Having friends of the kids over this afternoon, any small talk pointers when I have to chat with the normie parents?
#asknostr
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Just hand them a roll of tinfoil and say here’s your hat, follow me to the den.
Flowers/gardening is a pretty acceptable topic!
very wise, thanks!
Lol the dad has offered me his “stach of roundup” for our organic farm lol. I guess I can try & convert him to my lawn substitute
"so, crazy weather right?" 😹
i'm not sure 🤔
Yup sure is a hot summer, how bout them local sports team
It’s baseball season. Go to ESPN and look up the box scores and any special plays. You don’t need to know your local team at all because it’s probably blacked out on tv anyway.
If you don’t know baseball, ask questions about bocce ball or pickleball. Americans will literally tear down their large community trees to build these.
Outside of sports, gardening or birdwatching is another good area. Everyone admires those who do it, but few are actually any good at it, so odds are you can make some shit up as you go along and they likely won’t know but will nod in agreement anyway.
I don't do small talk. If they can't handle me undiluted, then we know it isn't going to work out. Let em have it. Lol
Find something you both like.
Even if it's the color of the walls.
I always just try to leave out my Bitcoin themed stuffed animals. Randomly.
My emotional support coffee cup is always stickered up
If you figure it out, let me know. We are going to meet the homeschool group parents tomorrow. I stick to the weather and whatever the kids are doing. I suck at small talk.
Maybe its time to starting talking up nostr. Just ask if they like their social media or something lol
😂 it's so fun meeting new people and the second time you see them they tell you they can't find you on facebook...that's when the nostr talk starts. Although they'd never talk to me again after seeing all my shenanigans 🤷♀️🤔
"What'd you think of the big game? That was crazy, right?"
"Yeah, the one sportsball team sure did good, uh huh."
I usually try and stay quiet, ask questions and listen. You could say only a few sentences the whole time you’re together and if you ask questions and listen, people will walk away and go. “What a great guy.”
I like this idea, thank you
I second this.
My go to questions/replies are;
How do you mean?
I'm sorry I dont follow.
How did you find that out?
That's interesting. Go on.
Ever intriguing, please go on
There’s an old saying “ you have two ears, and one mouth use them in proportion.” Practice an old sales technique called FORD.
Family
Occupation
Recreation
Dreams.
If you start asking questions about someone’s family, eventually, the conversation will turn to their job and what they like to do for fun and they will inevitably start talking about their goals and desires.
Thanks Rickey
‘God gave you two ears, and one mouth, for a reason’ was literally one of my father’s top three sayings, growing up!!!
‘You lay down with dogs, you get fleas’ & ‘trust, but verify’ (I was 30+ when I learned it was a Reagan original) being the other two.
And I run our companies’ sales department.
Set up your wallet, Keith. Wanna zap
My version:
What do you mean?
How is that relevant?
To what extent/avail?
How can I help?
I don't work for you.
Sick! / Cool! / Wild. / Damn that's crazy.
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No idea. Good luck out there raw dogging it
“How was your weekend?”
Let them run with it.
Ask lots of Qs. Don't underestimate the power of non-sequitors.
Also, whenever someone asks me what I do, I immediately start talking about my hobbies, even though I know they were implying asking what I do for money. It's fun!
My dada once said to me that when you ask what someone does for a living, you’re kinda really asking how much respect you’re going to give them.
This reminds me of a Reddit comment about a guy who pretends to be a garbage man at a dinner party amongst a bunch of suits and such and ends up making everyone envious of his lifestyle
Tell them how Israel are bleeding us, that the money they print to give to Israel is bleeding us devaluing our currency driving up the cost of living and higher taxes
Religion, politics and vaccines
—You’ll be good to go.
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The weather. Or just let them talk about themselves. Save your energy 🤙🏼
Out of the blue, tell them that unless it's a total free market it always leads to corporatism, and see how they respond.