I like “small talk” a lot as a great way to know people. I disagree that these questions will make more meaningful conversations. Every time I see one of these

I like “small talk” a lot as a great way to know people. I disagree that these questions will make more meaningful conversations. Every time I see one of these lists of ”meaningful” questions, from people who ”hate” small talk, they fit in one of these categories: it is virtue signaling, to show they are supposed to be more profound human beings than the average person; or it signalizes intelligence, show they can think of smarter things than the regular person; or they are intrusive questions, very personal questions that I would like to answer only to real friends, not strangers, and I would hate being asked that. I would much rather engage with a simple person that asks those regular questions to start a conversation and it is there to actually talk to you, not put up a show to impress you on how profound and cool they are.