You're only pretending that you're normal.

Originally Posted by Term

I'm usually quiet myself unless the subject being talked about interests me.

The golden rule. Seen some people who were obviously already feeling awkward cock up because they felt they had to say something. We were chatting about facial hair at some BBQ and when a lull had come after a joke this girl just pipes up "HA HA, beards." Silence. >.>

When I'm not socialising solo I stick to that rule almost religiously, only speak when spoken to or until I genuinely have something to add. In situations by myself it depends on the context. Since most of my socialising is with people on my course, I usually talk about work and the course or about any uni events as a starting point. Just looking for something we can both talk about and then it stems off from there into something more specific.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Being surprised that a few people on an internet forum have social issues :v

There's nowhere I can't reach.