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> We think people want to hear about exciting stuff we did without them (“I went to Budapest!”) when they actually are happier talking about mundane stuff we di
by tcgv 4y ago
> We think people want to hear about exciting stuff we did without them (“I went to Budapest!”) when they actually are happier talking about mundane stuff we did together (“Remember when we got stuck in traffic driving to DC?”)
Gonna keep that in mind!
- jstx1 4y agoOn the flip-side, "remember when we..." becomes very boring if you're meeting someone that you aren't forming new memories with.
- gitgud 4y agoTrue, if someone in the conversation wasn't at that event, it's very hard for them to care, unless there's a punchline or its somehow actually related to them...
- havblue 4y agoAs a teenager I noticed some people used it to enforce in-group status. If you were there, you can talk to them, if you weren't, go talk to someone else.
- Aperocky 4y agoPersonally, I want to hear about exciting stuff that my friend did and tell them about the exciting stuff that happened to me (though not much of that has happened recently.. can just stay relatively quiet).
- lupire 4y agoSNL / Chris Farley satirized that: https://ew.com/tv/saturday-night-live-the-chris-farley-show/ https://ew.com/tv/saturday-night-live-the-chris-farley-show/