How do you make small talk?

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  • monospaced0

    Ask questions. It's really that simple. The trick is asking questions to which you wouldn't mind hearing the answers. Eventually you'll be discussing a detail within an answer and small talk progresses. Weird thread.

    • hey mono. how are you?
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    • Doing alright despite an incredibly heavy workload. Glad to be home now and finally get to my trolling.monospaced
    • And this weather! It's so hot and humid out. How are you, iCanHas?monospaced
    • good.
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    • What you saw here, kids, was the beginning of small talk. You can see that a response of "good" will quickly end the conversation.monospaced
    • conversation. A proper response would have addressed my initial reply and we could have initiated "chit chat." Lesson learned.monospaced
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    • chat." Lesson learned.monospaced

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