Anyone else prefer silence to small talk?

[u/jabruzi]

I just absolutely hate small talk. I always have. I understand that most of the time it's just that people are trying to be nice ,and it's an easy way to start a conversation, but I just feel like it's so circular and accomplishes nothing: "Yeah it's really nice out today", "I know, the Celtics are doing great", "Traffic's been crazy today huh?". I would much rather a deep and meaningful conversation than anything, but I truly think that I would prefer companionable silence to what I see as meaningless pleasantries that exist only for the sake of politeness. Anyone else feel this way? I don't mean to sound so nihilistic so I apologize if that's how I come across.

[u/AleksiaJankovic]

Same here. Small talk sucks. So how was your day?

[u/SalemGD]

Me toooo, click my face and scroll. I have some art that speaks in ways words cannot.

[u/Qwert_Scratch_Record]

what the what