[vinceguidry]

White people, especially well-off, career-minded ones seem to need to re-learn the art of small talk. It really isn't that hard. You talk about anything but that which is important.

Try the weather. Yes, the weather. Three sentences on that, and you're ready to get more ambitious. Sports is the next rung on the ladder. Even if you don't follow sports, you can still talk about sports. Your kids might play. You might have had that one season of baseball you quit after three weeks. You can't live in this country without having had some experience concerning sports.

You'd be absolutely amazed at what you can learn about a person with nothing more than small talk.

[Mukake]

Or maybe that's why they're well-off? Because they're career-minded and prefer to talk about important things rather than wasting time talking about weather and sports (sports actually being a possible land mine topic as well).

Small talk for small minds...