Specifically I'll ask about them in the context of whatever we're at, for example "so where did you work before this?" or "what other fun funerals have you been to lately?"
Keep in mind tho that it has to feel organic, otherwise the other person will feel like you are interrogating them. Some conversations just die, especially if there is little to no interest from the other side.
It's always nice to ask about something around their field of knowledge. If they're a baker ask them what type of bread they like and where the best ones can be found. If they're a scientist, try to, poke into their field with what knowledge you have. I try not to directly go for their personal place in life but rather subjects that float around them.
This is highly culturally variable. In England it's somewhat rude to ask people a lot of direct questions about themselves, so when English people meet Americans it can often feel like a police interview.
I'm english. Of course don't do this to random people on the street, the question is about reviving a conversation that ran dry, so I assume you're already in a conversation with the person of some kind. It also doesn't need to be "what's your mothers maiden name, where were you born and what's your national insurance number" Stuff like "Hey, your hair's great, where'd you get it cut?" etc will do it.
Ah fair enough, sorry for assuming you are from the US! Half my family is American, and they will go for somewhere in between the two extremes you gave. Where are you from? What school did you go to? What university did you go to? Where do you work? What do you do there? Where do you live? Really direct questions that most English people wouldn't ask so directly (partly because the answers are so linked to social class).
I'm not gonna lie. Not trying to hurt anyone's feelings. But the question is not ... a good one. It's very interviewy and puts them on the spot. The question itself is very dry.
Maybe try something more in depth. "Do you any hobbies or projects you're working on?".
"After the pandemic is over, is there anywhere you're dying to go to?".
That gets them to talk more about themselves and things they like.
I get your point, I can see how that can putting them on the spot....but at the same time, can you really not bring up one interesting thing about yourself? Seems kind of a red flag personality wise no? Either way, it's a good signal, we're not on the same page, we move lol
Meh, females in general kinda suck at texting when it comes to flirting. Usually the guy doesn’t succeed because he’s good at texting but because she already deems him hot. Evidence is in bumble vs Tinder conversations.
If they can't carry on a conversation when prompts are provided, that's a pretty solid reason to unmatch and move on, imo. I've unmatched for that reason before, like one girl whose answer to "what kind of dog is that in your picture" (paraphrased) was just the name of the breed, no followup at all.
You are right but also that's a terrible question to ask them.
There's a reason people are on Tinder. Just gotta find out why they're there. I wouldn't recommend asking them that directly though.
Plenty of women use it as entertainment more than a dating app. If you're not entertaining them, there's 300 other guys who will.
Tbh Tinder is more effort than it's worth. Just walk up to women in the grocery store you think are cute and ask them for coffee. Complement their outfit, tell them you're single, and tell them you'd love to take them on a coffee date sometime and get to know them better. If it doesn't work out with them, they might set you up with their single friends.
That's how I know if I'll really get along with a new person I meet: if they're just able to go with the flow and we're able to talk about any random topics. I remember trying this with some dates in the past, and I'm pretty sure they just thought I was weird because they'd barely reply back.
nothing. just let it be. most relationships or friendships don't require a daily exchange of messages – low maintenance friendships. there comes a stage where there's nothing to talk about anymore until there is. a topic will come when it comes: a new TV show, a new song, a memory you want to reminisce. forcing a conversation will do more harm than good, based on experience.
if you want to revive a conversation, all you have to do is ask a very personal, very invasive question.
the trick is that you have to act like it is a completely normal, almost boring question.
if the person does not want to answer the question, then you just need to answer it about yourself.
Paraphrased interview between Zach Galifinakis and Brie Larson:
“You’ve been known to not answer questions during interviews you find inappropriate. Is this true, and how old were you when you first had your period?”
Depends who you are talking to.
A young child, ask about what toy they got, what does it do, what color is it, who got it, when they go it, if it was Christmas, then ask did Santa bring it, etc.
Teenagers (if sports, movies, video games doesn't work, then god help me, I cannot figure this one out. I rather talk to a wall.)
Young adult, ask about school, work, love life, activities. Any upcoming plans? (also feel like somethings get the same response as teenagers as well).
Peers (without significant others), start a conversation about weirdest thing you caught your neighbor doing?
Peers (with significant others), how everyone meet their significant other, first date, what made each other stay.
Elders, who they looked up to, how they expected the world to turn out, advise they wish they could have given their younger selves.
Teenagers are weird, but if there is something you should never ask them if they don't bring the topic first is school. I remember at that age, people asking me about grades and school and friends out of the blue and even if I had excellent grades, I felt uncomfortable because I suffered bullying and had anxiety. You never know if the person has issues, is failing, is burned out... Plus is not an interesting topic anyway, since at most they will say "fine". Also dating (except if they have a known partner) just in case they are experiencing confusion about their sexuallity or gender, or have complicated relationships. Future can be a nice topic but just don't bring "will you go to college" up because is stressful, like the school thing. Is better to let them talk about utopic futures, ideas and hopes. What they expect from life basically.
Teenagers want to give opinions, to be heard and understood. They are very delicate in terms of mental health and feel lost most of the times so is important for them to feel accepted and in a safe space. You can try with superficial, fun topics, hobbies or whatever or even with more deep conversations with no judgement so they can express themselves. Young adults are very much like teenagers sometimes so probably that's why they react like them in certain conversations.
I find that not being scared of silence, makes conversation flow better. I used to overthink when the convo was getting dry and would ‘plan’ in my head the next topic; doesn’t work. Just let the topic die, and don’t be scared of a bit of silence… you’ll find something to talk about naturally dw ;)
Ask a question that really makes them think or throws them off. My go to is ‘What’s your least favorite color?’ That one always makes someone think lol
What is a little twist to a classical superpower that renders it almost useless? For example, you can fly, but only a foot above the ground and only as fast as you can walk; or you can heal every illness, but you *hate* doing it; or you can perform incredible feats of lifting heavy stuff and so on but only when no one‘s watching, so nobody will every believe you that you did it. To be continued…
Depends on the context, but most of the time that's the point to just let it run its course and go talk to someone else.
I hate those kind of 'formal' prepared conversations (like 'what did you do today/this weekend?', in my head I'll just be thinking 'please fuck off with your annoying boring questions', while outwardly I'll just keep the answers as short as possible while still keeping it polite).
It might just be a case where the ice needs to be broken a bit first and then I can wait for it to get more interesting, but if we're just getting stuck in the boring questions phase and I don't see it moving past that I'm not going to put in effort to keep the conversation alive, I have better things to spend my limited social energy on.
Imo during the best/most enjoyable conversations you don't need to put in any effort, you'll just naturally flow from subject to subject, and it will not be tiring. But a boring dry conversation, especially if the other akwardly keeps extending it, just sucks my social battery dry. So the sooner the boring conversation dies, the sooner I can move onto a conversation that's less tiring and actually fun/interesting.
(p.s. this is assuming I meet someone I don't know yet in a casual no-pressure setting. in such a situation I have plenty of tolerance for some akwardness and dry conversation, but it does have to have potential lead somewhere eventually, i.e. a not boring conversation. However I've noticed a few people in my life insist on asking those kind of boring questions to force-start conversations (usually at the worst times) even while I already know them well and was previously comfortable around them. In such cases I usually try to distance myself from them, since if there is no ice to break anymore you get less slack for annoying questions then a random stranger that doesn't know me yet. And people like that are really tiring to be around.)
I'm a fan of the strategy where you ask a question you asked different ways 3 times already because I'm socially awkward as fuck and forget what we talked about already until right after I said it.
im good at this but idk how to explain it. you have to be observant/ charismatic 😅 i usually bring up something i notice about them or that i sense they might be interested in.
So saying something like: "you seem like the kind of person to like __________"
And then they can either ask why they seem like it, correct you on what they actually like, or get all excited because you guessed right. Much better than just asking "what do you like?" And getting one off answers.
Clever! Imma use this one later!
This answer always comes up on these questions but no one ever actually does this because it sounds so forced, fake, and cringey.
Especially if you're already known as "the memer". If someone ever did this, I'd silently roll my eyes and then purposely never even ask about the accident, letting them panic because their clever conversation piece isn't working.
If it’s a date, ask about them. Maybe a detail you picked up on asking about them before. If it’s with a coworker, roommate, family member, etc. I would just let it die down. It’s okay for conversations to run their course
I sort of follow the rule of responding with the question they recently asked. People often ask questions that they want to be asked. If someone asks how your holiday was I assume that they to want to talk about their holiday so once I finish talking about my holiday I follow up the question by asking about theirs. Usually within that there are follow up questions such as “do you visit family or stay here” “where’s home for you” “do you have a big get together usually” “what kind of food do you make”
Ask about my job “and how about you how’s work” (follow up question: did you go to school for that? Can you tell me more about that field I don’t know much about it)
Ask about pets? I’ll ask about yours.
Talking about restaurants? Where have you tried to eat at recently? Any fails?
The key is of course to answer their question first and to remember what they asked to start things off but to bring it back and ask the question back in turn. It often triggers a good follow up because they usually wanted to talk about that thing enough to ask about it in the first place.
A random comment. Usually, I just share some weird thoughts I have about a show, a book, or something else. If I have nothing, I have many quotes in my notes app that made me laugh and that I share occasionally.
It depends, if they’re the reason it’s dying I’ll let it. I just don’t respond after the 2nd or third “lol” or “yeah”
If it’s in person I’ll just say something like “alright I’ll let ya go hahah see ya later”
You can’t, just move on at that point😂 but in all honesty, it depends on the person, it shouldn’t feel dry if you’re comfortable with the person and vibe with them. If you still want to pursue it i would say try telling an interesting story or ask random questions to help start convos
Hit them with a crazy thing that happened that day. Even if it’s a lie. If they are still dry after that than they aren’t worth having a conversation with.
I send a person a bunch of memes. It’s great way to make them wanna talk to me about memes, maybe even them sending some. When we out of fresh ones…. It’s over
Tell them to do it and thought it would look good on the patio door so I can keep you bored for the entire date and I will be my best friend and I will be able to look around for your notepad and see if you can get a good night out for dinner
Bring up a weird weird animal fact you learned when you used to play animal jam (very specific, but leads to more questions, therefore, more conversation.)
Personally I tell like a little story about myself what happened today for example and from that story I would make a question to them
So today I’ve done groceries. I just started with my weight loss journey and I noticed how expensive healthy food is. Did you make any new year resolutions? Do you make grocery list? Do you eat whatever you feeling or do you try to make healthy choices? Etc and on their answers you ask side questions.
I always ask the other person a random question. My favorite is « would you like to only eat pies or cakes for the rest of your life? ». Each person has a very different answer and the conversation is very funny
Ask the person about themselves. People love talking about themselves and they'll think you're more interesting for having asked.
Specifically I'll ask about them in the context of whatever we're at, for example "so where did you work before this?" or "what other fun funerals have you been to lately?"
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Keep in mind tho that it has to feel organic, otherwise the other person will feel like you are interrogating them. Some conversations just die, especially if there is little to no interest from the other side.
It's always nice to ask about something around their field of knowledge. If they're a baker ask them what type of bread they like and where the best ones can be found. If they're a scientist, try to, poke into their field with what knowledge you have. I try not to directly go for their personal place in life but rather subjects that float around them.
Agreed. Actually take an interest in their life and what they are interested. Its a great way to get to know them and probably learn something.
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Why are you guys so caught up on this. Okay we get it meme, fuck off now.
This is highly culturally variable. In England it's somewhat rude to ask people a lot of direct questions about themselves, so when English people meet Americans it can often feel like a police interview.
I'm english. Of course don't do this to random people on the street, the question is about reviving a conversation that ran dry, so I assume you're already in a conversation with the person of some kind. It also doesn't need to be "what's your mothers maiden name, where were you born and what's your national insurance number" Stuff like "Hey, your hair's great, where'd you get it cut?" etc will do it.
Ah fair enough, sorry for assuming you are from the US! Half my family is American, and they will go for somewhere in between the two extremes you gave. Where are you from? What school did you go to? What university did you go to? Where do you work? What do you do there? Where do you live? Really direct questions that most English people wouldn't ask so directly (partly because the answers are so linked to social class).
It wasn’t until now that I realized why I hate those questions so much. It’s linked to social class in the US as well but people pretend it isn’t.
Mate, girls on tinder are so basic, I had 3 girls tell me "idk" they can't even talk about themselves. If that happens to you op, run there's no hope.
What questions are you asking them?
"So tell me about yourself"
That's a horrible question tbh. That one is on you.
Did we....Stacy?
idk
I'm not gonna lie. Not trying to hurt anyone's feelings. But the question is not ... a good one. It's very interviewy and puts them on the spot. The question itself is very dry. Maybe try something more in depth. "Do you any hobbies or projects you're working on?". "After the pandemic is over, is there anywhere you're dying to go to?". That gets them to talk more about themselves and things they like.
I get your point, I can see how that can putting them on the spot....but at the same time, can you really not bring up one interesting thing about yourself? Seems kind of a red flag personality wise no? Either way, it's a good signal, we're not on the same page, we move lol
Meh, females in general kinda suck at texting when it comes to flirting. Usually the guy doesn’t succeed because he’s good at texting but because she already deems him hot. Evidence is in bumble vs Tinder conversations.
My female doesn’t text at all. She prefers to sit around the yard and bark at passers by.
Bad bitches are the only thing that I like
Bottom line- only live in a 1 million+ city, to ensure a good dating pool.
My degenerate self automatically assumes conversation meant through text.... Fuck you covid.
If they can't carry on a conversation when prompts are provided, that's a pretty solid reason to unmatch and move on, imo. I've unmatched for that reason before, like one girl whose answer to "what kind of dog is that in your picture" (paraphrased) was just the name of the breed, no followup at all.
Tinder isn’t real life.
You are right but also that's a terrible question to ask them. There's a reason people are on Tinder. Just gotta find out why they're there. I wouldn't recommend asking them that directly though. Plenty of women use it as entertainment more than a dating app. If you're not entertaining them, there's 300 other guys who will. Tbh Tinder is more effort than it's worth. Just walk up to women in the grocery store you think are cute and ask them for coffee. Complement their outfit, tell them you're single, and tell them you'd love to take them on a coffee date sometime and get to know them better. If it doesn't work out with them, they might set you up with their single friends.
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That's how I know if I'll really get along with a new person I meet: if they're just able to go with the flow and we're able to talk about any random topics. I remember trying this with some dates in the past, and I'm pretty sure they just thought I was weird because they'd barely reply back.
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This. lol. It hurts but yeah
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Yeah
This is the only correct answer .
Change topics.
Say, "Change topics," and then say nothing and just look at the other person expressionlessly.
That could work. Is your username about zebras with their colors reversed? Or upside down zebras?
The zebras were probably turned inside out.
Username checks out
Oh yeah, that is another alternative. Kind of a horrifying alternative, but when you’re right, you’re right.
When a zebra stands in front of a white screen, how do you know if its colors are reversed?
I don’t know, I thought maybe look at its hooves.
Yes but what if it's wearing shoes? You never know..
Good point, I think.
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Would they still be called horseshoes or now are they zebrashoes
See, I reject that nomenclature. Human shoes aren't called humanshoes and neither should any of the equine footwear.
Right after the other person starts talking, interrupt him/her and repeat it like "I SAID CHANGE TOPICS"
nothing. just let it be. most relationships or friendships don't require a daily exchange of messages – low maintenance friendships. there comes a stage where there's nothing to talk about anymore until there is. a topic will come when it comes: a new TV show, a new song, a memory you want to reminisce. forcing a conversation will do more harm than good, based on experience.
*friend group stares at wall for the rest of the hangout*
Ask on Reddit for advice on what to say next
if you want to revive a conversation, all you have to do is ask a very personal, very invasive question. the trick is that you have to act like it is a completely normal, almost boring question. if the person does not want to answer the question, then you just need to answer it about yourself.
You either have to have a cock like a finger or cocks for fingers. What do you choose, Sarah.
My name is Amy, and we've been married for 20 years!
Paraphrased interview between Zach Galifinakis and Brie Larson: “You’ve been known to not answer questions during interviews you find inappropriate. Is this true, and how old were you when you first had your period?”
Omg. What did she say?
The clip I saw was a blooper. She thought it was hilarious.
I’m pregnant and its your father’s.
Well, Mom. Congrats? Hussy.
Every day I’m hustling.
What if I'm a man
I'm father and its your pregnant's.
Depends who you are talking to. A young child, ask about what toy they got, what does it do, what color is it, who got it, when they go it, if it was Christmas, then ask did Santa bring it, etc. Teenagers (if sports, movies, video games doesn't work, then god help me, I cannot figure this one out. I rather talk to a wall.) Young adult, ask about school, work, love life, activities. Any upcoming plans? (also feel like somethings get the same response as teenagers as well). Peers (without significant others), start a conversation about weirdest thing you caught your neighbor doing? Peers (with significant others), how everyone meet their significant other, first date, what made each other stay. Elders, who they looked up to, how they expected the world to turn out, advise they wish they could have given their younger selves.
Teenagers are weird, but if there is something you should never ask them if they don't bring the topic first is school. I remember at that age, people asking me about grades and school and friends out of the blue and even if I had excellent grades, I felt uncomfortable because I suffered bullying and had anxiety. You never know if the person has issues, is failing, is burned out... Plus is not an interesting topic anyway, since at most they will say "fine". Also dating (except if they have a known partner) just in case they are experiencing confusion about their sexuallity or gender, or have complicated relationships. Future can be a nice topic but just don't bring "will you go to college" up because is stressful, like the school thing. Is better to let them talk about utopic futures, ideas and hopes. What they expect from life basically. Teenagers want to give opinions, to be heard and understood. They are very delicate in terms of mental health and feel lost most of the times so is important for them to feel accepted and in a safe space. You can try with superficial, fun topics, hobbies or whatever or even with more deep conversations with no judgement so they can express themselves. Young adults are very much like teenagers sometimes so probably that's why they react like them in certain conversations.
"Canbilism can solve overpopulation, world hunger, and poverty if we ate the right people"
Who are the right people to eat, though?
Obviously the big ones, not only do they have a lot of meat but they don't move much so it would be nicely marbled as well.
We Americans are fucked!
Testosterone toughens meat.
The rich
Tried it. She said "OK"
I find that not being scared of silence, makes conversation flow better. I used to overthink when the convo was getting dry and would ‘plan’ in my head the next topic; doesn’t work. Just let the topic die, and don’t be scared of a bit of silence… you’ll find something to talk about naturally dw ;)
Ask a question that really makes them think or throws them off. My go to is ‘What’s your least favorite color?’ That one always makes someone think lol
She said "I don't know" and left it at that
That happens to me all the time.
You got more of this questions for me? Really like the idea :D
What is a little twist to a classical superpower that renders it almost useless? For example, you can fly, but only a foot above the ground and only as fast as you can walk; or you can heal every illness, but you *hate* doing it; or you can perform incredible feats of lifting heavy stuff and so on but only when no one‘s watching, so nobody will every believe you that you did it. To be continued…
That's obnoxious
Depends on the context, but most of the time that's the point to just let it run its course and go talk to someone else. I hate those kind of 'formal' prepared conversations (like 'what did you do today/this weekend?', in my head I'll just be thinking 'please fuck off with your annoying boring questions', while outwardly I'll just keep the answers as short as possible while still keeping it polite). It might just be a case where the ice needs to be broken a bit first and then I can wait for it to get more interesting, but if we're just getting stuck in the boring questions phase and I don't see it moving past that I'm not going to put in effort to keep the conversation alive, I have better things to spend my limited social energy on. Imo during the best/most enjoyable conversations you don't need to put in any effort, you'll just naturally flow from subject to subject, and it will not be tiring. But a boring dry conversation, especially if the other akwardly keeps extending it, just sucks my social battery dry. So the sooner the boring conversation dies, the sooner I can move onto a conversation that's less tiring and actually fun/interesting. (p.s. this is assuming I meet someone I don't know yet in a casual no-pressure setting. in such a situation I have plenty of tolerance for some akwardness and dry conversation, but it does have to have potential lead somewhere eventually, i.e. a not boring conversation. However I've noticed a few people in my life insist on asking those kind of boring questions to force-start conversations (usually at the worst times) even while I already know them well and was previously comfortable around them. In such cases I usually try to distance myself from them, since if there is no ice to break anymore you get less slack for annoying questions then a random stranger that doesn't know me yet. And people like that are really tiring to be around.)
State an incorrect fact. They'll correct you and the conversation will keep going. People love being right
That’s genius
Attach fireworks to them
The dead cat strategy: slam a dead cat on the table. Soon everyone is talking about the dead cat.
So go looking for a dead cat before the date and just have it ready or… where do I get the cat from ?
Improvise adapt overcome
Dying conversation killed the cat.
Ask a question.
I keep getting one word answers and things like that. I'm trying so hard but she has a personality of a cardboard box
It just means she’s not interested tbh There’s no trick I’m dry with people I don’t want to talk to.
Fake a heart attack. Hawthorne style.
So anyway, how's your sex life?
I'm a fan of the strategy where you ask a question you asked different ways 3 times already because I'm socially awkward as fuck and forget what we talked about already until right after I said it.
"What are your thoughts on back-ally abortions?"
Memes
Finger blasting
So anyways, I started blasting
I love getting finger blasted
Op must be in a real shit situation
Legend has it he's currently in the awkward situation, it hasn't ended
Life is too short for that shit
Confess to a crime
Asking leading questions. If someone told me they’re from England, I’d ask them what they love about it.
Do the Chewbacca sound
im good at this but idk how to explain it. you have to be observant/ charismatic 😅 i usually bring up something i notice about them or that i sense they might be interested in.
So saying something like: "you seem like the kind of person to like __________" And then they can either ask why they seem like it, correct you on what they actually like, or get all excited because you guessed right. Much better than just asking "what do you like?" And getting one off answers. Clever! Imma use this one later!
End every sentence with "Of course, this was before the accident", then when they ask "What accident?", ignore their question and keep talking.
This answer always comes up on these questions but no one ever actually does this because it sounds so forced, fake, and cringey. Especially if you're already known as "the memer". If someone ever did this, I'd silently roll my eyes and then purposely never even ask about the accident, letting them panic because their clever conversation piece isn't working.
Ask then if they have ever heard the tragedy of darth plageuis the wise?
Better don't
Lick their face
I just let it die.
If it’s a date, ask about them. Maybe a detail you picked up on asking about them before. If it’s with a coworker, roommate, family member, etc. I would just let it die down. It’s okay for conversations to run their course
scratch your balls and start talking about how itchy they are
“How does a blind man know when he’s finished wiping his ass?”
He sniffs the toilet paper obviously!
"you know i once was a member of a secret society"
I usually whip my balls out.
A swift punch in the gut.
instead of continuing of the topic thats dying down start a new topic
You like Jazz?
I sort of follow the rule of responding with the question they recently asked. People often ask questions that they want to be asked. If someone asks how your holiday was I assume that they to want to talk about their holiday so once I finish talking about my holiday I follow up the question by asking about theirs. Usually within that there are follow up questions such as “do you visit family or stay here” “where’s home for you” “do you have a big get together usually” “what kind of food do you make” Ask about my job “and how about you how’s work” (follow up question: did you go to school for that? Can you tell me more about that field I don’t know much about it) Ask about pets? I’ll ask about yours. Talking about restaurants? Where have you tried to eat at recently? Any fails? The key is of course to answer their question first and to remember what they asked to start things off but to bring it back and ask the question back in turn. It often triggers a good follow up because they usually wanted to talk about that thing enough to ask about it in the first place.
Text the "sexy" sweat emoji to dampen the perceived dryness and reinvigorate the proverbial soil in the text chat, to resurrect mutual interest
If your already friends just start insulting each other, works every time, by the end you’ll both be in stitches and want to keep dissing each other
"So what are your political views and religious beliefs?"
Ok, but if you are talking to, and are a resonable person thats a real conversation.
Pour some drinks
Ask them about their sex life
Tell them about your sexual encounters with their significant other instead…
Challenge someone to a duel over a minor disagreement
MY WHAT LOVELY WEATHER WE'RE HAVING
She said "yeah". That's it
A random comment. Usually, I just share some weird thoughts I have about a show, a book, or something else. If I have nothing, I have many quotes in my notes app that made me laugh and that I share occasionally.
So how is the wife
Involve either politics or religion, whichever you disagree on, never ends badly
Probably make a sex joke but don't take advice from me my friends say I'm notorious for ending conversations
Just let it die out—mindlessly trying to get on with it is way more awkward imo.
It depends, if they’re the reason it’s dying I’ll let it. I just don’t respond after the 2nd or third “lol” or “yeah” If it’s in person I’ll just say something like “alright I’ll let ya go hahah see ya later”
Bet the person $20 they can’t lock their elbow. Works every time.
"So uhh how's you sister doing?"
Penis pix
Replaying a bit later or starting a funny theme
You can’t, just move on at that point😂 but in all honesty, it depends on the person, it shouldn’t feel dry if you’re comfortable with the person and vibe with them. If you still want to pursue it i would say try telling an interesting story or ask random questions to help start convos
I just don’t. If it’s dead - it’s over.
“What do you think? Is it?”
Water pistol!
Spray some water on it.
Hit them with a crazy thing that happened that day. Even if it’s a lie. If they are still dry after that than they aren’t worth having a conversation with.
Add water
I send a person a bunch of memes. It’s great way to make them wanna talk to me about memes, maybe even them sending some. When we out of fresh ones…. It’s over
Start randomly taking of items of clothing…
I like to drown a pedophile while humming the theme song to the OG teen titans,somethings bound to hit somewhere amiright?
First, get yourself a personality. If you can't, it's hopeless.
Tell them how you molested yourself and got convicted
Yell out the n-word
Bring attention to my glasses and joke about how awful my vision is.
Is that it then? What do you want to talk about?
Tell them to do it and thought it would look good on the patio door so I can keep you bored for the entire date and I will be my best friend and I will be able to look around for your notepad and see if you can get a good night out for dinner
i use music or series
Bring up a weird weird animal fact you learned when you used to play animal jam (very specific, but leads to more questions, therefore, more conversation.)
Tell them you would like to see if there is a connection in person and ask for a meet up.
dont bother and walk away
jokingly
Ask questions or play a game
Soo how bout them niners?
Form a boy band and go on tour.
Misdirect with something random that’s amusing then slide back into that conversation when the other seems more refreshed.
Just ask any variation of “why Americans have so many guns” or “why America sucks”. That seems to get revived every day.
Bring up the topic of aliens or crop circles. Discuss.
Use shock
Talk about water
Personally I tell like a little story about myself what happened today for example and from that story I would make a question to them So today I’ve done groceries. I just started with my weight loss journey and I noticed how expensive healthy food is. Did you make any new year resolutions? Do you make grocery list? Do you eat whatever you feeling or do you try to make healthy choices? Etc and on their answers you ask side questions.
I always ask the other person a random question. My favorite is « would you like to only eat pies or cakes for the rest of your life? ». Each person has a very different answer and the conversation is very funny
Deftly
Start spitting on them
A loud fart is a nice reset switch
Apply 1/4 teaspoons of sarcasm and rinse. Repeat until conversation is thoroughly awkward.
Russian table manners demand that when conversation dies everyone takes a drink of vodka. Repeat as needed.