re: What are some parts of peoples lives they just have to yap about, and you just want to run

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People that are always trying to get you to watch

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Its people who... not that.

It's cars for me. I simply do not care at all about your car or the latest car trend or the latest news about your car or mode of transportation.

Giving excruciating details about your vacation, along with showing me pictures on your phone.

People who like to tell you how much they spent on stuff. Don’t tell me unless I ask (and I probably won’t).

When your 70 year old friend wants to tell about his cocaine fueled sexcapades with 2 ugly, extra skanky tatted up biseckshal chicks.
If I were him, I wouldn't tell anybody.

This one could be interesting. Made me laugh.

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People that are always trying to get you to watch a video on their phone they think is funny. I got shite to do bro. I’m not standing here while you hold up a 2 minute video while I fake laugh. This is the worst when trapped by someone during a dinner or lunch with co-workers. I also don’t give two shits about your fantasy football team in your other league.

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I’m not standing here while you hold up a 2 minute video while I fake laugh. This is the worst when trapped by someone during a dinner or lunch with co-workers.

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Yep. Just send me the damn thing and I can laugh if I want at a later time

Their fantasy football team how “
Deflated TD’s” lost by .4 points

Nobody gives a flying frick

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I thought I knew the OT Lounge was full of shallow, self centered people, but now I KNOW it is....

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I don't think it's that.

I don't care about someone's story unless I know them and how they feel about it. Most people don't do the requisite work when telling a story. I am god awful at it. But those that can do it well don't just launch into a story. They talk about their mindset, what was going on that day, etc. They contextualize the situation so you can listen with the mindset needed to absorb the story, and then they talk about things that are interesting to someone who is prepared to hear them.

Most people start talking and it's a random stream of consciousness about they did this, then this happened, and then they went here, and it's just meandering for the sake of meandering. There's no point other than they had a good time. That's a fine thing to hear by itself. But if you're an acquaintance, and we haven't broken down the wall where when you tell me you went surfing, I can then relate it to something I know about your life to ask an actual meaningful question or make a meaningful comment, then just don't tell me.

And telling me about those things, unless you're a gifted storyteller, won't get us to that point. To get to that point we need to actually talk to each other, not at each other.

When they go on and on about their rescued "Fur Babies".

You adopted a pet, you didn't cure cancer-----get over it.