Why do you converse?

[motorollin]

HenryCase wrote:
Abso-f*cking-lutely, that is exactly what I am trying to say, in that small talk is used for different purposes with different people.

And it's exactly those purposes I'm trying to understand :-)

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moto

[Karlos]

bloodline wrote:

Anyway, don't you just hate it when a Band ruins an otherwise good song... it's just a travesty:


clickly clickly

Really shouldn't be allowed.. Eh Karlos ;-)

That's canny good. I've been responsible for far worse ;-)

[motorollin]

bloodline wrote:
I use it to get laid... doesn't work...

In the words of the great poets Aerosmith, "Talk is cheap, shut up and dance!"

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moto

[bloodline]

Karlos wrote:

bloodline wrote:

Anyway, don't you just hate it when a Band ruins an otherwise good song... it's just a travesty:


clickly clickly

Really shouldn't be allowed.. Eh Karlos ;-)

That's canny good. I've been responsible for far worse ;-)

We put that song together rather quickly as a special treat for my B'day :-) it is really easy to play and actually rather fun... the crowd, most of whom were around 20... had no idea what was going on :-D

[Karlos]

They probably don't know what the Tanhauser Gate is either then?

[bloodline]

Karlos wrote:
They probably don't know what the Tan Hauser Gate is either then?

To be fair... no one does... except a select few si-fi geeks ;-) :-D

[Karlos]

bloodline wrote:

To be fair... no one does... except a select few si-fi geeks ;-) :-D

So, do you have any glittering C beams for your live light show?

[bloodline]

Karlos wrote:

bloodline wrote:

To be fair... no one does... except a select few si-fi geeks ;-) :-D

So, do you have any glittering C beams for your live light show?

Actually we do :-D I wish I could show you a DVD of one of our shows... I think the Youtube link in my sig is quite good...

[HenryCase]

motorollin wrote:

HenryCase wrote:
Abso-f*cking-lutely, that is exactly what I am trying to say, in that small talk is used for different purposes with different people.

And it's exactly those purposes I'm trying to understand :-)

So now you know three reasons why people do it, to form a bond with people around them, to get laid, to hide their true personality. Quite varied reasons, right?! :-D

[bloodline]

HenryCase wrote:

motorollin wrote:

HenryCase wrote:
Abso-f*cking-lutely, that is exactly what I am trying to say, in that small talk is used for different purposes with different people.

And it's exactly those purposes I'm trying to understand :-)

So now you know three reasons why people do it, to form a bond with people around them, to get laid, to hide their true personality. Quite varied reasons, right?! :-D

You forgot, childish behaviour!

[motorollin]

HenryCase wrote:
So now you know three reasons why people do it, to form a bond with people around them, to get laid, to hide their true personality. Quite varied reasons, right?! :-D

Exactly! And that's why I love language. Once you start exploring people's motives and intentions in conversation it gets really fascinating. You can go so deep in to analysing the simplest piece of conversation! Harvey Sacks is a real hero of mine!

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moto

[motorollin]

bloodline wrote:
You forgot, childish behaviour!

Arguably an attempt at bonding :-)

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moto

[bloodline]

motorollin wrote:

bloodline wrote:
You forgot, childish behaviour!

Arguably an attempt at bonding :-)

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moto

No, I think it's part of play to develop linguistic skills... where wolf cubs fight, toddlers chat about pointless things... I believe it could be this behavior that is carried over to adulthood :-)

[motorollin]

Oh right, you were talking about the behaviour of actual children. When you said "childish" I thought you meant adults behaving childishly :lol:

I agree 100% that infant speech games are roughly equivalent to play-fighting in other animals.

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moto

[Wain]

highly recommended reading for those of you who are wondering about people who do not engage in small-talk for the most part...and what the rest of you put us through...lol

Caring for Your Introvert

 :-D

[Wain]

bloodline wrote:

Karlos wrote:
They probably don't know what the Tan Hauser Gate is either then?

To be fair... no one does... except a select few si-fi geeks ;-) :-D

too bad most of those SF geeks don't know what Tannhäuser is either.