Gandalf,

Based on the chatter we were all having in the chat room, I don't think you're anti-social at all. :jointsmile:

If I understand you correctly, you want to get down to the "nuts and bolts" with people. If this is the case, I think you should be selective in your small talk. As others suggested, make small talk about current events, but you should be selective in your small talk so it can go where you would like it. Don't bring up an athlete if you don't want to talk sports all night.

Act like you're interviewing people with your small talk. For example, if you want to talk politics, bring up political news, and see if they bite and talk politics. You are trying to find out if they have the same interests in your type of conversations. Then the ones that bite on your bait, will go where you would like it, and the ones that don't, you can just keep it at the small talk level and move on.

Damn, this post made me a member of the 1,000 post club here @ Cannabis.com!

I'm curious to how many members are part of this club?