http://www.justindb.com/life/2010/03/speech-acts/ adventures of justin Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.justindb.com/life/2010/03/speech-acts/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Karen Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:11:42 +0000 http://www.justindb.com/life/?p=455#comment-368 some people are sooo much better at superficial conversation than others.I guess it's about whether it matters to you if you are actually interested in the topic at hand or, in regard to something like football or reality tv, I guess it helps alot if you have common interests, as opposed to more esoteric ones. one strategy I've learned is to notice something innocuous about the person and then bring it up in conversation. That seems to work well. most people seem to be quite happy when you ask them something not very personal about themselves. (even though you might think you're being way too obvious) some people are sooo much better at superficial conversation than others.I guess it’s about whether it matters to you if you are actually interested in the topic at hand or, in regard to something like football or reality tv, I guess it helps alot if you have common interests, as opposed to more esoteric ones. one strategy I’ve learned is to notice something innocuous about the person and then bring it up in conversation. That seems to work well. most people seem to be quite happy when you ask them something not very personal about themselves. (even though you might think you’re being way too obvious)

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