“Small talk is actually deep talk in disguise”
Agree
- Testing social connection before vulnerability happens
- Establishes trust through shared mundane experiences
- Ritual bonding matters for human connection
Disagree
- Small talk is genuinely surface level often
- People avoid real topics with weather chat
- Authenticity requires skipping the pleasantries sometimes
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