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What's the best question to ask someone who you don't know very well? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by Therealmglitch to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Around this time of year one of my best conversation starters is "What's your least favorite Christmas song?". Everyone (at least here in the US) has at least one Christmas song that annoys the shit out of them, but you'll get tons of different answers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Or you'll get murdered because now that evil song is stuck in their head until next June...

[–] cosmicrookie 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hm.. maybe a good ice breaker but a bit negative isn't it? Why spend energy on somethin you don't like ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because people are opinionated. It's a fun way to hear someone speak passionately about something. Gives you a sense of who they are.

[–] cosmicrookie 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But people are just as passionate, or hopefully even more so, of things that they enjoy. Why go into negativity when you could be listening to their positive passions?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's pretty common to bond over dislikes. Besides, disliking something isn't negative, and there's nothing wrong with being negative even if it were.

[–] cashews_best_nut 1 points 11 months ago

British people are famous for discussing the weather as small talk. British weather is 90% shit. We're still alive.

So I don't think negative questions are a bad thing.

[–] cashews_best_nut 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Slade's Christmas song. Every fucking year without fail it comes on in supermarkets and has done for decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Slade's Christmas song

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