☞ 013. (video)

[wouldnotkindly]

Hey. Uh.

[Off to a great start, Jack.]

I was wondering... I'm not really much of a conversationalist, but, uh. Does anyone know how I could...you know, get better at it? Talking to people, I mean.

I feel like it's something I need to work on.

Comments

[negativegate]

You open your mouth and start talking. What's so difficult about that?

[wouldnotkindly]

If it were that easy, I don't think I'd have such a problem with it.

[negativegate]

Maybe you're just a weirdo. Of course it's that easy.

[wouldnotkindly]

[Ouch.]

I'm not that weird.

[negativegate]

[She can be kind of tactless...]

Yet you need instructions on talking?

[wouldnotkindly]

[So he's figured.]

It's not just talking. It's...you know, small talk. Making conversation, chitchat, whatever. [Though he doesn't "just talk" much, either.]

[negativegate]

[She taps her chin, then shrugs. She's hardly someone to give advice on making conversation, but she's going to offer it, anyway.]

Like I said--just talk. Say whatever comes to mind and don't waste time thinking about it.

[wouldnotkindly]

[Even if it's not very good advice, he's not exactly in any position to refuse it.]

I try that, sometimes. And then things stop coming to mind.

[negativegate]

Then the conversation's over unless the other person has something to talk about.