why small talk sucks
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Join the Trends Community today. Get your first seven days for just ONE dollar. Go to https://trends.co/sabrinaandfriends to get started. Have you ever struggled with small talk? This seemingly simple form of communication has always been a mystery to me. Why are chats about the weather or repetitive texts asking "wyd" so important? In this video, Sabrina learns why small talk exists by challenge herself to talk to a bunch of strangers. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz Video Editing by Vicky Moonan Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Thank you to Jayde, Anjelica, Lorien, Noor, Aaron, Jo, Xuan, Austin, and Jake for chatting with me. Hopefully we aren't strangers anymore :) MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING Why small talk is so excruciating (2019) by David Roberts via Vox TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Sabrina is QuiRkY 01:08 The Self-Help Hole of Research 01:42 Why Small Talk Exists 04:01 Three Ways to Get Better at Small Talk 05:08 Science? I don't know her. 06:35 Just realized I mispelled spreadsheet. 06:42 Sabrina remembers she has an anxiety disorder 09:48 Conclusions, conversions, and statistical insignificance 12:00 Please share this video with someone you want to small talk with 12:16 Paying the bills ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! A word of warning regarding small talk: Be careful including cheesy jokes during small talk, someone might me laughtose intolerant! Leave a comment with the word LAUGH to let me know you were here ;-)
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