40oz
diRTbAg
Posts: 5,536
|
Post by 40oz on Dec 21, 2020 22:02:05 GMT -5
Staying home in covid19 quarantine is horrible or it's amazing, its different from person to person. What it does do, however, is it makes us socially irresponsible sometimes. Whether we get comfortable in our loneliness that we keep our distance from everyone, or we're so desperate for socialization that we do so without enough practice and make a fool of ourselves. Whatever it may be, being in public is like those random jump battles in pokemon. All you want to do is make it across those short 10 tiles of tall grass uninterrupted. Your at tile 9 and BAM, your stuck having to talk to another diglet. Choose your dialogue options carefully or you might make yourself look dumb!
Life is full of unwanted conversations with someone you don't care to know anything about. Sure this person might be cool but right now is not the time! Not while I'm buying some snacks at the grocery to stuff my face with! Not while i'm using this disgusting public bathroom real quick! Not because you held the door open for me at the store!
Report your conversations with strangers here!
Where were you when it happened? Was it totally inopportune or did you welcome it? Were you surprised with the outcome? What was the person like? What did you get stuck talking about? Did you say anything you wish you didn't say? Who do you think left the conversation more ashamed?
Tell me everything!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 2:17:38 GMT -5
The increasing rustiness of social skills guarantees social retardation no matter who you are the more you isolate yourself from others.
I embarked on an adventure to the grocery store. I kept one eye closed to block the sun on the sunny side, played Frogger IRL, and did my best to maintain a wide presence with a straight back. Once I entered the store I equipped my darkest blackest diaper mask out of courtesy for my fellow citizens and began to browse their wares. All was peaceful until I chose my checkout of choice most effective at saving my time. The man in line in front of me spoke, and at first I tried to discourage the conversation by looking down and inspecting my box of lackluster biscuits guaranteed to call into question my economic prowess. He did not stop. I spoke back to him at first uncaring, but quickly realized that it would be socially retarded to not put effort into participating. I made sure to pay attention and nod my head as I do my part in the conversation while also not clearly understanding what this man is saying, much like how I coordinate team effort in multiplayer team-based games without any direct communication. I'm not even sure if he could understand what I was saying, my confidence hit by these cultish masks of the New World Order that muffle my personality. We both conferred to one another that we do not drink alcohol as the conversation piece was the broken wine bottle next to our feet. If a conversation is an exchange of more than four sentences then this was certainly my most recent. Was I ashamed? No. Was I placated by the sanity boost presented to me? Yes.
|
|
|
Post by lunchlunch on Dec 22, 2020 3:38:52 GMT -5
My girlfriend and I went to the store to buy some things. A woman started talking to us. If I were by myself I'd probably have given some polite two word response and been on my merry way. I barely even talk to my friends anymore, I'm not about to chitchat with a stranger. My girlfriend however is a talker and we engaged with the woman for a minute and made a few inoffensive jokes. She noticed we had picked up both Crystal Light and La Croix and told us that mixing them is her family's drink of choice. We said we'd try it. The short conversation went well but had it gone on for a moment longer I would have run out of things to say. It turns out putting Crystal Light in La Croix is delicious so I'm glad enough about talking to a stranger this one time.
|
|
BIG DICK NIGGA
this post is a lie about my bodily proportions
Major Arlene obsessed, 100% verified freakazoid. AKA bzzrak
Posts: 2,296
|
Post by BIG DICK NIGGA on Dec 22, 2020 5:57:32 GMT -5
Can't remember the last time, I barely talk to people these days Although normally I'm not bad at them. I've managed to get rid of my anxiety in 95% of situations, so even if I say something stupid I don't beat myself much for it, which is pretty cool.
|
|
|
Post by joe-ilya on Dec 22, 2020 6:29:01 GMT -5
Nowadays I rarely get into conversations with strangers, I look like a Russian foreigner who can't speak the Hebrew language, my Russian accent helps that even further, so most people only bother to say hi or complain or compliment my janitor work and stop as soon as I utter anything
On the internet side, chatting with strangers is what it's all about, and I get to some lengthy chats with strangers (even on voice) with a common interest, which feels awesome, because video games, animation and music are very rare interests where I am.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 7:40:37 GMT -5
joe-ilya я и не думал, что ilya все это время означало Илья
|
|