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Where is the best place to go to engage in polite conversation with random strangers? (lemmy.world)
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I've been working on myself after coming out of a toxic long-term relationship that destroyed my social network, and am quite rusty at engaging with people I don't know. I'm also an introvert by nature, but am capable of overruling that nature and engaging with people when I consciously try. At this point I feel like I just need to boost my experience and restore a level of comfort in engaging with people I don't know. When I go out (by myself), I tend to go see live music, which is fun but generally not conducive to conversation. Ultimately I'd like to restore my rusty social skills for the purposes of interacting with members of the opposite sex, but at this point I just need to work on engaging with people in general. WHat say you, people of Lemmy?

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[โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any space where you're put in prolonged stationary close proximity to a few people. It just naturally evolves that way, especially if there's a lot of regulars, or a specific thing to start a conversation about provided.

That's also why small towns end up with a reputation for friendliness. It's just a situation that happens a lot, and then that trains people to strike up conversation more often in general.

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