>>23847207Alright nerds listen up, next time you have to talk to someone for an extended period of time, here's what to cover. First start of with OP's suggestions
- General info (name, age, origin, occupation etc)
- If possible but unlikely for robots, MUTUAL FRIENDS (you can talk about these forever)
- If no mutual friends, follow up on initial points
>"Oh you work at......? What do you think of it?">"What made you move to....?">"How long have you been ...(Married, Studying, Working whatever etc)- Follow these topics until they're exhausted, keep the conversation about them (They're less likely to notice if you're autistic, everyones favourite topic is themselves)
- Ask what they've been up to, they will definitely say something you can follow on from, try and get an OPINION out of them
>"Yeah just got back from a week in colorado">"Oh do you skii?">"Yeah I love skiing! I first learned when I was 5 and have ever since"Follow this topic for as long as possible, until the slightest chance to ditch it and find some other kind of opinion or event to continue on with, each new topic should bring up at some point the opportunity for another.
REMEMBER TO HAVE SAFETY TOPICS
An awkward experience with someone is hard to forget, have a few easy things that can keep it going for just long enough that you don't seem exceedingly introverted then get the fuck out.
For example some easy ones
>"How have you been?">"Oh man it's been so long since I saw you, when was last time again?">"Wow fancy your new hair/clothing/something specific about them"Then just say you'd love to chat but you've got some made up bullshit to get to, then say
"I'd love to continue this over lunch sometime if you're free soon!" or some crap that you never plan to do but you seem less beta for saying
But to answer OP's question, most people just discuss friends, events, opinions, and occasionally big topics like Philosophy or whatnot.
There you go robots
