How do I interact with people differently? I feel like I'm locked in to how I interact with people, and have little optiinality. Hard for me to have fun besides jokes here and there, dunno how to tell stories, dunno how to authentically connect
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How do I explore the options? How do I learn better about what I could do differently? How much can I do that if I don't have conversation partners willing to explicitly experiment?
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Replying to @eigenrobot @aphercotropist and
this feels pretty abstract to me still. what are some ways of interacting that you don't know how to do, and do you have any insight into why you can't manage them?
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Replying to @eigenrobot @QiaochuYuan and
Well a part of what feels like the problem is I don't really know what I don't know how to do. What I can do is opine about Issues and Subject Matter like philosophy and various media, argue, explain/lecture about my Ideas and my math research.
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Replying to @aphercotropist @QiaochuYuan and
That's fine! And actually--maybe a better (stupid but good) example are sitcoms. When you watch the Simpsons, do the conversations make sense to you? Like, why people would have them, or why they're funny
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Replying to @eigenrobot @QiaochuYuan and
I find them funny, and at least have a shallow sense of "why". I feel like there is a certain level of making sense that I probably don't get? (...)
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My idea is maybe you tend to use conversations for purposes that are immediately practical ("where should we eat", "how does that math work") while most conversations are useful only socially. Does that resonate?
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Replying to @eigenrobot @QiaochuYuan and
Kinda. Also the dreaded "how do I make this person believe the Right Things". Also "allow me to gift you with my Rare and Profound Ideas and Opinions". I'm not sure what "socially useful" even means and this fact feels like a good way of framing my original question
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Replying to @aphercotropist @eigenrobot and
Also heuheuheu this jolk is sooo clever, acknowledge that I am smort
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