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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Then bring your A game to every conversation. Most people are interesting, they just need steering towards their subject of interest.

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 1 points 39 minutes ago

I think you have to be pretty open to new things for this to be true, a lot of people will shut down and think certain topics are boring, art for example. You kind of have to force yourself to find those things interesting for a while before everything seems interesting.

[–] Doom@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Oh my sweet summer sunshine. It's not other people's jobs to do your emotional labor for you.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 2 points 1 hour ago

You're kinda confirming my pet theory that the "I don't do small talk" people are all cunts