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[–] Agamemnon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending on what [topic] is, prepare yourself for a 30 minute rant that I have prepared several weeks in advance.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

and have rehearsed multiple times everyday when no one was around

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] PoorHobo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

[30 minute one sided discussion about coffee]; “So I got that going for me, which is nice”

[–] DaSaw@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

It's like we turn into that old person that goes into their entire medical history when asked this question.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's talk about you instead, we will both take more pleasure in talking about you, not that I will be about to follow the conversation, but I'm very good at encouraging you to continue it. And I won't feel like I'm wasting your time/questioning if you're truly engaged. But give me the smallest opportunity and I'm railroading you down paths you certainly were never expecting.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

But give me the smallest opportunity and I'm railroading you down paths you certainly were never expecting.

lmaooo 🤣

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I have taken to asking people if it's a genuine question or if it's just small talk. Obviously the former leads down a dark hole of all the things which are affecting me and you will not escape.

[–] s12@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

“Normal” is subjective.

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Also, I’m not at work, so I don’t want to talk about work.