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jhocking:
--- Quote from: KvP on 17 Nov 2008, 14:54 ---Hmmm, yeah, that's good advice. But it doesn't seem very proper to just walk up to someone and ask them about their life. It's the starting of the conversation that's my problem, I think. Ice-breakers and the like.
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Depends on the setting. There are many settings (eg. parties) where just walking up to someone and asking them about their life is perfectly appropriate.
Also, while the "what do you do" question benji suggested is probably the most common, a close second would be "so where are you from?" In circles where the majority of people are unemployed and/or far from home (ie. students) the latter question is much more common.
--- Quote from: benji on 17 Nov 2008, 15:07 ---At concerts you have an advantage: you're both at the same concert. Talk about the show. Introduce yourself and then ask them what they think of the band, or whether they've ever seen the band play before.
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ah so concerts. Yeah, keep following benji's advice. The main thing I have to add is common sense really: don't try to strike up a conversation with someone on the dance floor, look for someone off to the side, or better yet just outside having a smoke.
ViolentDove:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 17 Nov 2008, 15:31 ---Take up smoking, kids.
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:-D
Seriously though, I wish I smoked sometimes. It gives you a guaranteed opportunity to talk to complete strangers, especially at clubs and gigs where the inside is too loud.
jhocking:
For the record, I absolutely loathe smoking, and would never condescend to exchange pleasantries with a smoker.
sean:
Hey blog thread what the fuck it is November and weather people are trying to say we might get a little bit of snow tonight it is DC and it does not actually snow here let alone in November what the hell oh and hooray for useless run on sentences periods are totally lame.
october1983:
--- Quote from: ViolentDove on 17 Nov 2008, 15:40 ---Seriously though, I wish I smoked sometimes. It gives you a guaranteed opportunity to talk to complete strangers, especially at clubs and gigs where the inside is too loud.
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Despite not smoking as a general habit, I have been known to take cigarettes to gigs I'm going to alone as an excuse to get talking to people between bands. I'm not sure I'd advise doing this, but it's actually really effective. Often you don't even have to put the effort in - if you're standing alone outside smoking, someone will probably start talking to you, even if it's just by asking for a light and then carrying on with general chatter. Of course, it catches up with you if you end up spending more time with someone you've met and then have to explain that you don't actually smoke.
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