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I naturally don't make small talk as much as people usually do, and came up with a saying when people tell me that I'm "so quiet": If you're always talking, yo
by ravenstine 8y ago
I naturally don't make small talk as much as people usually do, and came up with a saying when people tell me that I'm "so quiet":
If you're always talking, you can't hear what's going on.
- balabaster 8y agoI say this to my kids all the time! They never stop talking... in fact, half of the people around me never stop talking. It's astounding they ever manage to learn anything, honestly.
- philipov 8y agoThey don't.
- dmix 8y agoSome people just need to voice every thought in their head. The best is when two of these people start rambling to each other, they can go on for hours. I used to date someone who always read everything out loud and talked things out verbally while writing. Which they claimed helped them think but I'm not convinced.
- not_kurt_godel 8y ago> The best is when two of these people start rambling to each other, they can go on for hours A phenomenon otherwise known as "conversation".
- mwfunk 8y agoNo, that's just people talking at each other. Conversation is when they listen to each other too.
- smhenderson 8y agoI know what you’re saying but when I read the parent comment I couldn’t help but think of an episode of Star Trek where Data and some commander are introduced to each other and they begin to talk for seemingly hours about nothing but trivia. Rather than conversation I think the more appropriate moniker for what the parent comment was describing would be “small talk”.
- diminoten 8y agoSome of us can do two things at once. :)
- ionised 8y agoNo, you just think you can. Everybody else can plainly see that you aren't listening if all you're doing is talking.
- diminoten 8y agoWhat's funny about your comment is that in order to try and make your point you invoke "everybody", despite not knowing anything about me or even knowing anyone who knows me. What you've done is expose the weakness in your argument -- you have no idea what I can or can't do, do you?
- ionised 8y agoIt doesn't matter whether I know you or not. Nobody can speak and listen at the same time.
- andreilys 8y agoSilence is uncomfortable for a lot of people, unfortunately.
- derangedHorse 8y agoBut if no one talks, it'll be a lot harder to hear what's going on. Plus sometimes you have to talk to get others to stop talking.