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What's the best question to ask someone who you don't know very well? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Therealmglitch@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because people are opinionated. It's a fun way to hear someone speak passionately about something. Gives you a sense of who they are.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But people are just as passionate, or hopefully even more so, of things that they enjoy. Why go into negativity when you could be listening to their positive passions?

[–] Unquote0270@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

It's pretty common to bond over dislikes. Besides, disliking something isn't negative, and there's nothing wrong with being negative even if it were.