It's something I did when I learned I had autism. Helped a lot. Highly recommend. I'm female, though, and very not-scary.
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Miller@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think people who are socially inept are often advised to strike up innocuous little throwaway conversations with strangers in public places to improve their ability to interact. Unfortunately this is also exactly the MO of killers in CSI programmes.
Drusas@fedia.io 4 days ago
Miller@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I have done it a little myself because I have a natural tendency otherwise to close small talk down. I think because while I like people theoretically in practise that sentiment can wander.
AskewLord@piefed.social 4 days ago
It’s the MO of every human being when they are interacting with a stranger for the first time…
feelings67@lemmy.world 4 days ago
In retrospect I think it was the sitting down near me thing, like we were old friends, that made me react more strongly than I would have
Miller@lemmy.world 4 days ago
A perception of forced rather than incidental interaction is common from those practising chitchat and those set on murder was my point.