
Why Is Small Talk Important
The Mating Grounds Podcast
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Is Small Talk About Dumb Shit?
"I can tell you what's going on with this guy. I can just hear it in his voice," she says of a young man who sees small talk as beneath him. "He wants to actually engage with people, but he doesn't think small talk is engaging with people." She explains that the subtext of her question is not why we have to have small talk about dumb shit,. But common ground for most people starts with dumb shit.
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