Do you find people interesting?

Empty vessels make most sound.

Candie wrote: »

I'm as introverted and as boring as it gets, but I'm in contact with incredibly interesting and educated people every day. I could listen to someone with genuine knowledge and wisdom talk all day about their subject.

Small talk makes me want to sleep though.

Op, meet more interesting people, then you'll be interested in what they have to say.

Jaysus I really, really doubt that.

Generally like meeting people and am friendly and interested in what makes them tick but probably guilty of being a bit judgmental and unforgiving/dismissive of people I don't take to.

I find Napoleon fascinating.


Not you lot, though.:pac:

Some people mention that they find others boring, especially if it's just typical chit chat. I'd be curious to know what you would find interesting to talk about?

I think that talk of the match/weather/whatever is just used as an ice breaker before finding some common ground (if it exists). Obviously it's not good if that's all they can talk about, but if some one started going on about their round the world adventures straight away I would lose interest tbh. It's not that I wouldn't be interested ever, but if you open a conversation with a relative stranger by talking about yourself it comes across as rude.

I reckon that I find as many people interesting as there are people who find me interesting. Win some, lose some but on the whole there's usually a connection to be made somewhere.

Yes, I find people very interesting - not to the point of being a gossip though... well, most of the time. :pac:

When I'm reading a book, it's the descriptions of people that I love; I tend to skim over the descriptions of things/places.

It's people's expectations that I find hard to deal with. Society's expectations. They want to put you in a box. They have to label you and define you. If they can't put you in a category then they tend to reject you. Why can't you be like so and so? They feel like they have to fix you. I don't hate people on an individual level it's just the collective that I find hard to stomach. I do spend a lot of time on my own but it doesn't feel like isolation. I don't feel deprived of anything. Most of the time I feel completely calm and centered.

biko wrote:

I find odd people fascinating. They usually have amazing stories.
Also well travelled people are cool to talk to.

If I meet someone who asks me what I do for a living or if I saw the match, I kinda switch off.

poundapunnet wrote: »

That's why I hate going to the pub in the village where I'm from. You're limited to the script really. Weather, match, local gossip. Same conversations again and again and it goes down like a lead brick if you wander off the path. Until you get eight pints in and everyone's philosophising.

Agree with the above.

Outside my social circle, generally I find it hard to "read" people, it can be like trying to solve a puzzle only to give up in the end.

I find some people less interesting when they talk about predictable things such as the weather, soaps and X Factor also sports & girls from lads. The problem is if you talk about something different, anything that the common person is not chatting about in the street, they can look at you as if you are strange or label you as a nerd or weirdo.

The funny thing is you can talk just about anything in the pub when people have drinks down them and are relaxed - craic that Ireland is famous for! It is like there is a fear out there that talking about anything untypical makes people guarded believing they would be judged as abnormal etc. which is a real shame.

To me this looks like we only get interesting when we have alcohol in us or communicate behind keyboards without being ridiculed face to face.

I would be delighted if someone strikes up a conversation about random untypical stuff - talking crap - therefore different and interesting. After Hours on Boards, plenty random topics there, is deadly for this! If this makes me a weirdo then so be it.

The small talk we have to endure can be pretty annoying however I agree is useful to break the ice between strangers but as normal conversation is a no-no.

The people I work with always make repetitive small talk even I've worked there for 8 years! This can be irritating that sometimes I don't want to go in work because I would know exactly what they are going to say before they open their mouths, so depressing.

They are too reserved to talk about random stuff also I think this may be down to myself being the only young one at work. I admire the German work culture which workers would go in and do their bit then go home again without talking too much predictable bollix.

Evelyn Cusack wrote: »

People are fascinating, love hot days when you can find a comfortable perch and people watch

Reminds me of a parrot I once had