in defense of the weather: nobody talks about the weather with the intention of having a conversation about the weather (unless it’s so atrocious or so beautiful that it feels wrong not to comment). The point of talking about the weather is it gives the person you’re talking to space to talk about things they’ve been doing (pivot from current weather to recent weather, in the context of something you were doing in the last few days that was either affected by the weather (boo!) or unaffected by it (thank god!)) OR things they’re planning to do (“let’s hope it holds/clears up by this afternoon/tomorrow, I’ve got [thing] going on”). Now you’ve safely introduced a conversation in a way that doesn’t seem prying, and they’ve offered up the most interesting current event in their life for you to engage with. If you have nothing to say to their event then you can take the pivot right back and use the weather to comment on the most interesting event in *your* life right now. And if they don’t find your thing interesting either then it’s time to try something else but hey, at least the ice is broken. Or just a little cracked, depending on how awkward it ended.
Ooh, hard to pick just one but I’ll go with something lesser known, The Snallygaster of Fredrick County, Maryland
A ten foot long bird lizard with claws like meathooks and a serrated steel beak bursting with octopus tentacles. Swoops down out of the sky all quiet like an owl, snatch ya up in its claws and carry ya back to its nest for victuals
You’re obviously not familiar with the British. You cannot interact with one and get away with not talking about t weather. (That goes for Canadians of British descent too)
Really cute of for sure. I can’t with small talk. Don’t see the reason to it. Some talks are just so pointless to me. Where as my mom can start a talk like she always knew the person. She just says warever comes to mind and it works. Where as if I did the same I would say dumb shit
This is getting it completely backwards. If you start with something niche, then you risk having an immediate dead end, but if you start with something open and general-interest then there’s a decent chance you’ll at least be able to get a conversation going. If someone asked me to tell them about my favourite cryptid, I would have nothing to say in response (I don’t even really know what that is) and would feel bad about it. Then you’d explain what a cryptid was, expecting me to be excited by it, and my reaction would be a huge disappointment because it’s never something I’ve considered in my life nor something I care about.
Crypto is not for me.
” We don’t have enough problems with our current monetary system, lets start another to really fuck things up…Bottlecaps?
No, something that has no physical properties would be better…”
No thanks.
Its been overcast here the whole day, with nothing but gray clouds as far as the eye can see and with a non-stop drizzle of rain. The lack of wind means the clouds dont really go anywhere. But its a pretty nice 14 degrees Celsius though, so at least its not cold.
The Mokele-mbembe! It resembles a sauropod dinosaur and is seen in parts of Africa. It’s name means “one who blocks rivers”. There is a subset of cryptids that are just “still living dinosaurs”.
I don’t initiate small talk because I’m just not interested in anything most people have to say and feel phoney trying to feign an interest I just don’t feel.
The dogman.
The frog-moth (from Twin Peaks The Return, Part 8). Love to hate it.
champie, the loch ness monster of lake champlain in vermont
Dogecoin
totally agree! at least try to open an interesting topic next time 🙂
Nice weather were having
Nessie of course but I’ll also mention The Jersey Devil.
BTW, adorable character!
in defense of the weather: nobody talks about the weather with the intention of having a conversation about the weather (unless it’s so atrocious or so beautiful that it feels wrong not to comment). The point of talking about the weather is it gives the person you’re talking to space to talk about things they’ve been doing (pivot from current weather to recent weather, in the context of something you were doing in the last few days that was either affected by the weather (boo!) or unaffected by it (thank god!)) OR things they’re planning to do (“let’s hope it holds/clears up by this afternoon/tomorrow, I’ve got [thing] going on”). Now you’ve safely introduced a conversation in a way that doesn’t seem prying, and they’ve offered up the most interesting current event in their life for you to engage with. If you have nothing to say to their event then you can take the pivot right back and use the weather to comment on the most interesting event in *your* life right now. And if they don’t find your thing interesting either then it’s time to try something else but hey, at least the ice is broken. Or just a little cracked, depending on how awkward it ended.
Corn person
Ooh, hard to pick just one but I’ll go with something lesser known, The Snallygaster of Fredrick County, Maryland
A ten foot long bird lizard with claws like meathooks and a serrated steel beak bursting with octopus tentacles. Swoops down out of the sky all quiet like an owl, snatch ya up in its claws and carry ya back to its nest for victuals
I quite enjoy the Hopkinsville Goblin
Small talk is for small minds.
The butter cat!
insulindian phasmid
Fresno night crawler.
Mothman, he’s just so fucking silly
What’s a cryptid
Officer du Bois, so good to see you.
Hi! What’s your favourite dinosaur? Boom, minutes of conversation right there.
I’m simple. I like Bigfoot. Just a creature at any woods, any part of the world. There’s so many stories. Wendigo is a hard 2nd favorite.
The wheelchair makes me think of the cryptozoology lady from Disco Elysium
It’s tie. Mothman or The Wendigo.
Cute comic, but… what’s the joke?
Bro just fucking pack my groceries and move on with the day i dont give a fuck about your favorite whatever lol
You’re obviously not familiar with the British. You cannot interact with one and get away with not talking about t weather. (That goes for Canadians of British descent too)
Squonk
Bunyips!
I like cryptids… Don’t much care what you think about them
Boggarts. Apparently the North West is full of them.
My favorite cryptid is the happy women in tampon commercials.
And Mothman.
I guarantee that 99.9% of people would have no idea what you’re talking about…
Why is there a bird in a wheelchair?
Really cute of for sure. I can’t with small talk. Don’t see the reason to it. Some talks are just so pointless to me. Where as my mom can start a talk like she always knew the person. She just says warever comes to mind and it works. Where as if I did the same I would say dumb shit
This is getting it completely backwards. If you start with something niche, then you risk having an immediate dead end, but if you start with something open and general-interest then there’s a decent chance you’ll at least be able to get a conversation going. If someone asked me to tell them about my favourite cryptid, I would have nothing to say in response (I don’t even really know what that is) and would feel bad about it. Then you’d explain what a cryptid was, expecting me to be excited by it, and my reaction would be a huge disappointment because it’s never something I’ve considered in my life nor something I care about.
Flatwoods Monster, the Shelbyville Goblins are a close second.
Crypto is not for me.
” We don’t have enough problems with our current monetary system, lets start another to really fuck things up…Bottlecaps?
No, something that has no physical properties would be better…”
No thanks.
Its been overcast here the whole day, with nothing but gray clouds as far as the eye can see and with a non-stop drizzle of rain. The lack of wind means the clouds dont really go anywhere. But its a pretty nice 14 degrees Celsius though, so at least its not cold.
FLATWOODS MONSTER
MAJORAS MASK
NUFF SAID
The Mokele-mbembe! It resembles a sauropod dinosaur and is seen in parts of Africa. It’s name means “one who blocks rivers”. There is a subset of cryptids that are just “still living dinosaurs”.
We’ve found the secret sauce. Start with the weather and lead into how the hot weather must be hard on the yeti.
Good point! “Hello! I’m ____. Who is your favorite ninja turtle?!”
I don’t initiate small talk because I’m just not interested in anything most people have to say and feel phoney trying to feign an interest I just don’t feel.
Traditional cryptid skunkape.
Joke cryptid the gallygaloo. Is from the old lumberjack stories obviously fake but really funny in concept.
Must be awfully inconvenient to land in a wheelchair
Hello, nice to meet you, what’s your favorite SCP?
The big cats in the uk, that or trump.
Does Ben count?