It's reasonable to chat for a minute or two just so both social primates feel comfortable sharing the same enclosed space, and then for both to impose no more conversation than the other warmly desires.
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Anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, etc...
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Maybe the real win would be to tag discussion preferences. I had a great chat about longevity biology and treatments with my driver this morning. Sheer luck we found shared interest.
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I once seemed to hit it off really well with a cab driver, but it turned out that after the usual Sicilian moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 he was all into 5.-Nc6 and didn't care one bit about all the cool variations after 5.-a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6.
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The somewhat uncertain length of the drive likely imposes a neat time limit. But I assume the driver has a temptation to manipulate it; presumably they should play black to balance it.
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It's a sad to see peeps (the patrons here) losing the basics of social skills.. such as the ability to comfortably end a friendly face-to-face chat. As we use our phones to build walls between ourselves and the real world, we become more and more inept outside our bubbles.
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Introversion isn't social ineptitude. Conversation shouldn't carry a mandatory expectation. I'm quite able to have a good conversation. I just don't always want or need one.
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I consider myself an introvert. And I can find some extroverts mildly annoying. But there's nothing mandatory about conversation. Guess I'm trying to say one shouldn't feel uncomfortable asserting that right. (Don't see New Yorkers complain much about this on the subway, for eg.)
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What's interesting is that we already have the tools to end conversations. 30 years ago you'd pull out a newspaper and say you need to catch up. Now you can make a myriad of excuses by pulling out a phone or tablet none of which would offend anyone or induce anxiety.
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most people communicate offense (either with body language or vocally) when i try to use my phone around them. and you should hear the things people say when i put my headphones back on after being forced to remove them.
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I consistently cannot avoid conversations. Even when I am saving someone's computer systems from disaster they still want to talk talk talk. How do they get anything done? I don't need thanks I needed silence to work!
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And yes, I try to telegraph a desire for silence, but yes I am friendly and polite so if someone is talking to me, I reply.
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and hair cutters...I judge my haircuts mainly on how quick and quiet they are...no offense, but I just want my hair cut
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I think one can learn quite a lot from this kind of interaction, and it isn't that costly, at least during short drives. I don't really see the problem...
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The cost isn't static, but variable to the individual. If someone is introverted and has an anxiety disorder, the cost may be crippling. If someone is extroverted, they may leave the same conversation feeling energized.
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It would be interesting to see how often users benefit from this kind of interaction and how often it discomforts them. Option in app doesn't mean completely revising social convention, so I'm all for it, the burden just wasn't intuitive to me.
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Understood, and I actually think that's a good thing for you. If the burden isn't intuitive to you, then you're probably more extroverted, or at least resilient to stress from social interaction.
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I'm socially inept, but I enjoy spontaneous social interaction, even from anthropological perspective. I guess I'm fortunate in that respect, because I couldn't really believe that the issue is so widespread and not trivial, as, judging from what I see, it probably is.
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