What do you guys talk about in general life?

completedit · 13-11-2019 4:00pm #1

INB4 this is the ‘4th worst thread on boards.ie’ comment.

Just curious what you talk about with other half, mates, family etc.

I just saw the thread about ‘you’ve just been kidnapped’ to me that kind of topic has always been the type you’d have online but never ever ever heard people bring up such a topic in a real life setting. If I brought up a topic like that it would be so forced and wooden, but seems like that kinda thing would be a cool conversation.

I find all my conversations to be so dull, not that I’m bored by other people, just that I bore myself(this thread for instance)

But I’d like to know.

Effects · 13-11-2019 4:00pm

Not football.

13-11-2019 4:01pm

I don't talk to people in real life.

ELM327 · 13-11-2019 4:02pm

this is the ‘4th worst thread on boards.ie’

endacl · 13-11-2019 4:02pm

I was in the Generalife in June with the other half. Despite the spectacular surroundings, what we spoke about, iirc, was changing electricity supplier.

Didn’t go to the Alhambra. Too crowded.

is_that_so · 13-11-2019 4:03pm

Today discussed boilers, electric gates, the upcoming weather and a dead bloke!

Bob Harris · 13-11-2019 4:04pm

The usual shíte.

Stevieluvsye · 13-11-2019 4:06pm

completedit wrote: »

NB4 this is the ‘4th worst thread on boards.ie’ comment.

Just curious what you talk about with other half, mates, family etc.

I just saw the thread about ‘you’ve just been kidnapped’ to me that kind of topic has always been the type you’d have online but never ever ever heard people bring up such a topic in a real life setting. If I brought up a topic like that it would be so forced and wooden, but seems like that kinda thing would be a cool conversation.

I find all my conversations to be so dull, not that I’m bored by other people, just that I bore myself(this thread for instance)

But I’d like to know.

Close!

Woshy · 13-11-2019 4:07pm

TV, video games, board games, identifying who in a film we're watching has been in other films and what they were, our kids, who was a dick to us at work that day, food

Stuff like that!

13-11-2019 4:19pm

Today at coffee was black Friday /cyber monday possible deals and cities skylines

Zubeneschamali · 13-11-2019 4:20pm

Sportsball.

Woke Hogan · 13-11-2019 4:21pm

With my wife I can talk about anything, though I'm more than happy to mostly listen. She's so incredibly intelligent, accomplished, and wise so it's an honour to hear her wax lyrical about almost any topic. With my son we mostly talk about running. With my daughter I try to talk to her about her diet.

Wibbs · 13-11-2019 4:22pm

Board games? I don't think I had that discussion since the 80's, and that was to slag off dungeons and dragons types.

Among my friends? Politics, history, cars, new tech, old tech, interesting books, flics, TV, web stuff we've seen, work, family, general stuff and yep things like you've just been kidnapped. And weirder...

Trigger Happy · 13-11-2019 4:23pm

Women.

Baron Kurtz · 13-11-2019 4:24pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

With my wife I can talk about anything, though I'm more than happy to mostly listen. She's so incredibly intelligent, accomplished, and wise so it's an honour to hear her wax lyrical about almost any topic. With my son we mostly talk about running. With my daughter I try to talk to her about her diet.

First half, Blergh.

Latter half, you never fail to s!it on her

Woshy · 13-11-2019 4:25pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Board games? I don't think I had that discussion since the 80's, and that was to slag off dungeons and dragons types.

Among my friends? Politics, history, cars, new tech, old tech, interesting books, flics, TV, web stuff we've seen, work, family, general stuff and yep things like you've just been kidnapped. And weirder...

Board games are v popular these days! We play regularly with friends + colleagues

Wibbs · 13-11-2019 4:27pm

Woshy wrote: »

Board games are v popular these days! We play regularly with friends + colleagues

and that's how outa touch I am W.

Woshy · 13-11-2019 4:29pm

Wibbs wrote: »

and that's how outa touch I am W.

We'll have to invite you to join us sometime

completedit · 13-11-2019 4:30pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Board games? I don't think I had that discussion since the 80's, and that was to slag off dungeons and dragons types.

Among my friends? Politics, history, cars, new tech, old tech, interesting books, flics, TV, web stuff we've seen, work, family, general stuff and yep things like you've just been kidnapped. And weirder...

How do those convos usually go? How are you informed enough to be able to drag out such a conversation?

Better Than Christ · 13-11-2019 4:31pm

is_that_so wrote: »

Today discussed boilers, electric gates, the upcoming weather and a dead bloke!

Boilers! Now we're talkin'.

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topper75 · 13-11-2019 4:34pm

Who is dead locally and suchlike.
I work off the assumption that you good people might not be bothered.

All the same, the LCD thing on here can be a root of many problems. Take Trump for instance. I will never meet him and could not give a monkeys about him. He can get people into a froth online. He is not what Homer composed the Iliad about really.

Better Than Christ · 13-11-2019 4:35pm

topper75 wrote: »

Who is dead locally and suchlike.

"You'll never guess who's after dying"

El_Duderino 09 · 13-11-2019 4:38pm

Was chatting with a colleague over lunch. His in laws were down so we chatted a bit about inlaws - I'm very lucky with my inlaws as they're lovely people and he has the opposite luck. His MIL sounds like a bit of a wagon so he needed a bit of a vent about that.

I'm organising a trip to an event, bite to eat and a few pints for work mates on Friday evening after work. So we chatted about that. Normal stuff.

We also chatted about mince pies and the time he got a double decker which was only a single decker. So he wrote to Cadburys and got a voucher from them.

Just the usual shyte talk.

jimgoose · 13-11-2019 4:40pm

topper75 wrote: »

...He is not what Homer composed the Iliad about really.

I have lived in important places, times
When great events were decided; who owned
That half a rood of rock, a no-man’s land
Surrounded by our pitchfork-armed claims.
I heard the Duffys shouting ‘Damn your soul!’
And old McCabe stripped to the waist, seen
Step the plot defying blue cast-steel –
‘Here is the march along these iron stones’
That was the year of the Munich bother. Which
Was more important? I inclined
To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin
Till Homer’s ghost came whispering to my mind.
He said: I made the Iliad from such
A local row. Gods make their own importance.

JohnnyFlash · 13-11-2019 4:42pm

Chicks, football, horse racing - all the usual stuff lads talk about.

munster87 · 13-11-2019 4:45pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

With my wife I can talk about anything, though I'm more than happy to mostly listen. She's so incredibly intelligent, accomplished, and wise so it's an honour to hear her wax lyrical about almost any topic. With my son we mostly talk about running. With my daughter I try to talk to her about her diet.

I think your wife has hijacked your account!

Better Than Christ · 13-11-2019 4:47pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

With my daughter I try to talk to her about her diet.

Your daughter must really hate you. She should anyway.

completedit · 13-11-2019 4:50pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Chicks, football, horse racing - all the usual stuff lads talk about.

What you talk about with birds

cj maxx · 13-11-2019 4:52pm

Football , women .relations. who has died or got sick. Any gossip re riding and the like

Thoie · 13-11-2019 4:52pm

completedit wrote: »

INB4 this is the ‘4th worst thread on boards.ie’ comment.

Just curious what you talk about with other half, mates, family etc.

I just saw the thread about ‘you’ve just been kidnapped’ to me that kind of topic has always been the type you’d have online but never ever ever heard people bring up such a topic in a real life setting. If I brought up a topic like that it would be so forced and wooden, but seems like that kinda thing would be a cool conversation.

I find all my conversations to be so dull, not that I’m bored by other people, just that I bore myself(this thread for instance)

But I’d like to know.

Those are exactly the kinds of conversations I have with my family and friends. But they're intermingled with "did anything exciting happen today? Oh, the neighbour's dog came to visit, and then left again?" and "In case of a zombie attack, would you head for the attic and try wait them out, or take off across the fields?".

I think it depends on whether your friends and family are happy to go with the flow. 80% of our conversations are normal "boring" stuff. What we did today, what we need to get done tomorrow. The other 20% are random flights of fancy that people go with the flow with. My father is less inclined to follow along with the madness, preferring more factual conversations, but most other people I hang out with are happy to discuss what material would they like their pirate peg leg to be made from.

Woke Hogan · 13-11-2019 4:55pm

Better Than Christ wrote: »

Your daughter must really hate you. She should anyway.

Of course she doesn't. Showing concern for her weight gain is no reason to be hated.

Tell me how · 13-11-2019 5:04pm

Last 5 conversations with other guys

How to decide which winter boot to buy, do you focus on price, brand, longevity, style (surprisingly interesting conversation with stranger in shoe shop).
Challenges of maintaining relationships with siblings.
How to manage your time better at work while still trying to succeed.
How well Liverpool are doing and being magnanimous about Utd's difficulties (while nearly enjoying it as much as Liverpool's success)
Politics: Brexit/Trump/Ireland before the Brits

cj maxx · 13-11-2019 5:10pm

Kids. People feel under pressure to ask and reciprocate

Wibbs · 13-11-2019 5:20pm

completedit wrote: »

How do those convos usually go? How are you informed enough to be able to drag out such a conversation?

They go easy C and we're a well informed bunch of people TBH. I suppose birds of a feather is going on. I do know that I would defo edit my range of subject matter with most people, until I got a gauge for their background knowledge. TBH I have found most people wouldn't have that much of a range, so I'd stay within that, though I have found that most people would have a lot of knowledge in one area or other, so I'd bounce of that and learn stuff.

Blindspots would be sports. Would be very slim pickings there. None of us would have a single clue about football for example. A couple would be into motorsports and most of the rest of us could hang in with conversations like that. We wouldn't really discuss things like literature. Certainly not sitting around like pseuds debating the finer points of Nabokov.

Vita nova · 13-11-2019 5:27pm

TV programmes and films quite a bit. Travel and places we've been, which can often lead into a conversation on history or politics if it's a particular historic or notable place. The others talk about sport frequently during which I tune out or try to change the topic.

IAMAMORON · 13-11-2019 5:34pm

New and more interesting places to hide the bodies. And pussy.

Any other conversation I have ever had I usually just nod my head and say things like " yeh " , " yeh " , " yeh " , " wow, how cool , sounds interesting " , " yeh " , " yeh " , small fake laugh or giggle , " your a gas man altogether " , " you'd tear the hind legs off a bolleex so ya would , ya mad hoooooer ya "

I also wink a lot and nod. That sort of thing.

bladespin · 13-11-2019 5:37pm

Motorbikes, motor bike racing, motogp, stunts, bit of football.

EmmetSpiceland · 13-11-2019 5:39pm

Tell me how wrote: »

How well Liverpool are doing and being magnanimous about Utd's difficulties (while nearly enjoying it as much as Liverpool's success)

Out of curiosity, have you found many United fans to be magnanimous with?

I’ve noticed, as have others I know, that in work and outside all of the United fans suddenly don’t seem to “follow” English premier league football anymore.

They all seem to support Rovers or Bohs and bang on about the “purity” of “live football” and how there’s more of a connection.

As someone who supports a team that are currently in the championship but once topped the first division I find it all incredibly disingenuous.

You’d have to fear for the surge in League of Ireland attendances if United get their house in order in about ten years time, seven if they spend big.

El_Duderino 09 · 13-11-2019 5:39pm

I'm tolerant of most topics but work is a no-no. I'll let someone rant for a minute or 2 if they need to get something off their chest, particularly if they've come straight from work on a Friday evening, but that's it. I often meet up with friends from work at the weekend and my threshold for shop talk is near zero.

If it's a really interesting anecdote or interesting information, fine. But anyone looking to talk about their job can do one.

igCorcaigh · 13-11-2019 5:41pm

News items, international and national and local.
No sports. Food...

Conall Cernach · 13-11-2019 5:46pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Board games? I don't think I had that discussion since the 80's, and that was to slag off dungeons and dragons types.

Hey! My 4th level Ranger would kick your ass if he heard that and wasn't imaginary.

Tell me how · 13-11-2019 5:47pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Out of curiosity, have you found many United fans to be magnanimous with?

I’ve noticed, as have others I know, that in work and outside all of the United fans suddenly don’t seem to “follow” English premier league football anymore.

They all seem to support Rovers or Bohs and bang on about the “purity” of “live football” and how there’s more of a connection.

As someone who supports a team that are currently in the championship but once topped the first division I find it all incredibly disingenuous.

You’d have to fear for the surge in League of Ireland attendances if United get their house in order in about ten years time, seven if they spend big.

Lad I talk to about this is very realistic in fairness. That's why he's good to talk to. He calls out their shoddiness in a meaningful way when he sees it.

No interest in talking sports to real 'fans' who see no evil, hear no evil, I'm not that passionate about it myself.

ancapailldorcha · 13-11-2019 5:48pm

Cats, Brexit and the merits and failures of various English monarchs.

Bobblehats · 13-11-2019 5:52pm

Not a whole lot it always feels like I’m forever waiting for somebody to come and take me off mute. Also I prefer to talk “off the grid”

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-11-2019 5:54pm

I work in an office with 5 others. Topics of conversation range from

The **** in the other offices.
Our kids and Shiite they get up to/say.
How we're all too old to go socialising or drinking anymore.
Anyone know what's causing this ache/pain?
Do you remember when we first started in This job...
Anyone else's computer playing up today/we have third world servers/IT maintenance/why won't they just pay the money and buy the full licenced product instead of the yellow pack basic version!
The **** in the other offices.

Simmer down · 13-11-2019 6:02pm

Sh¡te

Gynoid · 13-11-2019 6:09pm

Today started early,
Long talk about God or not, plus vastness of cosmos, health issues Im having making me exceedingly misanthropic, cursing, dont talk to me, the fcuking traffic on approach to Galway, where did we know that person from, phone codes, the lads employment and travel plans, girlfriend troubles guilt, apologies, ribbing and mocking, suits, going to sea, where the fcuk are we, winter weather, what time will it be dark at next month, hotel bookings, parties, netflix recommendations, forestry plantations, what to buy in the shop, stories about mutual friends, their kids, our kids, car issues, and waaaaaay more. Christ, its endless.

mr_fegelien · 13-11-2019 6:11pm

I don't have any friend but when I was in school, I talked about castration, 9/11 conspiracies, suicidal thoughts, racist jokes, attractive girls, ****e teachers, etc...

Bobblehats · 13-11-2019 7:19pm

mr_fegelien wrote: »

I don't have any friend but when I was in school, I talked about castration, 9/11 conspiracies, suicidal thoughts, racist jokes, attractive girls, ****e teachers, etc...

That’s like shooting fish in a barrel Mr F. Keep chipping away and eventually all those raw subjects that prove evasive will be easier for people to grasp.

completedit · 14-11-2019 3:22pm

So last night I was out with a girl, and we got to the topic of time capsules and the voyager 11....as you do. All is good, not some Love Island level type convo but I dunno, maybe I need to talk within my level. I have curiosity and interest and an open mind, but I’m just not very verbally fluent. Maybe I just need to talk about this sort of stuff like I would about football, rather than trying to sound like I’m making a NPR podcast.

stoneill · 14-11-2019 3:24pm

Voyager eleven?
Making up sh1te now.

What do you guys talk about in general life?

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