I have a relative who's son, about 10 year old, seems to be fond of me. He is an avid talker. He will talk about anything and everything with me. Problem is, he doesn't understand that I'm an introverted piece of shit. Even though I like being with him when I feel like talking, other times I can't match his energy and feel exhausted. To just ignore what he's saying and stop responding all of a sudden makes me feel bad. He's really a good kid. How do I tell him to give me a break without hurting him?

I had a couple of new followers in bluesky. A new follower DMed me. He asked how I was, I said I was good. Then he asked where I was from and when I said I prefer not to say, he said he understands and that he wanted to know more about me. I told him my interests and such and didn't give any important information about myself. He too told me about his hobbies. Then he asked about my location once again. When I declined once again he said that he understands "not being cool enough to say where you are from". That was an odd thing to say. I got creeped out and blocked him. Is this normal? Why would anyone want to know about each other's location?

What makes a frog poisonous? Are they even poisonous enough to kill? How do you tell between poisonous and non-poisonous ones? btw, why is this community inactive since almost 2 years ago?

This is happening in all the types of feeds in the past 2-3 days. Has this happened to anyone else? If so, how do I fix this ?

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I want to get into philosophy. Recommend me some basic and understandable books. I'm looking for collection of philosophical essays and articles. But others will do too.

What was it about and what made you argue for so long? Did you win, did it conclude in anyway?