r/socialskills • u/Silent_Frosting_442 • 1d ago

Poor social skills Vs misanthropes

I find this sub really useful in terms of improving social skills of all kinds. But what's with the vaguely misanthropic posts? 'i hate small talk', 'i find xyz type of person annoying' etc. What's the point of posting that? You can't be advised out of disliking something and there's a massive difference between 'I hate X's and 'I'm terrible at X but want to get better'. Maybe we need a 2nd sub-Reddit for that stuff.

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u/Morjixxo 1d ago

No. You can't improve social skills without acknowledging the status of the reality and from where people comes from. Moreover, social skills development is especially needed for those people.

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u/Silent_Frosting_442 1d ago

Yeah, I agree there. Especially if someone's had a genuinely awful experience in a social situation (people being deliberate arseholes at a party or whatever). But people need to explain exactly what their problem is before people can give effective advice.