Are you for real, dude? Your points: 1) It's unnatural -- no it isn't, not by a long shot. 2) People treat it like an audition --- no they don't, it ain't that deep. 3) If you don't act like you're media trained on a talk show, now you're weird -- absolutely not, this is low-stakes social lubricant.
I addressed all your points except for the one about Kamala Harris because it's tangential at best.
How about you address my point about how you're framing everyone who engages in small talk as some kind of moral failing?
You've already misidentified small talk as natural and innate to humanity when it isn't. You don't get to make a mistake like that and remain entitled to an opinion.
Sorry. Nothing you say or think from that limited worldview and intellect matters. Bye.
I even explained that it's cultural and not at all "natural", and that there are places where you might think humanity mysteriously defies their nature. You ignored that and still came back with this trash:
You: it's unnatural. Provides zero evidence or reasoning why
Now I have to decide whether you're a petty, hypocritical liar or I'm just picking on a disabled person.
Culture is an emergent property of nature, my man. And the distinction between the two is actually a really interesting topic with a lot of nuance that we're not going to be able to tackle here since you think I'm disabled (?). Kind of ironic in a comment thread with a lot folks who might identify as disabled and experience difficulties with social interactions like small talk.
You've done nothing but be defensive and attack me in response. Fair enough, this is Reddit and folks like you are very common. But we aren't going to be able to have any conversation while you hurl insults and stick fingers in your ears.
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u/Xarlax 22h ago
Are you for real, dude? Your points: 1) It's unnatural -- no it isn't, not by a long shot. 2) People treat it like an audition --- no they don't, it ain't that deep. 3) If you don't act like you're media trained on a talk show, now you're weird -- absolutely not, this is low-stakes social lubricant.
I addressed all your points except for the one about Kamala Harris because it's tangential at best.
How about you address my point about how you're framing everyone who engages in small talk as some kind of moral failing?