• Agamemnon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    11 months ago

    Depending on what [topic] is, prepare yourself for a 30 minute rant that I have prepared several weeks in advance.

    • PoorHobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      [30 minute one sided discussion about coffee]; “So I got that going for me, which is nice”

    • DaSaw@midwest.socialEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      It’s like we turn into that old person that goes into their entire medical history when asked this question.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Let’s talk about you instead, we will both take more pleasure in talking about you, not that I will be about to follow the conversation, but I’m very good at encouraging you to continue it. And I won’t feel like I’m wasting your time/questioning if you’re truly engaged. But give me the smallest opportunity and I’m railroading you down paths you certainly were never expecting.

  • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    I have taken to asking people if it’s a genuine question or if it’s just small talk. Obviously the former leads down a dark hole of all the things which are affecting me and you will not escape.