small talk
I Tried to Cut Small Talk Out My Life. It Went Badly.
Testing a list of alternative, Harvard professor-approved opening lines – like “What excites you right now?” – in the local boozer.
How to Make Small Talk After We've Been Through... a Pandemic
Do we try to keep it posi vibes, or commiserate about the one thing we definitely all have in common?
How Hairdressers Feel About All That Endless Small Talk
"What do I care about your new rabbit hutch?"
How to Go Home for the Holidays When Your Family Is a Bit Much
There are lots of ways to support, protect, and take care of yourself, even and especially when your weird uncle is being insufferable
I'm paranoid that everyone's judging me—how do I control those feelings?
This week in the Coping newsletter: the people who find small talk excruciating, gender differences in anxiety, and how to deal with the fear that people are judging you.
How Being a Line Cook Ruined Me
When you exist outside of regular society, when the nine-to-five gig is as foreign to you as going somewhere hot for a vacation, it makes it easier to indulge in the wilder, untamed side of things.
Michael Makes Small Talk in Today's Comic by Stephen Maurice Graham
Michael runs into another person from his past and it's humiliating!
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We Asked Experts How to Nail Awkward Small Talk
The science of getting deep or getting the hell out of there.
Listen to The Linedots Hypnotic Pop: "Small Talk"
This new London duo are keeping it enigmatic… but all you need to really know is Evangeline used to be a fencing champ and this song is a press repeat gem.
We Made Young Liberals and Young Labor Date Each Other
Dating, being a student, and having strong political views. Each of these can be annoying enough on their own. We figured we'd combine all three into a self-conscious cocktail of awkward.