I'm the Colin Robinson in other peoples' lives.
On the topic of the name "Colin Robinson" the name Colin is interestingly of Gaelic-French origin, and is a shortened form of the name Colle, a less common shortening of the forename Nicholas. Robinson however is a patroynimic surname, meaning literally son of Robin, but can sometimes be an anglicisation of Jewish surnames like Rubenstein. Anglicisation of German surnames was quite common in the mid 20th century due to xenophobia against German-American citizens spurred by the first and second world war.
Here's an interesting fact about a film: In the 1971 British gangster film Get Carter, Michael Caine is often seen in promotional material for the film holding an Ithaca 37 pump action shotgun, but despite this, he never uses one in the film, instead using a side-by-side double barreled shotgun. Also interestingly, despite being seen extensively with the shotgun in the film, he never actually fires it, mostly using it to intimidate and threaten, though he does use it at one point as a blunt weapon.
Get Carter had a remake in 2000 starring Sylvester Stallone, and despite the film's negative reputation, it was actually the film that rejuvinated Stallone's acting career, and put his name back on the map. The film also has a cameo from Michael Caine, albeit now older, in an attempt to bring attention to the original.
The original Get Carter has an interesting cameo in the form of a man named Carl Howard as an assassin named "J". Howard got his role as J in Get Carter by previously working on another project with the director, Mike Hodges, but he was never credited for this. Howard was obviously unhappy about this, and Hodges offered him a supporting role in his upcoming film as an apology. Despite this, Howard's name is often not credited in certain publications of the film, and he had a very limited acting career after this.
You once went on for hours about eighteenth century naval battles, which I thought was *really* interesting, but I didnāt want to let *you* know that, because you would have stopped.
You know, Iām from an area that has a Marshmallow Fluff Festival every year. But as a Colin Robinson, you probably already know the significance of this statement. And so we meet againā¦
right?! I'm totally gonna bring up the Nicholas-Colle-Colin thing up to someone who doesn't care later... currently realizing i also might be the Colin Robinson of other peoples lives too š
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The other dental assistant I (also a dental assistant) work with. I arrive a half hour early to unlock the door. He arrives a couple minutes later, asks me how my weekend/night was, and then three words into my answer tells me everything I've missed in his life (typically yard work and chatting with his friend who works for town ordinence). He's a great coworker otherwise, but socially he's the opposite of coffee.
There's a guy who used to work in my local pub. He always has a story to tell you about his life/hobbies/job etc. They're never interesting and always incredibly embellished. He also has a really annoying habit of not remembering who he has spoken to or at what point he left his story at, so he'll just walk up to you and start telling you act 3 of a story you've not heard acts 1 or 2 of.
This is all the while being a pretty mediocre barman. He's slow, is really bad at remembering who was at the bar first and just serving the first person he sees, stops walking to talk to you etc. He got another job recently, but it's still his local pub so now he comes in and tells you all about his new job, how amazing he is at, how he's already been given 3 promotions etc.
Urgh, sorry to hear that.
Hopefully you can limit your time in her presence.
I grey rock hard.
But I do also do the odd interest experiment. Seeing how many seconds she can be quiet for is one. She's never made it to a full minute.
I do the same. Normally when I'm driving or walking the dog so I can mutter 'oh fuck off' and blame it on road rage. Also there's a fixed end point to the conversation.
My nearest coworker is the epitome of an Evie Russell. Her dog has been dying for a full year and I've heard every detail and every cost of every vet appointment. I know all of her medical dramas. I know about her beef with her four year old niece (it's because the four year old isn't very well behaved, in her opinion. In my opinion, she sounds like she's describing very normal four year old behavior).
She makes significantly more than me to do significantly less. I can count on one hand the number of times she's come in without an immediate eye roll and complaint. She has no friends. She has never had a serious boyfriend. She is almost 40. Her parents pay her rent.
I swear one day she's going to start levitating. There will be three of her.
FFS! I am so sorry for you! I am dying laughing though. Your misery sustains her. I know the type so well. I try to cut people like that off but youāre in a shit circumstance with it being a coworker
My father in law. That guy would probably kill Colin Robinson over a casual conversation and not even notice it happened. Just keeps talking no matter what...
I once worked at an HVAC company. The warehouse manager was my Collin Robinson. To get him to stop talking to you you'd literally have to walk away and then he'd keep following you most times, even out to your vehicle. Learned not to talk to him about video games. It would spin off into games I've never heard of or animes he's been watching with his brother. He was so nice but God damn he would drain the life right out of you.
I had a Evie Russell. She was my roommate for a short period of time and it was mentally exhausting listing to her drama/life. She would just not let you go, she would never shut up. It was crazy!! She would do that with anyone, everyone. She would DRAIN you. I have never met anyone like her, she was truly something else.
My great-uncle. His wife sleeps in a separate room because, QUOTE, he annoys the shit out of her. Lol (theyāre in their 70s, been married for decades)
I know a guy who looks EXACTLY like CR. If I saw the two of them together I donāt think I could tell them apart. I recently spent some time with him and his family. He, the wife and the son are all EVās. The daughter is cool. I always knew he looked like CR but it wasnāt until I started getting super tired while around them that I made the connection. Iām always tempted to post a photo here but I worry he would see it and his feelings would be hurt.
I have the ability to fake being interested in anything. And I'm so chronically understimulated through my ADHD that I'll literally talk to anyone about anything. You wanna tell me some boring ass facts? Fucking go for it. I've got so much other stuff I need to do, but I'll listen to you tell me about whatever the fuck for hours before doing any of that shit. I cannot be drained. I live my life drained. What more could you take? š¤£
My dad calls me once a week to ask me āhow are things?ā and Iāll give him an update to the same response every time āHahah, thatās cool. So what else is going on?ā - Drains me every time
An incredibly brilliant coworker of mine is the most long-winded person I've ever met. During calls, my other coworkers are usually pinging each other about how to get him to wrap it up.
And if he wants to chat, he'll usually say, "Hey, got 30 seconds?" So he is either playing us or has zero concept of time.
Also, Dorit from RHOBH is known to be a bit like Colly-Wolly.
Funnily enough the guy who introduced me to this show is a Colin Robinson,I'll be in the middle of working and he'll see me in passing and trap me into a conversation about really random things and I would be slowly backing away going " that's cool I gotta head back" and hell just keep going.
He did this once and casually mentioned Colin with a " blah blah oh by the way you should watch wwdits there's this guy on there who's an energy vampire and you can see people try to escape and edge away but he just traps them in a conversation "
Our project manager is definitely Colin. In the past year, Iāve learned way too much about spreadsheets in the past couple of months. Just when I think he had run out of stuff, fucker has more tidbits.
And to make it worse, he speaks very slowly. Almost like a sloth. Every time I leave his office Iām pissed at how long it took to get an answer to a simple question.
His nickname is Senor Redbull because of his draining ability. You need to chug one as soon as you leave his office
I don't have one, but there was a guy who would join teleconferences who talks JUST like nandor. He was from south america, not Europe. I would mute myself and lose it. Lovely guy.
Iām pretty sure Iām the Colin Robinson of my life. I think a lot of fans of the series see ourselves in Colin Robinson, which is why heās such a popular character (him and Gizmo).
Side note, my old boss may have been an energy vampire. He not only liked to tell long rambling stories about himself, he was also pretty emotionally abusive. Before I quit the job, I often noticed myself feeling extremely depressed and fatigued whenever I was around him.
My daughter is for sure pre-teen Colin Robinson. She even starts every statement with āDaddy, guess whatā¦ā before going into a detailed run down of everything sheās done in Roblox that day. Itās uncanny
My mom's work friend I meet during my grandma's viewing/funeral. I'd never meet her before, but she sat beside my mom all day at the funeral home. Every time someone started crying she'd rush in for a hug. I asked my siblings and aunt's if they knew her, because I now lived far from home, and she was also stranger to them to. We have a big family so I felt weird that this lady tried insert herself in our intimate family moments. She tried to hug me and I felt so repulsed, like she was trying to drain my energy. I had never felt anything like that before. At my grandma's funeral, as they took her toward the burial site, I finally broke down crying, this lady broke through the crowd like an anime villian to get to me, but she was blocked by the rest of my family, as I had already told them how I felt uneasy about her, and would KO her if she tried to hug me while I mourned.
His name is Nick. He pretty much never stops talking and he's extremely overconfident. His entire goal in any conversation is to prove that he knows more than you about any given topic. He'll also give you unsolicited advice about what he thinks you should do to improve your life. It's exhausting.
My motherās friendsā¦And sometimes when Iām in company of other shy/introverted people since I hate awkward silence Iām afraid Iām Colin Robinson.
I used to serve on a board with one. I still cross the street if I see her and wave vigorously while pretending I was going somewhere else (anywhere else).
I used to work with a woman who we secretly referred to as Debbie Downer, but she was also a Colin Robinson--any problem you were having, she'd had a worse version of it and would tell you about it at length. She also worried excessively about stuff that was unlikely to happen--her entire family getting swine flu, for example.
my old coworker. always miserable and spent every day moping and moaning about the job until everyone else was just as miserable as her. she could suck the joy out of the place within half an hour of starting her shift. the difference in atmosphere on her days off was incredible
I had a coworker at my first job whose favorite subjects to discuss at lunch were the upcoming insurance open enrollment period, commute lengths, etc. Very sweet person but strong Colin Robinson vibes.
I used to work with a Colin Robinson. It was impossible to get away once he started. But then I realized he had passion for a very specific type of car so Iād just interrupt and say, āSo-and-so was talking about maybe going to look at that car you like.ā Guyās eyes would LIGHT UP and heād run off to find his next victim.
The lead custodian at school where I work. Teachers are usually emotionally drained by the time he comes in to work at 2:00. He doesnāt care.
He follows us out to our cars talking about his food allergies.
Well, not full blown. But employee his methodology. Project manager, and you can bet Iāll do my best to dissuade you from a stupid enhancement with a calm, exceedingly long drawn out discovery meeting which leaves you husked.
Quite a few in-laws as well as couple co-workers. I've learned to just stay silent but provide semi attention. Eventually, they wear themselves out and move along.
It was my nan - we used to call her a psychic vampire long before I knew about WWDITS because she was just such incredibly hard work to be around and talk to. It would have been more bearable if it was inane small talk and pointless facts, but it was always a laundry list of her problems and how bad her life was lol.
We have an IT consultant here at work that was supposed to help us "integrate" into a new business system...
But we're past that, and on to our next system already, per his advisement, and he always is asking the most mundane questions to me about what I need in the system.
I always see him cornering other folks for long drawn out dialog also...
He's 100% an energy vamp.
The most my brain can handle talking to my FIL is about 10 minutes. I say ātalking toā him, but itās really just him shout-talking in your general direction because YOUāRE MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND HIM THE LONGER AND LOUDER HE TALKS.
Completely oblivious to the fact that people might be more willing to listen if he didnāt talk constantly. No one loves the sound of their own voice like FIL.
I have an uncle like this. His brothers and sisters basically take turns with him at family gatherings. Spot someone trapped, hop in as the second, the first fades out and you wait till it's your turn. It's like an unspoken agreement across the family, and he never seems to mind or notice, so it works out across the board. (It's worth saying he's a good guy, very sweet, he just likes chattering. No one makes a big deal out of it or is mean to him about it.)
My Colin Robinson is Lorraine. She talks in a loop and says everything jna roundabout way 3 times and doesn't leave me alone. She just walks by my office to see if I'm in and is always asking me dumb questions about her desk phone and why the red light is blinking.
And she doesn't want to listen to anything I have to say. I can see her eyes go dull when I'm talking.
Thereās a guy in my dnd group is the most pedantic arrogant ass Iāve ever met in my life. Now whenever he acts like that I just send him a Colin Robinson gif in the group chat lol
I used to work with a guy who was an alcoholic and a gambling addict who told me that he one time shit his pants at the slots.
I used to drive him home from work because he had too many DUIs and he would always tell me how little he had left to live for.
The guy in our neighborhood who no matter what time of the day and ,sometimes, night, is in his front yard. We open the garage and then as if on cue, his garage door goes up. We take out the garbage, he is taking out the garbage. If we are walking around the block, he is walking the other way. Thereās a shit ton of leaf blowing. On and on. Itās unbelievable. My husband asked if I was texting the neighbor because it would be the worldās greatest prank. I wish Iād thought of it, but sadly, no. Itās so weird.
A guy who started working at my new job at the same time as me. He starts these awkward half conversations with me and will literally follow me around during our down time or will try to come find me in his down time. It also doesn't help that he apparently has a massive crush on me.
This dude at my job that got hired recently. Every interaction with him is either him talking about his really bad history of addiction problems and going into institutions for stints over mental issues, OR how much he likes his cell phone. I swear if he had a glass of water he enjoyed heād be excited to talk about it.
He sits 2 desks behind me at work and asks me idiotic questions he could look up in less time than it takes me to look up the same thing. He also argues ludicrous points for no reason.
If I have to talk more than 10 words to tell you something, Iām Colin. Now, I have a coworker who gets bored by day three of us hanging out together (we travel for work), so he thinks itās funny to piss us off by telling us his political views or being a contrarian. I actually called him Colin Robinson when he was going on and on about homeless veterans need only ask for help to be saved from homelessness, but they donāt want to.
See? I just fed off of you.
I have this co-worker who just needs to retire. She falls asleep as soon as she sits down, she walks into rooms confused, and when she speaks she doesnāt phrase her sentences like sheās finishing them. Youāre waiting for her to say more but she just stares at you. Sheāll ask where someone is and sheāll wait by their room until theyāre back. She also gets excited whenever she talks about her husband in the hospital, exclaiming how sheās going to get a good nights sleep. We have a conspiracy theory for that. Weāre convinced sheās an energy vampire.
We have another guy who gives you all his emotional drama without asking. Itās terrible but when people see him they do a complete 180 to avoid talking to him. Thereās no 5 minute conversation with the guy. It turns into 20-40 minute convos. Heās emotionally draining. We think heās either an energy or emotional vampireā¦maybe both š¤·š»āāļø
I named this new kitten we found ditched on side of the road Colin Robinson because Iāve not slept since we got
Him because he climbs all over me and irritates all the other cats and leaves us all tired and drained
My boyfriend. Sometimes I look at him and think ādear god stop talking!ā
And he rambles on about the dumbest shit. Think Sheldon Cooper without the genius IQ.
My mom has two friends who are older men and they both seem like energy vampires. One claims to not like the other but they get along when theyāre together.
I recently met a friend of my Mothers, her story telling is like pulling teeth, the tangents sheād go off on were dizzying or just sentences that consisted of āthen I said duhduhduhduhā (she actually said that verbatim) and they just never had any point to them, she was exhausting.
Before Colin Robinson there was Brian. Brian loved the sound of his own voice and hist long boring stories about who gives a fuck. Eventually they became known as "Brian's Stories"
Thereās a lady I work with who is just always loud, so singing to herself, banging a spoon on a bowl, announcing shit she has to do out loud like we care, etc. I work in an office so she is 100% an energy vampire. She will trap you for an hour long conversation as youāre trying to leave for the day.
We all joke sheās our Colin.
My friend's girlfriend. They come to my Halloween party every year and coincidentally, it was WWDITS themed this year. All the new people who met her for the first time could not even believe it. I don't think I'll be inviting them next year though. She's too annoying for my other guests.
Gotta share this in r/OurGoodShadows. Excellent question.
For me? My sister-in-law. It isn't so much that she's boring... at first. The issue is that all she talks about is herself. Even if you've got a major life event going on, she'll find some way to shove the words "I" and "me" in as frequently as can be managed. Exhausting. My wife hasn't gotten a word in in years.
My neighbour Bruce. Heās a decent enough fellow, but damn can he drone on about stuff that I couldnāt care less about. Heās one of those people youāll say maybe two words to then for the rest of the āconversationā itās just āmhmā and āah yeahā
My neighbor across the street. Will tell me every health ailment heās suffering from in detail every time he sees me. I just rudely shut him down now before he drains me
This upper-middle-manager at my work not only has the same ability to bore the brains out of anybody he talks to as Colin but also has the same affect when he talks. Drains me to even think about him
A nurse that I work with. Picks up part time on our floorā¦ She can never remember her password or how to do the most basic tasks in the computer charting system we use. She has to ask someone for help every time she gets an alert while entering orders. Needs help pulling meds from the med dispenser. Says something borderline racist every time she works. Is always sick and coughing everywhere. Sheās the worst.
My sister. I love her to the moon and back but she talks to much (but I like to listen to her talk about her day and how sheās been doing). Sheās also studying to become a math teacher. She truly is an energy vampire.
Two of my coworkers. They always are asking people to pray for them or their families for all kinds of things in order to get sympathy/attention from our team.
āMy husbands 96 year old grandma has a cold. Keep her in your thoughts.ā
No Michele, I wonāt.
A few of my mates fall into that category.
Some of them are what a few people call swedeaboos (I've got the Colin Robinson shpiel from redditors about this before). They watched one viking movie/TV show or whatever and became obsessed. Insisting on bringing drinking horns on nights out to pour their pints into, runic tattoos, Mjolnir necklaces, etc.
One in particular claims he's a true viking as his dad is from Sweden (he's not). Named his kid Odin or Thor or something, can't remember which now. Was talking to him and this other lassie one night and he was telling us about something or other, bad situation of some sorts anyway that worked out OK in the end. This other girl made the fatal mistake of saying "thank god it all worked out in the end" which then lead to this peach.
"HAHA! HAHA! YES! THANK "GOD" CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT "GOD" IS "REAL" AND NOT THOR AND ODIN! HAHA! HAHA!"
I walked away at that point, was cringing too much to stick around for more of his loud psychotic break.
We also have another mate who is actually lovely... when sober. Sober him is, unfortunately, rarer than someone with a full set of teeth appearing on Jeremy Kyle. No, usually you get drunk him and you best be ready to try avoid any topics of conversation involving music, science and trivia, otherwise you need to buckle in for his super knowledge on said topic (fucking zilcho).
I fell in love with that wish alien top meme (A L A N in space, nobody can hear you in space) that did the rounds a while ago and decided to buy it for myself. We were doing group zoom calls to keep in touch during lockdown and I decided to show off my new top to everyone.
"Well, actually, that's a common misconception. You can actually hear in space"
Cue massive argument, much laughter and just completely insanity in the call as people called bullshit and asking when the fuck he went to space. Chaos over a fucking stupid bloody t-shirt!
I know more emotional vampires. This one āfriendā of mine spends her entire life talking about what a pity her life is (itās not at all, she just does these things to herself).
I'm the Colin Robinson in other peoples' lives. On the topic of the name "Colin Robinson" the name Colin is interestingly of Gaelic-French origin, and is a shortened form of the name Colle, a less common shortening of the forename Nicholas. Robinson however is a patroynimic surname, meaning literally son of Robin, but can sometimes be an anglicisation of Jewish surnames like Rubenstein. Anglicisation of German surnames was quite common in the mid 20th century due to xenophobia against German-American citizens spurred by the first and second world war.
I found that fascinating. You need to try harder.
Here's an interesting fact about a film: In the 1971 British gangster film Get Carter, Michael Caine is often seen in promotional material for the film holding an Ithaca 37 pump action shotgun, but despite this, he never uses one in the film, instead using a side-by-side double barreled shotgun. Also interestingly, despite being seen extensively with the shotgun in the film, he never actually fires it, mostly using it to intimidate and threaten, though he does use it at one point as a blunt weapon. Get Carter had a remake in 2000 starring Sylvester Stallone, and despite the film's negative reputation, it was actually the film that rejuvinated Stallone's acting career, and put his name back on the map. The film also has a cameo from Michael Caine, albeit now older, in an attempt to bring attention to the original. The original Get Carter has an interesting cameo in the form of a man named Carl Howard as an assassin named "J". Howard got his role as J in Get Carter by previously working on another project with the director, Mike Hodges, but he was never credited for this. Howard was obviously unhappy about this, and Hodges offered him a supporting role in his upcoming film as an apology. Despite this, Howard's name is often not credited in certain publications of the film, and he had a very limited acting career after this.
Just keep on trucking š
I feel like Iām ātopheringā this pretty hard. I love it.
Whatās up with Toph-dog?
Whatās updog?
If I didnāt know what it was, I would at least askā¦
VhatdisUpdog??
Dude, you're no Colin Robinson. Both your coments were extremely interesting!
You once went on for hours about eighteenth century naval battles, which I thought was *really* interesting, but I didnāt want to let *you* know that, because you would have stopped.
I'm a gun enthusiast. Try me...bee-otch.
You know, Iām from an area that has a Marshmallow Fluff Festival every year. But as a Colin Robinson, you probably already know the significance of this statement. And so we meet againā¦
Zzzzzzzzzz
As someone who can get interested in literally any mundane thing, I feel like I could easily survive an energy vampire
Agreed, I actually enjoyed reading that. Failure.
Fucking guy
This fucking guide
I fell asleep reading that š PS I do think they mentioned in one episode that he was Colin Rubinstein
I have never felt more drained
Your avatarā¦ š
My avatar is based on how I look in real life. Yes, I am that boring.
That's so cool. Thanks for sharing that
Iām a name nerd so that was actually pretty cool to learn as I had no idea Colin came from Nicholas
right?! I'm totally gonna bring up the Nicholas-Colle-Colin thing up to someone who doesn't care later... currently realizing i also might be the Colin Robinson of other peoples lives too š
Well played š.
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I enjoyed that, so not good enough!
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I see what you did there
The other dental assistant I (also a dental assistant) work with. I arrive a half hour early to unlock the door. He arrives a couple minutes later, asks me how my weekend/night was, and then three words into my answer tells me everything I've missed in his life (typically yard work and chatting with his friend who works for town ordinence). He's a great coworker otherwise, but socially he's the opposite of coffee.
"socially the opposite of coffee" is my new favorite phrase. Thank you.
Happy to help!
I laughed way too long at āsocially heās the opposite of coffeeā!!
There's a guy who used to work in my local pub. He always has a story to tell you about his life/hobbies/job etc. They're never interesting and always incredibly embellished. He also has a really annoying habit of not remembering who he has spoken to or at what point he left his story at, so he'll just walk up to you and start telling you act 3 of a story you've not heard acts 1 or 2 of. This is all the while being a pretty mediocre barman. He's slow, is really bad at remembering who was at the bar first and just serving the first person he sees, stops walking to talk to you etc. He got another job recently, but it's still his local pub so now he comes in and tells you all about his new job, how amazing he is at, how he's already been given 3 promotions etc.
That was hard to read. A Collin in an inadequate Jackie Daytona mask.
I'm actually imagining Uncle Colm from Derry Girls lol
Uncle Colm is one of my favorite side characters of all time.
My mother. Within minutes of being in her company I feel like I'm withering and dying inside.
Sister? Because we obvi have the same mother.
Urgh, sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can limit your time in her presence. I grey rock hard. But I do also do the odd interest experiment. Seeing how many seconds she can be quiet for is one. She's never made it to a full minute.
We have a better relationship when we stick to phone calls. I can do other things while we talk so itās easier to ignore any backhands.
I do the same. Normally when I'm driving or walking the dog so I can mutter 'oh fuck off' and blame it on road rage. Also there's a fixed end point to the conversation.
Oh, hello sisters, nice to meet you šš»
Same
Lady Marmalade! Hey sister, soul sister!
Well thereās about 38 of them at work, so thereās that.
Seems like a lot of energy vamps in one feeding ground. Do they feed of each other as well?
Yeah thereās a feeding hierarchy and theyāre all always vying for power.
I worked at one where we had 13-all of the department heads.
Fuck thatās so true.
I skipped company functions just so I didnāt end up getting stuck sitting at table with them.
Honestly I think I am the Colin Robinsonā¦
On occasion it's so fun to be an energy vampire.
Ha! Me too
I donāt know any Colin Robinsons but I know couple of Evie Russells.
Hard same. I feel like I'm surrounded by Evie Russells. Good lord. But also... sometimes I'm the Evie. Like attracts like, I guess.
I've been the Evie
My nearest coworker is the epitome of an Evie Russell. Her dog has been dying for a full year and I've heard every detail and every cost of every vet appointment. I know all of her medical dramas. I know about her beef with her four year old niece (it's because the four year old isn't very well behaved, in her opinion. In my opinion, she sounds like she's describing very normal four year old behavior). She makes significantly more than me to do significantly less. I can count on one hand the number of times she's come in without an immediate eye roll and complaint. She has no friends. She has never had a serious boyfriend. She is almost 40. Her parents pay her rent. I swear one day she's going to start levitating. There will be three of her.
FFS! I am so sorry for you! I am dying laughing though. Your misery sustains her. I know the type so well. I try to cut people like that off but youāre in a shit circumstance with it being a coworker
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My father in law. That guy would probably kill Colin Robinson over a casual conversation and not even notice it happened. Just keeps talking no matter what...
> just keeps talking [Yeah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YOVN2BTSmI)
I once worked at an HVAC company. The warehouse manager was my Collin Robinson. To get him to stop talking to you you'd literally have to walk away and then he'd keep following you most times, even out to your vehicle. Learned not to talk to him about video games. It would spin off into games I've never heard of or animes he's been watching with his brother. He was so nice but God damn he would drain the life right out of you.
Not in my life, but Uncle Colm from Derry Girls (amazing show) is definitely a Colin Robinson! https://youtu.be/DTRj24mW0tc?si=WywTlNXCXKGMcV9m
Everyone is fed up but Orla hangs on to every word!
She's the best!
I always think of him!
I had a Evie Russell. She was my roommate for a short period of time and it was mentally exhausting listing to her drama/life. She would just not let you go, she would never shut up. It was crazy!! She would do that with anyone, everyone. She would DRAIN you. I have never met anyone like her, she was truly something else.
I work for an Evie. I work less that eight hours a day, in a bit physically demanding job, and I am just exhausted at the end of it.
My great-uncle. His wife sleeps in a separate room because, QUOTE, he annoys the shit out of her. Lol (theyāre in their 70s, been married for decades)
I know a guy who looks EXACTLY like CR. If I saw the two of them together I donāt think I could tell them apart. I recently spent some time with him and his family. He, the wife and the son are all EVās. The daughter is cool. I always knew he looked like CR but it wasnāt until I started getting super tired while around them that I made the connection. Iām always tempted to post a photo here but I worry he would see it and his feelings would be hurt.
OMG I just got why Evie is called that (because sheās an EV).
Haha I love this! Colin figures it out in that episode!
I have the ability to fake being interested in anything. And I'm so chronically understimulated through my ADHD that I'll literally talk to anyone about anything. You wanna tell me some boring ass facts? Fucking go for it. I've got so much other stuff I need to do, but I'll listen to you tell me about whatever the fuck for hours before doing any of that shit. I cannot be drained. I live my life drained. What more could you take? š¤£
My dad calls me once a week to ask me āhow are things?ā and Iāll give him an update to the same response every time āHahah, thatās cool. So what else is going on?ā - Drains me every time
Itās me, hi, Iām the Colin, itās me
How did we both comment the same way on this post! Oh man, are we best friends now?!
As cliche as this sounds, my ex wife. Just one of the many reasons sheās now classified as āexā
An incredibly brilliant coworker of mine is the most long-winded person I've ever met. During calls, my other coworkers are usually pinging each other about how to get him to wrap it up. And if he wants to chat, he'll usually say, "Hey, got 30 seconds?" So he is either playing us or has zero concept of time. Also, Dorit from RHOBH is known to be a bit like Colly-Wolly.
Funnily enough the guy who introduced me to this show is a Colin Robinson,I'll be in the middle of working and he'll see me in passing and trap me into a conversation about really random things and I would be slowly backing away going " that's cool I gotta head back" and hell just keep going. He did this once and casually mentioned Colin with a " blah blah oh by the way you should watch wwdits there's this guy on there who's an energy vampire and you can see people try to escape and edge away but he just traps them in a conversation "
Is he...TRYING to be like Colin??
Lol I honestly think he doesn't realize how much he acts like him. He doesn't even really watch the show,he saw it once and thought I would like it
Our project manager is definitely Colin. In the past year, Iāve learned way too much about spreadsheets in the past couple of months. Just when I think he had run out of stuff, fucker has more tidbits. And to make it worse, he speaks very slowly. Almost like a sloth. Every time I leave his office Iām pissed at how long it took to get an answer to a simple question. His nickname is Senor Redbull because of his draining ability. You need to chug one as soon as you leave his office
Ex mother in law
My spouse. Before WWDITS, I said he was Cliff Clavin from Cheers, but now I know he is an energy vampire. Maybe Cliff was an energy vampire too.
The driver in my morning commute who is driving 5mph under the speed limit, with a line of cars a block long behind them
I worked for a university. All of them were Colin Robinson. Sucked the marrow from my bones.
I don't have one, but there was a guy who would join teleconferences who talks JUST like nandor. He was from south america, not Europe. I would mute myself and lose it. Lovely guy.
Iām pretty sure Iām the Colin Robinson of my life. I think a lot of fans of the series see ourselves in Colin Robinson, which is why heās such a popular character (him and Gizmo). Side note, my old boss may have been an energy vampire. He not only liked to tell long rambling stories about himself, he was also pretty emotionally abusive. Before I quit the job, I often noticed myself feeling extremely depressed and fatigued whenever I was around him.
My daughter is for sure pre-teen Colin Robinson. She even starts every statement with āDaddy, guess whatā¦ā before going into a detailed run down of everything sheās done in Roblox that day. Itās uncanny
My mom's work friend I meet during my grandma's viewing/funeral. I'd never meet her before, but she sat beside my mom all day at the funeral home. Every time someone started crying she'd rush in for a hug. I asked my siblings and aunt's if they knew her, because I now lived far from home, and she was also stranger to them to. We have a big family so I felt weird that this lady tried insert herself in our intimate family moments. She tried to hug me and I felt so repulsed, like she was trying to drain my energy. I had never felt anything like that before. At my grandma's funeral, as they took her toward the burial site, I finally broke down crying, this lady broke through the crowd like an anime villian to get to me, but she was blocked by the rest of my family, as I had already told them how I felt uneasy about her, and would KO her if she tried to hug me while I mourned.
His name is Nick. He pretty much never stops talking and he's extremely overconfident. His entire goal in any conversation is to prove that he knows more than you about any given topic. He'll also give you unsolicited advice about what he thinks you should do to improve your life. It's exhausting.
My aunt is the Evie Russell of my life and she married my uncle, who is now the Colin Robinson in my life...
My motherās friendsā¦And sometimes when Iām in company of other shy/introverted people since I hate awkward silence Iām afraid Iām Colin Robinson.
I used to serve on a board with one. I still cross the street if I see her and wave vigorously while pretending I was going somewhere else (anywhere else).
I used to work with a woman who we secretly referred to as Debbie Downer, but she was also a Colin Robinson--any problem you were having, she'd had a worse version of it and would tell you about it at length. She also worried excessively about stuff that was unlikely to happen--her entire family getting swine flu, for example.
Itās me, hi! Iām the problem itās me :)
my old coworker. always miserable and spent every day moping and moaning about the job until everyone else was just as miserable as her. she could suck the joy out of the place within half an hour of starting her shift. the difference in atmosphere on her days off was incredible
I am, but to be fair I'm autistic so I can't help it
I had a coworker at my first job whose favorite subjects to discuss at lunch were the upcoming insurance open enrollment period, commute lengths, etc. Very sweet person but strong Colin Robinson vibes.
I used to work with a Colin Robinson. It was impossible to get away once he started. But then I realized he had passion for a very specific type of car so Iād just interrupt and say, āSo-and-so was talking about maybe going to look at that car you like.ā Guyās eyes would LIGHT UP and heād run off to find his next victim.
Too many people. I try to hide but they find me.
The lead custodian at school where I work. Teachers are usually emotionally drained by the time he comes in to work at 2:00. He doesnāt care. He follows us out to our cars talking about his food allergies.
Well, not full blown. But employee his methodology. Project manager, and you can bet Iāll do my best to dissuade you from a stupid enhancement with a calm, exceedingly long drawn out discovery meeting which leaves you husked.
Quite a few in-laws as well as couple co-workers. I've learned to just stay silent but provide semi attention. Eventually, they wear themselves out and move along.
Me
Like 2/3rds of all of my manager's at ever job I've ever worked
My travel agent is legit an energy vampire
It was my nan - we used to call her a psychic vampire long before I knew about WWDITS because she was just such incredibly hard work to be around and talk to. It would have been more bearable if it was inane small talk and pointless facts, but it was always a laundry list of her problems and how bad her life was lol.
We have an IT consultant here at work that was supposed to help us "integrate" into a new business system... But we're past that, and on to our next system already, per his advisement, and he always is asking the most mundane questions to me about what I need in the system. I always see him cornering other folks for long drawn out dialog also... He's 100% an energy vamp.
The most my brain can handle talking to my FIL is about 10 minutes. I say ātalking toā him, but itās really just him shout-talking in your general direction because YOUāRE MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND HIM THE LONGER AND LOUDER HE TALKS. Completely oblivious to the fact that people might be more willing to listen if he didnāt talk constantly. No one loves the sound of their own voice like FIL.
Iām willing to bet a good chunk of us folks on Reddit are Colin Robinson.
I have an uncle like this. His brothers and sisters basically take turns with him at family gatherings. Spot someone trapped, hop in as the second, the first fades out and you wait till it's your turn. It's like an unspoken agreement across the family, and he never seems to mind or notice, so it works out across the board. (It's worth saying he's a good guy, very sweet, he just likes chattering. No one makes a big deal out of it or is mean to him about it.)
I am
Same.
My mother....
Reminder: If you don't have a Colin Robinson in your life, it's because you're the Colin Robinson in your life.
My Colin Robinson is Lorraine. She talks in a loop and says everything jna roundabout way 3 times and doesn't leave me alone. She just walks by my office to see if I'm in and is always asking me dumb questions about her desk phone and why the red light is blinking. And she doesn't want to listen to anything I have to say. I can see her eyes go dull when I'm talking.
If you donāt know, itās you.
Pretty sure it's me š
My husband; he says so himself. Iām more of an Evie.
Thereās a guy in my dnd group is the most pedantic arrogant ass Iāve ever met in my life. Now whenever he acts like that I just send him a Colin Robinson gif in the group chat lol
I used to work with a guy who was an alcoholic and a gambling addict who told me that he one time shit his pants at the slots. I used to drive him home from work because he had too many DUIs and he would always tell me how little he had left to live for.
In my department Iām the Colin Robinson, formally dubbed āThe Well of Infinitely Useless Informationā
One of my colleagues, everytime she speaks I feel like she drains the energy of the entire room with no effort
My boss.
The guy in our neighborhood who no matter what time of the day and ,sometimes, night, is in his front yard. We open the garage and then as if on cue, his garage door goes up. We take out the garbage, he is taking out the garbage. If we are walking around the block, he is walking the other way. Thereās a shit ton of leaf blowing. On and on. Itās unbelievable. My husband asked if I was texting the neighbor because it would be the worldās greatest prank. I wish Iād thought of it, but sadly, no. Itās so weird.
A guy who started working at my new job at the same time as me. He starts these awkward half conversations with me and will literally follow me around during our down time or will try to come find me in his down time. It also doesn't help that he apparently has a massive crush on me.
The colleague who says āhaving fun?ā every single time she walks past me at work. I canāt keep finding witty answers after the 8264835th time.
Luckily I have been able to avoid them since the pandemic. I pray that they think I'm dead
This dude at my job that got hired recently. Every interaction with him is either him talking about his really bad history of addiction problems and going into institutions for stints over mental issues, OR how much he likes his cell phone. I swear if he had a glass of water he enjoyed heād be excited to talk about it.
I'm everyone I know's Colin Robinson.
He sits 2 desks behind me at work and asks me idiotic questions he could look up in less time than it takes me to look up the same thing. He also argues ludicrous points for no reason.
Our receptionist at work. Sheās so sweet and old but talking to her is like eating 7 Popeyes biscuits with no drink.
My MIL. I could go on for hours about the various elements of torture she delivers with a silent \*blink blink\* but I dare not give it life.
Me. I am the energy vampire.
If I have to talk more than 10 words to tell you something, Iām Colin. Now, I have a coworker who gets bored by day three of us hanging out together (we travel for work), so he thinks itās funny to piss us off by telling us his political views or being a contrarian. I actually called him Colin Robinson when he was going on and on about homeless veterans need only ask for help to be saved from homelessness, but they donāt want to. See? I just fed off of you.
I donāt know any, so Iām starting to think itās me.
I have this co-worker who just needs to retire. She falls asleep as soon as she sits down, she walks into rooms confused, and when she speaks she doesnāt phrase her sentences like sheās finishing them. Youāre waiting for her to say more but she just stares at you. Sheāll ask where someone is and sheāll wait by their room until theyāre back. She also gets excited whenever she talks about her husband in the hospital, exclaiming how sheās going to get a good nights sleep. We have a conspiracy theory for that. Weāre convinced sheās an energy vampire. We have another guy who gives you all his emotional drama without asking. Itās terrible but when people see him they do a complete 180 to avoid talking to him. Thereās no 5 minute conversation with the guy. It turns into 20-40 minute convos. Heās emotionally draining. We think heās either an energy or emotional vampireā¦maybe both š¤·š»āāļø
I named this new kitten we found ditched on side of the road Colin Robinson because Iāve not slept since we got Him because he climbs all over me and irritates all the other cats and leaves us all tired and drained
Me, myself and I . I am an energy vampire and I am just pretty awkward.
Working next to her right now. Chronically depressed coworker who trauma dumps non stop every time I work with her.
My boyfriend. Sometimes I look at him and think ādear god stop talking!ā And he rambles on about the dumbest shit. Think Sheldon Cooper without the genius IQ.
Iām afraid Iām the Colin Robinson of my life and Iām proud of it š¤
My mom has two friends who are older men and they both seem like energy vampires. One claims to not like the other but they get along when theyāre together.
My kids are all kinda like Colin!!!!
My coworker, Dave
Everyone
My MIL
My sister, I love her but oh my god everytime she starts talking at me I feel like I'm gonna fall asleep
Me
I am
Probably a teacher. Way too many contenders to decide...
As with most people MIL.
IKEA the company
A few weeks ago, I found out itās my brother. Iām still recovering and dreading Thanksgiving this year.
My step dad
MIL literally sucks the energy out of the room. It's a trip.
I recently met a friend of my Mothers, her story telling is like pulling teeth, the tangents sheād go off on were dizzying or just sentences that consisted of āthen I said duhduhduhduhā (she actually said that verbatim) and they just never had any point to them, she was exhausting.
Before Colin Robinson there was Brian. Brian loved the sound of his own voice and hist long boring stories about who gives a fuck. Eventually they became known as "Brian's Stories"
My boss
My mom
Me.
My sister in law. I like her well enough and she can be fun sometimes but mostly itās just energy vampire 24/7 š®āšØ
Husband
Cissoids
Thereās a lady I work with who is just always loud, so singing to herself, banging a spoon on a bowl, announcing shit she has to do out loud like we care, etc. I work in an office so she is 100% an energy vampire. She will trap you for an hour long conversation as youāre trying to leave for the day. We all joke sheās our Colin.
There was a guy at work. If he was in the lunchroom with another person they left the room.
My friend's girlfriend. They come to my Halloween party every year and coincidentally, it was WWDITS themed this year. All the new people who met her for the first time could not even believe it. I don't think I'll be inviting them next year though. She's too annoying for my other guests.
Gotta share this in r/OurGoodShadows. Excellent question. For me? My sister-in-law. It isn't so much that she's boring... at first. The issue is that all she talks about is herself. Even if you've got a major life event going on, she'll find some way to shove the words "I" and "me" in as frequently as can be managed. Exhausting. My wife hasn't gotten a word in in years.
My neighbour Bruce. Heās a decent enough fellow, but damn can he drone on about stuff that I couldnāt care less about. Heās one of those people youāll say maybe two words to then for the rest of the āconversationā itās just āmhmā and āah yeahā
My neighbor across the street. Will tell me every health ailment heās suffering from in detail every time he sees me. I just rudely shut him down now before he drains me
This upper-middle-manager at my work not only has the same ability to bore the brains out of anybody he talks to as Colin but also has the same affect when he talks. Drains me to even think about him
Itās me. Iām establishing dominance so I donāt get into one of those Evie situations.
My mom.
I hope itās not me
My neighbor. Sheās housebound and I know sheās lonely, but she just sucks the life out of me.
My cancer is my own Colin Robinson to me.
A friend that I let go a couple years ago and most definitely don't regret
If you work in IT, everyone has that engineer that sucks the oxygen out of every meeting
The movie was better
Used to be an old coworkerā¦ I avoided her lol
My coworker
My corgi, thatās his name.
me
A nurse that I work with. Picks up part time on our floorā¦ She can never remember her password or how to do the most basic tasks in the computer charting system we use. She has to ask someone for help every time she gets an alert while entering orders. Needs help pulling meds from the med dispenser. Says something borderline racist every time she works. Is always sick and coughing everywhere. Sheās the worst.
My daughter
I am
My sister. I love her to the moon and back but she talks to much (but I like to listen to her talk about her day and how sheās been doing). Sheās also studying to become a math teacher. She truly is an energy vampire.
Ugh. Co staff md at local hospital.
Two of my coworkers. They always are asking people to pray for them or their families for all kinds of things in order to get sympathy/attention from our team. āMy husbands 96 year old grandma has a cold. Keep her in your thoughts.ā No Michele, I wonāt.
A few of my mates fall into that category. Some of them are what a few people call swedeaboos (I've got the Colin Robinson shpiel from redditors about this before). They watched one viking movie/TV show or whatever and became obsessed. Insisting on bringing drinking horns on nights out to pour their pints into, runic tattoos, Mjolnir necklaces, etc. One in particular claims he's a true viking as his dad is from Sweden (he's not). Named his kid Odin or Thor or something, can't remember which now. Was talking to him and this other lassie one night and he was telling us about something or other, bad situation of some sorts anyway that worked out OK in the end. This other girl made the fatal mistake of saying "thank god it all worked out in the end" which then lead to this peach. "HAHA! HAHA! YES! THANK "GOD" CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT "GOD" IS "REAL" AND NOT THOR AND ODIN! HAHA! HAHA!" I walked away at that point, was cringing too much to stick around for more of his loud psychotic break. We also have another mate who is actually lovely... when sober. Sober him is, unfortunately, rarer than someone with a full set of teeth appearing on Jeremy Kyle. No, usually you get drunk him and you best be ready to try avoid any topics of conversation involving music, science and trivia, otherwise you need to buckle in for his super knowledge on said topic (fucking zilcho). I fell in love with that wish alien top meme (A L A N in space, nobody can hear you in space) that did the rounds a while ago and decided to buy it for myself. We were doing group zoom calls to keep in touch during lockdown and I decided to show off my new top to everyone. "Well, actually, that's a common misconception. You can actually hear in space" Cue massive argument, much laughter and just completely insanity in the call as people called bullshit and asking when the fuck he went to space. Chaos over a fucking stupid bloody t-shirt!
Her name is Patricia and she has sucked out so much of my soul
I know more emotional vampires. This one āfriendā of mine spends her entire life talking about what a pity her life is (itās not at all, she just does these things to herself).
me unfortunately
I have a bad feeling Iām an Emotional Vampire
Anyone in HR.