#I hate small talk

[theadhdgoblin]

[theotherendcomics]

Hubba hubba 

[evaglass]

I really hate small talk

No, I don't want to talk about the weather, I want to talk about Devil May Cry lore and Blue Eye Samurai theories.

[kenjirose]

I got no more talking stages left in me bro fuck ur fav color 😭😭

[riverthylacine]

One of my special interests is Labor Unions and unions in general, so every time I’m checking out at a store and I feel the pressure to make small talk and I have to stop myself from just asking “are you guys unionized?” because I don’t wanna look like a union buster so I just don’t say anything, sorry cashiers for that,

[wretchedlittlething]

I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate small talk. "How are you" "how was your day" like seriously no one ever really gets a good convo going. Ask me about the cosmos, ask me about what I want out of my future, what I'm building, planning. Quit asking me about my goddamned day like you're interested in hearing about my lame ass day at work.

[shadowseductress]

The torture of small talk

[touchofhemlocktea]

I'm really pathetic, aren't I?

I can't bring myself to make small talk with my own father, but I drown myself in distraction on the daily.

He's not a bad person, no matter the fundamental differences in how we view the world.

The truth is that I don't like that my basic instinct is to play my old role. They still expect that mask even after I fully admitted to lying to them to avoid going to church.

Is this any better though? I think this feeling is guilt.

[dianadeadwing]

My mother said I'll never understand because to me she was just my mom, beautiful no matter what.

But she had, has, vitiligo.

And I'd get angry with models and video games. Why are you making this condition into something trendy? My mother always thought people were staring at her in the grocery store.

I'd say "Mom, are people staring at us?" And she'd never been able to explain. I thought it was something I did.

She thinks it's nice. The vitiligo slider in balder's gate 3, the models on billboards, but I don't.

I've seen how she's looked at her skin with disgust. I've seen how she hated herself. I can't sum that up easily. It's not just skin. And I feel so bizarre looking at people who choose vitiligo for their OCS. Aesthetic. I don't know.

It hurts her being a patchwork of colors. She feels ugly. She's my beautiful, beautiful, kind and amazing mother.

I get angry when I see people choosing vitiligo, choosing that thing that made her suffer. But she loves it. She's more ground to stand on than me certainly.

It's such a strange in between place to be. I know people who create characters with vitiligo mean no harm. I've seen the harm vitiligo causes. I don't know.

My mother had nightmares I'd develop vitiligo same as her. I didn't. I wish I had. It means nothing to me. It means everything. But someone out there thinks they are ugly and I wish I could take that off their shoulder's.

You are beautiful. I'd say in forums and message boards talking about make up. The people that matter won't see it. We won't care.

They'd continue talking about make up. My mother says I can't understand what it's like. Vitiligo was normal my entire life. I'll never see a stranger with vitiligo and think disgust. I'm excited. My mom has that. She thinks it's ugly. I think it's beautiful. But I'm her daughter. I grew up loving her skin and watching her hate it.

[floralcavern]

Sometimes being in the middle of a conversation while you have a certain topic you want to bring up is like trying to catch a butterfly while also being on the phone.

You’re trying so hard to hold the conversation, but you’re also so focused on catching the butterfly so you won’t lose it, because if you lose it, you may never see it again. But you don’t want to hang up with the person on the phone to focus only on the butterfly because you guys are in the middle of a conversation and that would be rude.

[sugawarassoccerlover]

I seriously don’t understand how conversations work. It seems like there’s some kind of code to socializing that everyone was told except me. How tf do you get past “hi” “hello, hru” “good, hru” “good”?? also who tf invented small talk, because I hate it. I don’t wanna have small talk, I don’t wanna chat about the weather, my life, my family. I wanna talk about fictional characters and what they represent, I wanna talk about symbolism in fiction, mental illness & trauma portrayed in fiction, I wanna talk about harmful mental illness & disorder stereotypes. I wanna talk about neurodivergent struggles, I wanna talk about the physical effects that stress has on health, about how different parenting styles affect children’s psychological development. Don’t ask me “how are you” I want you to ask me questions I can actually have a conversation about!!

[lovelylittlehell]

lyft driver who’s silent the whole ride

me: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

[mycptsdstory]

I hate small talk because it's not honest, open and with raw emotion.

Small talk to me, seems so fake and I haven't got time for that.

When you can't be honest, open and raw with me. I'm leaving for good.

[jussst-lurking]

What is small talk but the unskippable ad before a good conversation?

[therealarrogantbastard]

Does anyone else feel like one day you're going to be in the middle of a small-talk conversation, and the other person/people is/are suddenly going to realize you're faking being good at small talk and you'll be exposed as a small-talk fraud and no one will ever talk to you again?

Just me?

ok

[me-plus1]

😤

People really think I’m mean for not really indulging in small talk but what they don’t understand is I’m saving them from ME because I’m aware of how fickle my irritation meter is