Oh man small talk is such a game and I hadn't noticed before! I'm actually pretty good at it, as long as people are willing to go along with some wildly divergent segues haha.
It's such an insightful move to have a solid setting, and a real-world setting, because so much of small talk is contextual. It's about what we share, things that can seem unremarkable on the surface: this building, the city, local sports teams. This game knows that the secret of small talk is that we all share a lot more than that, it just takes some vulnerability to get to it.
I also really like the way the game isn't competitive, but it does provide opportunities to fail, and that failure is basically public. It mirrors small talk itself in both obvious and subtle ways. It's a lovely game! Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Oh man small talk is such a game and I hadn't noticed before! I'm actually pretty good at it, as long as people are willing to go along with some wildly divergent segues haha.
It's such an insightful move to have a solid setting, and a real-world setting, because so much of small talk is contextual. It's about what we share, things that can seem unremarkable on the surface: this building, the city, local sports teams. This game knows that the secret of small talk is that we all share a lot more than that, it just takes some vulnerability to get to it.
I also really like the way the game isn't competitive, but it does provide opportunities to fail, and that failure is basically public. It mirrors small talk itself in both obvious and subtle ways. It's a lovely game! Thank you so much for sharing it.