(April 7, 2018 at 1:30 pm)Bahana Wrote: This has been a challenge to me for a long time. It's difficult for me to fake being interested in the way some people like to have introductory small talk. One person started talking to me by just saying the name of the city I live in and "huh?". Do you prefer the stock small talk questions about family and work?
Have you tried making the small talk large? Here's an example.
Random person: Chicago, huh?
You: Isn't it amazing that, in the vastness of the cosmos, in the endless primordial sea of burning stars and black holes, there exists a place called "Chicago"? What significance is there to that fact? Is there really a juxtaposition to be found? Is not Chicago itself an endless primordial sea inhabited by people, some of whom are are bright burning stars, and others dark, hungry black holes?
Random person: You're definitely not a cop. You wanna buy some drugs?
