small talk sucks

[ON SOCIALIZING] - Recorded Feb 12th 2026 Stuff was sitting in my drafts for a bit. A thought that didn't make it into the video: Looking back, the quietness is pretty much a response from experience; conversations either stay too shallow to be worth engaging with, or when I do challenge people's ideas, it's easy for them to take it personally (wow, who would've thought — associating yourself with an idea...) and get defensive. That and the frustration of watching people contradict themselves without realizing it makes it so hard to show up openly when you actually hold yourself to a consistent standard... 00:00 social dynamics and being quiet 03:54 authentic small talk? 08:38 self-confidence and social hierarchies