This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

I feel like the conversation's kind of conflated interest with passion, which is something I disagree with. Like, I don't really have any strong passions. Maybe for art? Eh.

I think a lot of people have a bunch of interests that are definitely not apparent. History, science, technology, even from a very casual perspective ("I like iPhones more than androids") you can springboard into sort of related topics ("Maybe because iPhones are more of a luxury good economics economics") that people will find interesting because of their link back to the original topic.

So... that's kind of how my proximity-based-friendships have gotten started. The catalyst was School, mostly, but talking about school all the time is awful. I talked to a lot of people, or observed people in group settings, and without thinking about it kind of sorted people into "people I want to make conversation with" and "people who I don't."