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MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#1: Oct 22nd 2010 at 2:50:21 AM

Come on, there is nothing more awesome than coming home from the grocery store or mall having talked to a complete stranger for ten to twenty minutes and really enjoyed yourself.

:)

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#2: Oct 22nd 2010 at 2:54:50 AM

My school days... Whether they are good days or bad days... Its solely depended on it do I speak with my friends or not. Actually, it depends on whether I speak at all or not =P

vijeno from Vienna, Austria Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Oct 22nd 2010 at 3:04:44 AM

Oh yes! Especially if you have suffered from social retardedness for most of your adult life! (Like I did, obviously)

TibetanFox Feels Good, Man from Death Continent Since: Oct, 2010
Feels Good, Man
#4: Oct 22nd 2010 at 3:05:14 AM

I'm still amazed how damn easily I can make money on account of being one of the few people with a background in electronics and engineering who doesn't violently hate talking to people.

Alkthash Was? Since: Jan, 2001
Was?
#5: Oct 22nd 2010 at 12:21:27 PM

Talking to people is easy. Most of the time you just listen and tell them what they want to hear. I mean unless you have some aversion to lying or actually have something important to say, there is no reason not to use the smile and nod technique.

spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#6: Oct 22nd 2010 at 2:25:29 PM

Woohooo! I love talking to people! :D

blamspam Since: Oct, 2010
#7: Oct 22nd 2010 at 2:28:33 PM

I AM DOING SOMETHING TONIGHT FOR ONCE.

My sister works at the grocery store and learns interesting things by being forcefully chatty.

Bus rides are pretty good for this too.

ACDrawings YOSH! from MY PERSONAL REALITY Since: Jan, 2001
YOSH!
#8: Oct 22nd 2010 at 4:07:04 PM

You Extroverts suck!

Except you AHR, you're okay.

When All Else Fails, you have fun and flirt wit da ladies, dats da Drawings way!
spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#9: Oct 22nd 2010 at 5:11:18 PM

Even me?!

edited 22nd Oct '10 5:12:01 PM by spasticgecko

Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
o hai
#10: Oct 22nd 2010 at 5:39:27 PM

(has never talked to strangers for 10-20 mins)

If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#11: Oct 22nd 2010 at 5:57:38 PM

@AC: Pick a side will ya? Unpleasable fool.

Yay. I'm OK! grin

@Ed: Usually such a thing would occur if you are waiting on a line or something.

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TibetanFox Feels Good, Man from Death Continent Since: Oct, 2010
Feels Good, Man
#12: Oct 23rd 2010 at 5:42:38 AM

Well yes, I have an aversion to lying, which is one of the few things that makes my job difficult.

One of the other big parts is if I tell people "what they want to hear" then they'll get their damn fool selves killed. Because what they typically want to hear is that fucking around with 230VAC without any training or safety precautions because they're too cheap to call a proper electrician is totally safe and sensible.

LouieW Loser from Babycowland Since: Aug, 2009
Loser
#13: Oct 23rd 2010 at 4:40:59 PM

I do not know if randomly talking with strangers really makes one social or extroverted at all. I feel like that happens to me decently frequently and I doubt anyone would call me social. I think that is a lot different than talking to someone one knows or being social at one's workplace or school.

Edmania,

(has never talked to strangers for 10-20 mins)
Obviously this does not directly apply to you, but that kind of stuff typically happens to me while walking down the street or while waiting for a plane, bus, or whatever (as Mr AHR said). Now, I might just be a particularly approachable person  *, but I do get into random conversations from time to time. I rarely find them to be bothersome unless I am in a hurry despite the fact that I generally dislike socializing.

However, I try not to initiate such random conversations partially because I am never sure if another person might be annoyed by them.

edited 23rd Oct '10 4:41:53 PM by LouieW

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#14: Oct 28th 2010 at 10:25:39 PM

Just had a really long conversation with a stranger, which moved me to dig up this topic. I'm starting to enjoy this sort of thing; it helps that I'm figuring out that unlike the city I moved from, here you can just talk to people and that's okay. It's a paradigm shift, but a pleasant one.

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#15: Oct 28th 2010 at 10:34:30 PM

I seem to be a little weird in that, while I don't like getting involved with other people very much, I nevertheless do enjoy some casual chatting. A 20-minute chat at work or on a bus or something? Sure. Prolonged isolation is not a good thing, as I learned last weekend.

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pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
OMG NO NOSECONES
#16: Oct 28th 2010 at 11:11:36 PM

I'm not an extravert.

But I can usually hold a conversation with a stranger for about ten minutes, longer if there's a common subject. Cars will do it for me.

Then I'll need to recharge for about a day. Hence why I like the Net, I can talk to folks here all day and it doesn't wear me out.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
SPACETRAVEL from ☉ Since: Oct, 2010
#17: Oct 28th 2010 at 11:37:06 PM

I seem to be a little weird in that, while I don't like getting involved with other people very much, I nevertheless do enjoy some casual chatting. A 20-minute chat at work or on a bus or something? Sure.
Another thing we have in common.

whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashion
Landstander God Of Cake from Somewhere else Since: Jan, 2001
God Of Cake
#18: Oct 28th 2010 at 11:51:25 PM

I'm always mortified to hell and back when my dad does this and gabs to the waitress or something, but to be honest I have the same tendencies. I do striking up a random conversation with a stranger!

Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
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