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Personally I ask random people "What's your story" all the time at parties. It's been a great conversation starter every time. I think it only works with the yo
by socialist_coder 12y ago
Personally I ask random people "What's your story" all the time at parties. It's been a great conversation starter every time. I think it only works with the younger crowd though (~20s or people who still want to act like they're in their 20s). I can't see a mature 40 year old responding well to that type of question.
- GrinningFool 12y agoIt could just be that I'm envisioning entirely the wrong voice tone and body language when I picture someone asking this -- I can only see it coming across as hostile/aggressive, prying, or downright creepy.
- ams6110 12y agoI can certainly see it that way, but just as easily see it as a variant of "So, what do you do?" but more open-ended. It definitely depends on tone, delivery, body language, etc. as well as the conversation leading up to it. As an opening line, it would tend to put the other person on the defensive, I agree. In that circumstance it's more like "So, why are you here?" with the implication that you shouldn't be.