Quote Originally Posted by nightlight
you are listening too closely.
Maybe, but my biggest difficulty in socializing is finding conversation material. Every so often I've tried just talking about biology, quantum theory, politics, anything more in my way of thinking; and they always just give me a blank look and go "huh?...."


EDIT: except for politics, but people are so touchy about it that they avoid conversation in this field like the plague.
Gandalf_The_Grey Reviewed by Gandalf_The_Grey on . People Listening/Searching for intellectual peers Inspired by the people watching thread of course:jointsmile:. Anybody ever tried people listening? I've tried people-listening so I can learn how to socialize, analyzing conversations to see how average people make small talk/chit chat (as is I'm totally socially isolated outside these boards). Honestly, average people talk about nothing. I was listening to this guy and girl talking on the bus and it was 25 minutes of: "I got that chain fixed on my bike" "yeah, not having a bike Rating: 5