ᙖᖇƐ>ᜊᙃ ッ@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWhat's the best question to ask someone who you don't know very well?message-squaremessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down12
arrow-up1135arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the best question to ask someone who you don't know very well?ᙖᖇƐ>ᜊᙃ ッ@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoHm… maybe a good ice breaker but a bit negative isn’t it? Why spend energy on somethin you don’t like ?
minus-squareMike@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoBecause people are opinionated. It’s a fun way to hear someone speak passionately about something. Gives you a sense of who they are.
minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBut people are just as passionate, or hopefully even more so, of things that they enjoy. Why go into negativity when you could be listening to their positive passions?
minus-squareUnquote0270@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s pretty common to bond over dislikes. Besides, disliking something isn’t negative, and there’s nothing wrong with being negative even if it were.
minus-squareCashewNut 🏴@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBritish people are famous for discussing the weather as small talk. British weather is 90% shit. We’re still alive. So I don’t think negative questions are a bad thing.
Hm… maybe a good ice breaker but a bit negative isn’t it? Why spend energy on somethin you don’t like ?
Because people are opinionated. It’s a fun way to hear someone speak passionately about something. Gives you a sense of who they are.
But people are just as passionate, or hopefully even more so, of things that they enjoy. Why go into negativity when you could be listening to their positive passions?
It’s pretty common to bond over dislikes. Besides, disliking something isn’t negative, and there’s nothing wrong with being negative even if it were.
British people are famous for discussing the weather as small talk. British weather is 90% shit. We’re still alive.
So I don’t think negative questions are a bad thing.