Are there certain subjects or lines of thought that you know won’t go anywhere good, or you’re just otherwise exhausted from talking about it any longer?
I’m sure @DarthCoin has a long list..
And I know many bitcoiners feel this way about bitcoin talk itself 😅 are you the same way (outside of SN)?
What other lines of conversation (in general) do you have a hard time tolerating? Why do you think that is?
I don't enjoy talking politics. It always results in either me self censoring or the loss of a friendship. I can't find a middle ground.
That's how I often feel too, but I blame the other person(s), rather than the topic.
I've had really good conversations about politics with people who hold radically different views, because we were both interested in the ideas.
I avoid any conversation when I sense the person I'm talking to is too close-minded to entertain views other than their own. Then I avoid those people going forward.
That’s rarely a conversation in my experience… just people talking at you.
Precisely
I can’t tolerate conversations about; politics, religion, sport, reality tv and the weather and tend to shake my head and walk away. Any attempt at discussing celebrity will result a kicking. If anyone’s wants to talk to me they are really going to struggle..
Politics, like sports, is usually "my team good, your team sucks," and that's boring to hell.
You often see that same pattern with religion too.
That said, I don't mind small talk about the weather too break the ice
I see what you did there lol
I must admit with sport I actually enjoy learning about ones I am not familiar with. But the whole team trash talk leaves me cold….
Exactly this.
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‘So you were wondering if I saw the debate in church after playing sport in the rain? Go away.’
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“Darling, can I go out and drink with my friends while you take care of my two kids single-handedly? Thanks, I’ll be back before sunrise!”
Is a conversation I dream having with my wife every day but never happens…
…because I’m henpecked lol
Don't need to make it into a conversation. Just leave it at those statements and head out.
Conversation will happen after sunrise. Or not at all. Ever.
/s
You have balls
Do not be mistaken, I'm only that cool and ballsy behind the safety of my keyboard.
My wife may not be Japanese, but she knows how to control her husband.
If your wife is South Korean, they are known to be a feisty bunch lol
About Bitcoin or other topics?
Anything! Hm perhaps I can reword this in the next two minutes lol
Politics. Especially with the plebs I work with. Good bunch of guys, but dumb as rocks. But then, I view anyone who even mentions the two-party system as if it's anything but nonsensical propaganda as an imbecile, so I guess I'm pretty extreme with that opinion.
You're not working at Pleblab, are you? ;)
Negative conversation and negative thoughts in general.
Because you are always creating your reality through your thoughts and beliefs. Negativity is a choice and I choose to opt out of that.
There's so much...
That's enough from the top of my head 🤷
Try Better Call Saul ;)
Politics, gossips, TV shows, sports, and hearing complaints without seeing any action.
Talking about other people's private lives makes me feel uncomfortable, so I avoid it as much as possible. With any other topic, I try to understand other people's perspectives and explain my own.
Local and international politics, sports, Hollywood movies.
Trifling ones. This means mainly gossip. Prefer to talk about interesting ideas and sometimes events related to those ideas.
Every conversation
Anything to do with women, amirite? cracks knuckles, leans back in chair boomer-ly
I live on Koh Samui, there are a lot of Israeli families here, some we know as they are parents of kids at the same school as ours. I would never discuss the Israel/Palestine conflict with them, for various reasons.
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