Do you have "talking block"?

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For example, whenever you just say "Hi" to somebody, you just have nothing else to talk about? This happens to me either in real-life or one the computer.

All the time.

With my crush
Otherwises I'll rattle on a number of subjects.

Very often

Yes, but only when it matters! If I'm trying to make an impression, I end up totally overwhelmed and blank out.

yeah i do that a bunch too, it's hard to think of things to actually say XD.

my friends are actually really cool about it... we've kinda made a game out of it, so we now just have the rapid-fire greeting exchange conversations which actually end up being really comical...
example convo:
"hi"
"yes"
"what"
"no"
"ok"
"thanks"
"huh"
"yes"
"i agree."
etc, etc... lol, we get some weird looks if we're around others, but it's fun meaningless conversation... but if i don't know the person i just shut up

Yes! Hehe, I can't make small talk to save my life. If I know the person well I might not even bother to try to start a conversation... it's a bit awkward. Of course there are many possible topics of conversation I could use, but they wouldn't be appropriate (going on about linguistics or how much I really dread the next class period).

Sometimes.
Well.. actually, almost never.
Just in front of new people, and if I have to do a report or presentation in college.
Then I'd be like,

'Um... this is.... uh... I don't know what to say' - and then I'd laugh, which is why most people in my classes at college think of me as a clown.

Yes. Whenever I'm around other people my thinking is usually off. As soon as they're gone I can think of all the things I wanted to say or what I should have said. While in their presence I'm like a robot, can only say prescripted type things or answer questions.

Sometimes in real life and online this happens to me.

Online it can usually be excused, but in real life...not so much.

I don't really care though. If I don't know the person then it doesn't matter as I probably will never see them again.

I get that way on occassion.

Yeah, that's me 95% of the time. Beats me how I'm supposed to talk to people without having anything to say.

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Yes with small talk, but I do the same thing Ebec does, I can ramble on about subjects or issues.

I think that's what keeps most of my peers and others at bay.

Yes!