The Lost Art of Conversation (1899)
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The Lost Art of Conversation (1899)
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#2This url [1] seems to work
[1] https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2022/09/the-lost-art-of-...
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#3"We are reading ourselves into a silent race."
If only!
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#4I don't know... When I'm reading something that really excites me I usually want to tell others about it and talk about it, why it excited me, what I find interesting, thus encouraging conversation.
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#5The article in its current format is almost unreadable.
The art of conversation is unknown to many. I attempt to explain to others that conversation is a volley - not a match. Serve up softballs, allow others to answer questions, and then return the favor by asking a question.
Conversations with the iPad generation are almost worthless. Conversations with strangers are often fruitless. I am silent for the most part because people cannot speak in a manner that would suggest they have any interest outside of their own pleasures.
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#6I don't know... When I'm reading something that really excites me I usually want to tell others about it and talk about it, why it excited me, what I find interesting, thus encouraging conversation.
I feel the exact same way. Except it seems that no one I ever meet cares a single bit about about the topics that excite me, and aren't polite or curious enough to indulge me 1-3 minutes to share the exciting things about these topics.
So usually I just listen to people talk about themselves. :/
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#7The article in its current format is almost unreadable. The art of conversation is unknown to many. I attempt to explain to others that conversation is a volley - not a match. Serve up softballs, allow others to answer questions, and then return the favor by asking a question. Conversations with the iPad generation are almost worthless. Conversations with strangers are often fruitless. I am silent for the most part b…
You must be fun at parties
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#8I don't know... When I'm reading something that really excites me I usually want to tell others about it and talk about it, why it excited me, what I find interesting, thus encouraging conversation.
I feel the exact same way. Except it seems that no one I ever meet cares a single bit about about the topics that excite me, and aren't polite or curious enough to indulge me 1-3 minutes to share the exciting things about these topics. So usually I just listen to people talk about themselves. :/
Curiosity made infectious
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#9I don't know... When I'm reading something that really excites me I usually want to tell others about it and talk about it, why it excited me, what I find interesting, thus encouraging conversation.
I'd love to hear about this! Anything you're reading like that lately?
To your point, though, I live in a major and supposedly-sophisticated city, and one of my go-to smalltalk questions is, "So, what're you reading these days?"
I don't know if I've become an old grump — or if I just have poor luck of the draw — but lately it's been a deeply depressing question. A staggering number of people will quietly (or, occasionally, proudly) unveil the fact that they don't read at all.
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#10The article in its current format is almost unreadable. The art of conversation is unknown to many. I attempt to explain to others that conversation is a volley - not a match. Serve up softballs, allow others to answer questions, and then return the favor by asking a question. Conversations with the iPad generation are almost worthless. Conversations with strangers are often fruitless. I am silent for the most part b…
Conversation has become a game of who can contribute the least by making useless witty comments.