I think the total opposite, people who value small talk assume every stranger is someone to value and attempt to connect with, whereas people who frown at or avoid small talk are often the ones assuming some pretty negative things about others
Not OP but mine are, anything wrong with it? Communication aims at information exchange, if you wanna say hey just say hey, we don’t need to waste away doing empty, false gestures at each other. You want to learn something I know? Happy to help! Vice versa? I hope you also don’t mind.
Wanna waste air with saying empty words, devoid of any actual meaning? You’d get the most appropriate version of “Yeah” and a stare urging you to get to the point.
Can we not belittle each other, it’s such a conversation ender.
I do think there are people who are going to be purely transactional, myself included. I don’t know why, maybe it’s rooted in insecurity, maybe it’s lack of attention span from perpetually being online that’s rewired our simulation receptors that don’t get anything from trying to discover connections.
So… if you don’t live your life automatically assuming that every stranger is a threat, you don’t waste time and effort with small talk.
I think the total opposite, people who value small talk assume every stranger is someone to value and attempt to connect with, whereas people who frown at or avoid small talk are often the ones assuming some pretty negative things about others
That’s pretty unfair to the 10 to 20 % neurodiverses.
You really don’t understand this hooman communication thing, do you?
So let me try to parse this; Your interactions with others is on a purely transactional basis?
My attention and time are not something others should feel entitled to receiving.
Not OP but mine are, anything wrong with it? Communication aims at information exchange, if you wanna say hey just say hey, we don’t need to waste away doing empty, false gestures at each other. You want to learn something I know? Happy to help! Vice versa? I hope you also don’t mind.
Wanna waste air with saying empty words, devoid of any actual meaning? You’d get the most appropriate version of “Yeah” and a stare urging you to get to the point.
Metadata is data. Skipping small talk is exchanging less information.
Can we not belittle each other, it’s such a conversation ender.
I do think there are people who are going to be purely transactional, myself included. I don’t know why, maybe it’s rooted in insecurity, maybe it’s lack of attention span from perpetually being online that’s rewired our simulation receptors that don’t get anything from trying to discover connections.
You’re so incredibly arrogant in your communication it’s funny you think of yourself as empathetic.
Your mask is falling.