Since developing my hobby -- photography, I always talk to strangers. Or more accurately, they always talk to me. People are always interested in what I am phot

Since developing my hobby -- photography, I always talk to strangers. Or more accurately, they always talk to me. People are always interested in what I am photographing. My advice is take up a hobby you can do outside. Not only does it give you something to talk about, but it also makes you seem like a fun person to talk to (a person with hobbies is likely to be more healthy and normal than one without). Plus if you are doing something it likely means you are in a good mood and aren't likely to be someone to take up another person's time too much. It restricts the space of likely outcomes of a chance encounter to be mostly good outcomes.