lol, that's why I'm quiet half the time I'm out. I just really don't know what to say...
For the most part I believe a lot of conversations are just gossip - people talking about others, people detailing their problems, or people just being people. That stuff, I would rather stay out of cause eventually it gets boring... but I admit I've participated in my fair share of those conversaions.
Now there are other conversations that are much more intellectual. These conversations are much more interesting to me, because I stand something to gain from them. There so much knowledge you can gain from others. Unfortunately... most of these conversations fall on deaf ears, especially if I'm talking to someone not even remotely interested in that topic. I see a lot of people start dozing off if I go into topics like alternative energies. The "conversation" then ends in roughly 10 seconds with a "Cool" or "That's interesting." No follow up questions at all.
So... in West Chester, I feels the former occurs frequently while the latter occurs less frequently, which makes it boring after you've heard 8 years of gossip. I'd rather live near a research university, just so I can talk to others about intellectual stuff. Oh well, I just have to save up enough until I can move by myself!
Haha now I finally understand why you do, I guess I'm not alone! But yes, I know what you mean about about finding interest in conversation, as my mother always says, it's a skill. It's nice to learn about others but when most of what they do is talk about others negatively, it slowly causes the atmosphere to become shallow. Unfortunatly, with finding people, you have to find the ones who are fully interested in you as well. There are people out there, I suppose you just have to search. :)
My friend Katie does a lot of stuff revolving around Biology, which I do truly find interesting, so I think out of anyone, she would understand how you feel. She struggles with the same issues all the time, people just not fully interested in what she has to say. It's hard to gain interest when the majorty of people just aren't fully developed socially yet. I think that's why older people are much more comferting to talk to (my best friend is 33 years old!).
I'm sure once you find your way, you will be surrounded by people who are fully interested and love what you do. As for now, I think it's best to find more people to talk to, you never know who you meet and it's always good to give people a chance. Thanks for your input, Jason.
For the most part I believe a lot of conversations are just gossip - people talking about others, people detailing their problems, or people just being people. That stuff, I would rather stay out of cause eventually it gets boring... but I admit I've participated in my fair share of those conversaions.
Now there are other conversations that are much more intellectual. These conversations are much more interesting to me, because I stand something to gain from them. There so much knowledge you can gain from others. Unfortunately... most of these conversations fall on deaf ears, especially if I'm talking to someone not even remotely interested in that topic. I see a lot of people start dozing off if I go into topics like alternative energies. The "conversation" then ends in roughly 10 seconds with a "Cool" or "That's interesting." No follow up questions at all.
So... in West Chester, I feels the former occurs frequently while the latter occurs less frequently, which makes it boring after you've heard 8 years of gossip. I'd rather live near a research university, just so I can talk to others about intellectual stuff. Oh well, I just have to save up enough until I can move by myself!
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My friend Katie does a lot of stuff revolving around Biology, which I do truly find interesting, so I think out of anyone, she would understand how you feel. She struggles with the same issues all the time, people just not fully interested in what she has to say. It's hard to gain interest when the majorty of people just aren't fully developed socially yet. I think that's why older people are much more comferting to talk to (my best friend is 33 years old!).
I'm sure once you find your way, you will be surrounded by people who are fully interested and love what you do. As for now, I think it's best to find more people to talk to, you never know who you meet and it's always good to give people a chance. Thanks for your input, Jason.
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