Anybody hate talking/listening to small talk all the time?

[JehuJava]

I used be very good at small talk. Now I can't stand it.

 

[Mike M.]

I don't mind small talk at all. What I can't stand are these people who won't shut up.

Went to my brothers place for a gathering a while back and one of his friends started going on about his problems. I mean this guy talked and talked and talked. On and on. Everytime someone else would try to say something he would interrupt them and wouldn't stop.

I don't have much patience these days, so the quicker the talk the better.

 

[gigslut]

Isn't this thread kind of like "small talk" category?

I, too, see the irony in this thread ...

 

[Bloodhammer]

...that doesn't mean we have to be engaged in a deep discussion of postmodern critique of neocolonial's influence on existential cybertech culture for me to be engaged...

Dang. That's exactly what I wanted to talk about.

 

[jebmd]

I don't mind small talk at all. What I can't stand are these people who won't shut up.

Went to my brothers place for a gathering a while back and one of his friends started going on about his problems. I mean this guy talked and talked and talked. On and on. Everytime someone else would try to say something he would interrupt them and wouldn't stop.

I don't have much patience these days, so the quicker the talk the better.

+1000

I agree, get to the point and please don't repeat yourself. I was listening the first time.

I'm convinced, some people either like the sound of their voice, or just need the feeling of being heard.

 

[MJ5150]

From my experience, many times the people who talk and talk and talk are nervous about something or other. I hesitate to say insecure, but that could be it too.

-Mike

 

[Catbuster]

I'm terribly sorry I don't care about something that's going on in a total stranger or someone I don't know's life.

If it's one of my friends, I would care. But someone I barely know, I could really care less and would prefer to walk away.

 

[jebmd]

From my experience, many times the people who talk and talk and talk are nervous about something or other. I hesitate to say insecure, but that could be it too.

-Mike

+1

I think you're onto something here Mike. The few insecure folks I know can't stand being around people without running it the entire time. Usually, without any substance whatsoever.