I’m not going to assume what the experiences of everyone else is going to be.
Good luck, everybody.
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
show up early, so you only have to be around 1-2 people for an hour or so. Volunteer to drive shotgun to help pickup the wings. Arrive with maybe an hour left, then eat the wings and celery sticks in silence in the back. Talk to a few people, mostly just listening. Then leave at 10:15 sharp because you have work early tomorrow.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
One of the few things I’ve gotten really good at when I’m at a party is leaving. I’ve worked it to the point where I can grab one or two folks who I care about and say goodbye, then slip off. And thank god. The worst experiences of my life were when someone else drove and I had to wait for them.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, my wife can drag out goodbyes, but when I’m on my own, or when I can just walk home, I just get up, say “All right, I’m leaving, see you guys later,” and then I just leave. Been doing it for 20 years at this point. I’m not an introvert either, I enjoy parties, but I know when enough is enough, and I just leave. I will see these people again, some of them soon, no need for long good-byes.
Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
“I have to go feed the cat” - used this when grandma was calling and didn’t want to talk
Drusas@fedia.io 2 days ago
"I need to let the dogs out" is a good one, too.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Just drink until someone has to take you home
lath@piefed.social 2 days ago
Ok. One of us trips and breaks the sound system, the second coughs up a nasty furball in the pool and the last one uses the snack buffet as a litterbox.
Afterwards, we meet at the backdoor in 5 and fake out a mice chase.green_copper@kbin.earth 3 days ago
I never noticed there was a camera on the last gathering I was on.
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Just walk out.
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Gastrointestinal distress.
Hurriedly go to the bathroom. Stay there about 15 mins. Return and politely excuse yourself. Someone will have noticed that you spent the last 15 mins in the bathroom.
rockettaco37@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I always just sneak off into a corner and listen to music if I can.
DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
beer run! and never come back
Surp@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Awkwardly walk out without saying goodbye
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Is “overstimulated” the word of the day now because I heard it IRL today.
Daze@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
slap knees -> say “whelp” -> …run
Thrife@feddit.org 3 days ago
“So.” The german way