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Hi, Steph.

I have two questions about conversations, mainly when it comes to women.

What are some good ways to get a conversation started?

Some good openers and questions or topics to break the ice and get the conversation going.

Ask about their day, plans for the weekend.

Once the conversation starts flowing, I feel like a command is okay.

I can dig deeper into the various subjects and ask follow-up questions, etc.

But I have a hard time getting to that point.

Okay, so when you meet someone new, the first thing you want to establish is whether they

have empathy.

People who don't have empathy, it's just countdown to disaster, guaranteed.

So how do you find out if they have empathy?

Well, you are enthusiastic about something, enthusiastic about some topic.

Now your level of comfort with risky enthusiasm is obviously up to you.

I don't mind particularly talking about more controversial topics because through that

process, I find out if somebody can think for themselves or just some boring button NPC,

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