Small Talk

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I think that small talk is boring and useless. Who cares about the weather or what team scored the most points last night?

i will eagerly talk about the weather but i have no interest in sport, so i think there is a distinction between those 2 examples.

I sort of enjoy the weather, but not sports. What really bugs me is when someone is talking to and then say "then" which implies that this conversation is going to go on forever. (The don't always say "then" it's sort of an example)

I don't like small talk, no matter who it's with.

I don't really like doing small talk with my family, since they have a lot to talk about.

well i am interested in the weather for very many reasons, and i will go on for as long as i can about it. air systems are vast and very heavy and they strive to attain a tenuous equilibrium that results in fluctuations like ripples in pressure and humidity, and the whole thing swirls and boils in ways that are fascinating to consider..............

but most people just say "good to see the sun's out" or something, and that, i agree, is small talk because anything that could be a response to it is seen as pedantic.

example:
a: good to see the sun's out.

b: the sun is always "out", unless by "out" you mean extinguished. the sun always shines whether there are clouds that occlude it or whether it is night on whatever side of the world. the fact that there are no clouds today is due to a high pressure system that is responsible for higher temperatures that are trying to blow toward the peripheral low pressure regions, and taking the moisture there with them. it is interesting that..............

a: yes it's good like i said.

b: yep. good.
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but sport is always a nauseating topic with me. i have no interest in learning about it or watching it or talking about it.

It's one of the reasons I hate going to the hairdressers. Sometimes I wonder if they give me a bad haircut for not engaging in their small talk.

I both loathe and am terrible at small talk.

In fact, I recently had an argument with a close friend where they told me, in direct terms, to "get better at small talk".

i hate small talk, tall talk, ball talk, and fall talk
i hate mall talk, stall talk, crawl talk, and bawl talk
i hate all talk.

* "tall talk" is boasting
* "ball talk" is sport
* "fall talk" is gossip about people's falls from grace
* "mall talk" is fashion
* "stall talk" is advertising blurb or excuses for lateness.
* "crawl talk" is sucking up bosses arses
* "bawl talk" is crying and moaning and complaining.

I don't like at least some "small talk." I do like talking about the weather, though (meteorology is one of my special interests).

I like to be diplomatic if I'm introducing a sensitive subject; otherwise, I'm pretty much a "cut to the chase" kind of guy.

a: do you like my lipstick?
b: i have never tried your lipstick because i do not wear lipstick so i am unable to give you an answer i am sorry.

a: how do you like my hair?
b: in order to tell you how i like it, i have to consider whether i like it, and i have not considered whether i like it so sorry..another blank.

a: what about princess kate huh?
b: err..she's married to a prince i would suspect ?
a: she's pregnant dummy!
b: well that has nothing to do with me. i never met her.

a: do you like the new packet design?
b: i bought one with the new packet design, so the new packet design was not sufficient to alter my purchase habits.

etc..etc...

Every time I compliment someone, I think it sounds like "You look awesome", but it sounds like "You look f*cking ugly."

Did you know the poll is using check-boxes, and you can select both "yes" and "no"?

I don't "hate" small talk, though I get irritated by it sometimes.

I'm not extremely good at it--but I'm much better at it than I used to be.

I think, at times, it does serve a purpose.

sometimes refusal to engage in small talk can turn out to be fun.
a drives up in his new car.

a: hey man what do you think of my new car?
b: not much.
a: why?
b: because i don't like it.
a: why don't you like it?
b: because i just don't.
a: there must be a reason why you don't like it.
b: no not really. i just don't like it.
a: that's not a very good answer man.
b: it answers the question you asked.
a: so can you think of a reason you don't like it or what?!
b: yes. it's because i never liked that kind of thing.
a: what?!? so you have no reason? you just don't like it?
b: i do have a reason and that is because i don't think it's that good.
a: WHY ?!?!?!
b: because i don't like it.
a: you're a f..................

etc

I don't mind it in small doses. Other times it can be painful to sit through.