pelecanus87
Well-Known Member
I don't know why I'm so damn obsessed with this seemingly minor topic, but's it's managed to become a real insecurity of mine.
I just can't figure out why I lack the "vocabulary" of quips and one-liners that most everyone else seems to possess. I wonder: What in particular causes me to have this issue? I'm not even remotely focused on appearing witty, I just want to be able to function normally in conversations/banter with co-workers and other forced acquaintances.
People will often make these friendly quips at me, and I'll either be silent or just make a stupid throwaway comment like "I know, right?" or "you're right about that". I just can't think of anything else to say and I must seem so terribly boring after a while. When other people are in this situation, they always have something to say in reply that passes as a "funny" or "witty" comment. To me, it almost appears as if the conversations are scripted.
I would like to improve in this area because A) It would make many social interactions less awkward B) It actually seems like an easy way to gradually assert your personality using trivial comments
I just can't figure out why I lack the "vocabulary" of quips and one-liners that most everyone else seems to possess. I wonder: What in particular causes me to have this issue? I'm not even remotely focused on appearing witty, I just want to be able to function normally in conversations/banter with co-workers and other forced acquaintances.
People will often make these friendly quips at me, and I'll either be silent or just make a stupid throwaway comment like "I know, right?" or "you're right about that". I just can't think of anything else to say and I must seem so terribly boring after a while. When other people are in this situation, they always have something to say in reply that passes as a "funny" or "witty" comment. To me, it almost appears as if the conversations are scripted.
I would like to improve in this area because A) It would make many social interactions less awkward B) It actually seems like an easy way to gradually assert your personality using trivial comments
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