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[–]Wothic 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is great, I've recently been wondering about the use of 'awkward silence' too. I notice it is used by those in the lime light of the mainstream and trends, people trying hard to fit into modern, 21st century society.

More than anything, I think people who say it are uncomfortable in silence. We live in an extraverted, urban society now. Women especially always have to fill the air with words just so something is entertaining them.

You never see useless chatter in cowboy movies or other masculine movies. Everything is to the point and the characters don't fill the air with useless words to make the other person more comfortable. They don't give a flying fuck, their main concern is themselves. (Besides of course manly banter between friends). Nobody feels the need to speak up because its silent. They are perfectly comfortable in silent instances together. Somehow society lost this Clint Eastwood type of masculinity.

You can be a silently confident/ introverted person but not be awkward. Don't let this phrase hold power, it's meaningless, used in a sense to degrade those who do not speak every second of the day.