Are you a master of talking crap yet?

[Plato]

The ability to produce an endless stream of absolute tosh is a wonderful skill to have. I think rappers are particularly good at it. Good for a career in politics too.

If you want, use this thread to demonstrate your ability at saying nothing whilst seeming to say something very profound/interesting/amusing/impactful. Or not. If you would rather say something rather than nothing don't say which you're doing. I'll have fun guessing!

Huh?

[Harmonium]

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[Lanya]

Exactly.

[marinik]

Nope, never got to that level! And I was in politics!!!! So this is why I got out and then "pushed" my husband in! He can do it!!! But the most interesting thing is that I had the same "sort" in the corporate world! There was this Executive that would repeat what the GM would say, but give it a spin and say nothing! She was very well rated for a while!!!

[brendannz]

Yeah I liike talking random crap, but such at formality type talking, eg. "what do you do for a job" type talk...

[BeyondtheWrap]

Back in 2005 when I was trying to build my social skills, i.e. talk more, I found it useful to either agree with whatever was said (e.g. "Yeah, that was a hard test" even though I was not in their class) or make your mom jokes (e.g. "You know who else was late? Your mom!").

But it's great to have ready a bunch of phrases and sentences that can be applied to absolutely any situation because they mean nothing at all:

As responses:
- "That's exactly what I would have done."
- "Yeah, do what you have to do."
- "That's just the way the cookie crumbles."
- "Well, don't we all [insert recently said verb] sometimes?"
- "Well, that's very [insert adjective] of you."
- "What a thing to say!"
- "That's a good point to make."

To extend what you're saying:
- "I gotta admit, ..." / "To tell the truth, ..." / "To be completely honest, ..."
- "You know what I always say? ...."
- ".... You know what I'm saying?"
- "..., you know?" (good for building rapport, esp. after describing a feeling)

Bonus points for using the word "Anyway" to change the subject! "Well" and "So" are also acceptable.

[Plato]

BtW, me too! I loved it when things like that started coming out on the fly. Like, you've got your style figured out, you love it to bits and feel confident and the most brilliant stuff just spews out without any conscious effort.

Glorious.

Originally Posted by marinik

There was this Executive that would repeat what the GM would say, but give it a spin and say nothing! She was very well rated for a while!!!

Only a while? Ah, she obviously hadn't quite mastered it yet. The spin has to appear unique and original.

The Personal Development industry is full of rich people who have contributed nothing original at all!

[aggie]

i've always called it the creative art of bs....

i think you can get a degree in that now....

[Plato]

Originally Posted by aggie

i've always called it the creative art of bs....

i think you can get a degree in that now....

Yes, I believe it's called Film Studies.



No offence to anybody doing film studies... being able to write a 3000 word essay on Gone With The Wind is a wonderful thing.

[CoolBee]

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