"How was your day?" "Can you tell me about yourself?" "What do you think about [topic]?"

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Agamemnon@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Depending on what [topic] is, prepare yourself for a 30 minute rant that I have prepared several weeks in advance.

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y

and have rehearsed multiple times everyday when no one was around

nao@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 3y (2 replies)

“How are you”

PoorHobo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

[30 minute one sided discussion about coffee]; “So I got that going for me, which is nice”

DaSaw@midwest.social · 5 pts · 3y

It's like we turn into that old person that goes into their entire medical history when asked this question.

Donjuanme@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Let's talk about you instead, we will both take more pleasure in talking about you, not that I will be about to follow the conversation, but I'm very good at encouraging you to continue it. And I won't feel like I'm wasting your time/questioning if you're truly engaged. But give me the smallest opportunity and I'm railroading you down paths you certainly were never expecting.

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

But give me the smallest opportunity and I'm railroading you down paths you certainly were never expecting.

lmaooo 🤣

ABCDE@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

I have taken to asking people if it's a genuine question or if it's just small talk. Obviously the former leads down a dark hole of all the things which are affecting me and you will not escape.

s12@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 3y

“Normal” is subjective.

CarlsIII@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y

Also, I’m not at work, so I don’t want to talk about work.