How to Unquarantinify - Making Small Talk

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Comedy, Daily News, News

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

As the isolation of lockdown life comes to an end in 2021, Michael Kosta provides a refresher course on the fine art of small talk, with demonstrations by Roy Wood Jr. and Desi Lydic.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.7	Ow!
0:03.7	It's a great way to make polite conversation with a neighbor or a coworker or barista at
0:16.2	a coffee shop where you take dumps.
0:18.8	But due to the pandemic, you may be a little rusty when it comes to filling awkward
0:22.9	silences with meaningless blather.
0:25.6	That's why I'm here to help remind you how to make small talk.
0:31.1	One of the trickiest parts of small talk is letting your acquaintance know you're paying
0:34.9	attention to them without saying out loud, I'm paying attention to your dumb story.
0:40.7	That's why you need to use body language, which brings me to tip number one.
0:45.8	Do.
0:46.8	Look your acquaintance in the eye.
0:49.5	Do not poke your acquaintance in the eye.
0:52.6	Now if eye contact isn't your thing, try tip number two.
0:56.0	Do.
0:57.0	Occasionally nod your head.
1:00.2	Do not.
1:01.2	Occasionally spin your head backwards.
1:03.8	Does that make sense?
1:05.3	Great.
1:06.3	Now that you understand body language, let's move on to tip number three.
1:10.7	What should you chat about?
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