I hate IM in some ways. It gives you more options to go talk to people, but you get to feel just as retarded for not being able to come up with a good way to start a conversation. On that note...
Really, it depends on the person and the conversation.
I can say, "Hey, you want to play a game of cards with me, right?" to almost anyone. AIM is also easy: I think of a question I want to ask, and I ask it, no preliminary greeting required. If the other person is as bored as I am, conversation will develop.
Random small talk - killing time with conversation, searching for shared topics with a near-stranger - that is much, much harder. Usually I prefer the silence.
see, the random small talk is where I'm hurting. I want to become better friends with some people, but can't come up with good ways to hang out with them or even say stuff to them. I guess "Hey, come over and play Super Bomberman" would work, if everyone didn't live so far away out here.
the "I think of a question and ask it" works when you have a question, but when you don't... bleh.
Well, yeah. I did mean people are too far even if they also live in King County in the state of Washington. But, if you ever want to drop in for Bomberman, feel free. :)
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I can say, "Hey, you want to play a game of cards with me, right?" to almost anyone. AIM is also easy: I think of a question I want to ask, and I ask it, no preliminary greeting required. If the other person is as bored as I am, conversation will develop.
Random small talk - killing time with conversation, searching for shared topics with a near-stranger - that is much, much harder. Usually I prefer the silence.
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the "I think of a question and ask it" works when you have a question, but when you don't... bleh.
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