Like seriously, what do you walk about? (13)

1 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-06-29 04:12 ID:z86x8swv

What do you usually talk about in everyday life with friends? Like let's say you meet a stranger in school and you kind of know him but you don't so you decide to walk to class to each other. It's a length walk. What do you walk about? For real please help me

2 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-06-29 05:14 ID:+vOeA9b6

Common interests.
Class subjects.
Local or World news.
Gossip.

3 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-06-29 05:47 ID:REQxdh6A

Strangers are usually boring and predictable for the most part. Don't expect the same conversation with two different people if you ask the right questions.

For example...

Person I Work With (Person A)---

Me: So...what sort of video games do you play?
A: I don't play that many. Maybe...Grand Theft Auto.
Me: Ah...I like RPGs and shooters. GTA was okay, but there's this other game...
A: Wait a second, what's an RPG?
Me: ...coughs after a long pause...uh...Role-playing game. So, the weather's supposed to get really bad later...

On to Person B, a friend of mine --

Me: What sort of video games do you want to play?
B: Maybe a racing game? I just finished watching like...all of Initial D.
Me: I suck at drifting in that game. If I wasn't poor I could practice more at the arcade.D:
B: <Insert name of other friend here> always kicks my ass. Hey, have you found <insert name of game> yet?
Me: I sware, I've been to every Gamestop, EB Games, and any other store you could possibly think of, and I can't find a single copy of <insert game here>.
B: I've got a copy, you know. Why don't you just borrow mine?
Me: Awesome! Do you want to borrow anything as a trade-off?
B: Sure, do you have <insert game here>? I got right to the final boss but the disc got scratched.
B: That sucks...sure, you can borrow it.

And so on and so forth.

In other words, most people are interested in crap music, crap games, crap tv shows, and crap in general. Holding a conversation is hard no matter what you're interested in. Just bring up whatever you're interested in with a bunch of different people; most of those people won't like the things you like, and the conversation won't really go anywhere. Still, there's always that one person that'll have your interests out of that group of tasteless scumbags, and that's the person you're putting out all your efforts for.

Anyway, that doesn't answer anything. Here's a list to break the ice:

"What sort of video games do you like?"
"PC or Mac?"
"Have you been watching <insert name of whatever shows you watch>?"
"So I read this book the other day..."

That's all I've got off the top of my head. Really, you just need to pick a topic that you won't mind talking about. Don't make the same mistake I did and talk about green tea ice cream for 20 minutes because there's nothing better to talk about. If it's not even an interesting topic to you, you might as well just shut up and spare yourself the energy.

4 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-06-29 06:09 ID:YigFl7TJ

People that ask me "PC or Mac?" annoy the hell out of me. So I guess it's a good thing they ask - it lets us both know ahead of time that we won't like each other. (Or at least, they usually don't like me after I say 'I don't care' in the most apathetic voice I can muster.)

On-topic, I think it depends on your personality. For example, I find it easiest to come up with sarcastic jokes and comments about shared experiences. Not everybody likes this, but this is fine because I probably won't like them either, and it's an easy way to tell that we're not going to be good friends. On the other hand, if your personality is loving anime, ask about that. If it's video games, ask about that. Develop your own style, your own personality.

5 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-06-29 06:09 ID:YigFl7TJ

Oh yeah, and what is this doing in /love/? Seems to me it belongs in /personal/.

6 Name: DENNNNNN : 2007-06-30 15:09 ID:ZXMYapCS

i love my freaking boyff

7 Name: No Name-san : 2007-07-01 22:26 ID:X+1/3xAD

haha..on my point.

ii just talk about random stuffs..
and let her talk about stuffs..
like..she's gonna make the topic and such..

and we have a great talk on that one =]

you can joke around alsoo =]

.No Name-san

8 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-07-02 01:12 ID:QxLgdCZh

>>7 You suck. I hate people who give such vague responses. You do not help the OP.

I tend to avoid "geeky" topics because I find they are inappropriate for conversation (animu, manga, pc/video games) also people tend to judge you negatively for this, if your appearance doesn't already give it away.

I often ask if they smoke (weed)? I find the answer to this conversation can say a decent amount about their life philosophy. I hate talking about the weather.

I only talk to one person in real life. Our conversations mostly consist of how we can improve our lives, where we currently are in life (looking for job, going to school), when more opiods are coming in, reminiscing to a time when life was carefree and we were happy in retrospect(high school), and how mutual acquaintances are doing.

I suck at having interesting conversations, this is probably why I have one friend.

9 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-07-02 23:48 ID:OxVSZR2g

I usally comment (positive) on the strangers clothes or looks.

It's an easy way to start an conversation, if you're about to talk with a total stranger.

But an answer to your question, i would talk about school and class. That you KNOW that you have in common, so it's an easy way to begin the conversation. Listen to the answer, ask follow-up questions. There you go.

If you didn't pick up a intrest from the school-conversation, just ask "Apart from lalala, what do you more like to do?"

And do you have any gossip, PLEASE TALK ABOUT THAT. It's a stupid way to make friends, BUT IT WORKS SO WELL.

10 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-07-03 02:33 ID:z86x8swv

what about like at work

11 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-07-03 02:33 ID:z86x8swv

like i can talk to guys about w.e fine but not girls i don't know why wtf

12 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-07-03 03:01 ID:UBDpG1q+

Find out what the other person is interested in and strike up a conversation about it. This can be derived from anything like details in their clothes/possessions/who they associate with/where they go etc.

13 Name: Secret Admirer : 2007-07-05 04:11 ID:z86x8swv

How? I only like see her like 2-3 tims a week

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