I dont understand casual conversation

[PITTM]

i feel better when someone asks me how my day was in a genuine manner. i think thats a fairly common trait of human beings, no? am i not supposed to be taking this question seriously?

rj

[jaxUp]

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i feel better when someone asks me how my day was in a genuine manner. i think thats a fairly common trait of human beings, no? am i not supposed to be taking this question seriously?

rj

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I find that if somebody that I am not close with asks me this question they tend not to pay much attention to the answer, so I will sometimes make things up for my own amusement.

[Rotating Rabbit]

With this question it can either be a terrible bore for both parties, or a genuine conversation with empathy.

[Andrew Karpinski]

KKF : Maybe the problem isn't the 'stupid' questions but how you're responding (or not responding) to them.

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If the following excerpt sounds all too familiar, congratulations, you are one step closer to madness.

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Preoccupation with weather might seem to be another perfectly practical concern, but as with money matters, humatons talk about the weather in a manner that is to a large degree incompatible with any practical application. As soon as the weather comes up, humatons are able to slide comfortably on to autopilot, and can exchange banalities almost indefinitely. Their eyes glaze over and they settle into the warm, fuzzy feeling that comes from the certainty that no original or challenging thoughts will be required of them or directed at them, so posing a threat to their slumbersome state. Another dead giveaway that the matrix has hijacked a group conversation is when humatons begin to exchange information about the means by which they got to wherever they are, their mode of transport, the exact logistical details of the process of arrival, all adding up to a complete run-down of their movements of the previous hour or so. Humatons talk about such matters as if they were army generals discussing the previous day's battle, and preparing future strategies for wars to come. They can literally spend hours (let's face it, they can spend their whole lives) discussing utterly trivial details as if they were working on the cure for cancer. This collective insanity brilliantly disguises itself as a wholly banal kind of fixation, above all on material factors such as food, money, transportation, domestic refurbishments, new acquisitions, technological appliances, and of course, job details. In other words, items and pursuits pertinent to the matrix.

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[flub]

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Don't worry, if this is your attitude they'll stop asking eventually.

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nh

[Peter Harris]

I love food. If i ask you what you ate today, I *want* to know.

[Iron Tigran]

People ask "What did you eat today?" was an ice breaker/small talk?! I don't know if anyone has ever asked me that question.

I am a fatass, so i suppose people assume i eat well, and don't need to check up on me. But seriously, how often is this asked?!?!

[Yeti]

KKF,

You have never been more right.

[Iron Tigran]

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...I did some shopping the other day, i needed a bunch of stuff... a flask.. I get to the store where they have my flask.

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“My favorite gift I’ve ever received is a flask. I think giving someone a flask is a nice way of saying: ‘Hey you seem like a drunk on the go. You strike me as needing hard liquor at all times… thanks… This would be good for you in your car.’” --Jim Gaffigan