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What do you talk about with people?
| recent events
| Games
Anime, manga
Hopes and dreams
Memes
Our lives
Family
Recent events
Doraemon
School, work
Sex sometimes
A lot of dumb philosophical stuff
| Things you can talk to total strangers about:
The weather (no shit), where they're going, what they're doing, what they do for a living, what YOU do, recent events, maybe talk about their weeb deco if they got it.
If you find something in common, capitalize on that for all it's worth.
| And then I realize this might not be what your shrink's looking for.
Idk, op, what do YOU like? Games, anime, your pets, cats?
| Just games and anime.
| That doesn't really interest the majority of people though.
| sport
work
WAGs
other friends and acquaintances
common interests
| >>410284
Yeah, but it's a start. What do you like out of them? Don't some give you more appreciation for, idk, history, architecture, color theory, narrative design, etc?
Games/anime are also about other things. Just dig for those and you'll get a dozen conversation pieces
| >>410459
I've got no idea how to start a talk about things architecture or narrative design out of the blue. Those seem to be to very specific. In fact anything I might encounter in those doesn't seem like something that could make a random conversation piece. Unless it flows to that naturally.
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| >>410642
> unless it flows to that naturally
That's generally how most conversations work, yeah. They always start with figuring out what you have in common.
Figuring out what *you* like is already half the battle though. Next you just figure out if the other person like that too, and one way to do that is to steer the convo towards it.
Which is hard, yeah, but communication is never easy.
You can always start with the weather
| After saying something like: "Nice weather" It seems hard to suddenly go for something like: "By the way, don't you find that narrative design is one of the most important things in storytelling?" Besides if it turns out partner doesn't dig the topic, awkward silence comes, that destroys any power to keep going.
| Thanks for the input though. I get the concept. Application seems like another problem entirely.
| Yo, OP.
You ever played drama or something?
| >>410864
Well I have, a couple times, and I always had the most fun during impovisation... I really like absurd stuff, like how you can completely invent a machine out of thin air, and just get away with it cause why not, or just end your character for the most bullshit reason... I always thought it was so hard, but it was so simple. You just have to realise you're not alone.
| If the other person is a fellow autist, then I just talk openly about my actual interests. If it's a common Chad or Stacy I pretend and put on a fake persona they'll resonate with.
| >>410885 Never met any fellow autists irl unfortunately. Neither does my fake persona get much resonance from muggles.
| I dont understand how nornies ALWAYS have something to say up their sleeves... For me my brain is either overthinking other things constantly or just empty static when I'm expected to start a conversation or make a passing comment
| >>411115
If most people here meet me irl, they'd consider me a normie so here's some advice:
* Prompt people to speak i.e. ask open ended questions that have to be answered with more than a yes/no
* Listen to them and look attentive (body language, "mhm", etc.), but don't overdo it
* After the first conversation with someone, you should know their interests. If you are cultured, there's always something you can say about their interests or ask them an interesting question...
| >>411166
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* Most importantly: practice, practice, practice. The more you speak to people, the better you get at reading body language and sounding interesting. If you learn your way around human emotions and behaviorism well enough, you can even spend a good time with people you'd usually hate (normies, SJWs, etc.). REMEMBER THAT it's something that can be learned. I used to be a NEET and now I'm very social and get invited to parties and all that jazz. Good Luck!
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| I wonder. Shrink asked me to come up with 10 minimum conversation topics I'd enjoy. Yet the only thing I can come up with is hello and how are you... It's crazy how people communicate with each other so much.