MetaFilter posts tagged with conversation

Boring men?

djgh — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:20:05 -0800

Emotional twitter ticker

carsonb — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:51:44 -0800

I love twistori.
I hate twistori.
I think twistori is awesome.
I believe twistori is pointless.
I feel uncomfortable reading twistori.
I wish I could stop.
From twitter, inspired by wefeelfine [previ ously], using summize.

"The great man's brain may need some downtime."

amyms — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:55:47 -0800

Dinner With Darwin. Scientists from various disciplines weigh in on what kind of dinner conversation they envision themselves having with Charles Darwin. Via.

Succeed Socially

TimTypeZed — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:04:36 -0800

Another weekend sitting alone in your apartment? Thinking of sending that two thousand word cry for help to anonymous Ask Metafilter? Maybe you should take a look at the advice at Succeed Socially first. The site is a series of articles from a guy in his late twenties who was socially awkward when younger, tried various ways to overcome his difficulties, and eventually found his own way of becoming more comfortable around others. Much of it is good practical discussion, free of both whininess and magic solutions. Some selections: How to be More Fun / How to be Less Boring If you're more restrained yourself that's fine, but it's not the end of the world if not everyone else is. Try to take yourself less seriously too. Don't think you're above letting yourself go and acting 'immature' or whatever. Above all, don't think being smart and mature, and being a fun person are mutually exclusive. Being able to joke around and have a good time doesn't cancel out or diminish your intelligence. When You Want To Do Better With People... But Not Really Another reason some people are down on socializing is because they're not comfortable with it. They may have some bitter feelings towards the idea of relating to people because of past experiences. It's easier for them to tell themselves that people and socializing aren't worth their time. That way it's not their fault, some flaw in the outside world is to blame. Inside The Mind Of Guys Who Are Shy And Inexperienced With Women The idea that if I wanted a girlfriend I'd have to actively work on getting one, or that I'd have to learn to cope with my nervousness wasn't on the map. Nope, I just had to meet the perfect girl under the perfect circumstances. The kind of circumstances where I would essentially be guided along by rails the whole way with no room to screw up. Social Skills And Self-Help Advice That Hasn't Worked For Me This stuff didn't work for me because I found it either too vague or too 'easier said than done'. You can interpret "Be Yourself" in two dozen different ways, some of them more helpful than others. And you can't just hit a switch in a your brain and be confident, it takes time.

Writers in Italy: Le Conversazioni

mattbucher — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:53:15 -0800

Le Conversazioni: Last summer a group of writers including David Foster Wallace, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Franzen, and Jeffrey Eugenides gathered on the Isle of Capri to discuss language and identity. This year's lineup includes Ethan Coen, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Claire Messud, and Chuck Palahniuk.

Women don't talk more than man after all.

2shay — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:16:00 -0800

The commonly held belief that women talk more than men is apparently a fabrication. The truth: "No reputable study has ever measured the widely repeated numerical comparisons that show women talking two or three times as much as men."

Tomorrow's watercooler topics today!

liam — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:42:13 -0800

Buzzfeed. Aggregating hot topics on the web.

Conversation

semmi — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:19:04 -0800

Conversation is an art. "Hume suggested that politeness was not, in fact, "natural to the human mind," but "presumption and arrogance" were. Society depends on artifice. Conversation is an art." "American conversation now prides itself on angry authenticity or on being kind and "nonjudgmental"; it is meant to be "natural" and full of "self-expression." This does not make for great conversation or a vital political life."

Stay on top of the conversation

FlamingBore — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:53:36 -0800

Track your comments. Remember back before Matt gave up his day job? How we didn't have an easy way to keep up with conversations we participated in? Hate that you can't do that with other sites you frequent? Now you can.

The world is talking. Are you listening?

panoptican — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:25:37 -0800

Global Voices Online. I was a bit surprised to find that this hasn't been posted. Global Voices aims to foster a more diverse online conversation primarily through spot-lighting blogs written by people all over the world. It started last October and has really picked up steam these last few months.