100% "What do you do?" is a low form of communication.
What are you passionate about? Is more interesting.
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I don't always want to know that either 😂 but you're right, it's a much better question. Any question to get out of chit chat works for me. Even silence. I don't mind being silent together for the effort of getting to know each other.
Well put.
Small talk is a side effect of anxiety imo, but there's also something beautiful about just hearing someone voice and cadence. A lot can be picked up from that regardless of the content.