Random Stuff IV

[+Slowswift]

Heavenflame, Duskwind, Sunbringer, Liandar

Petrusnam, Slowstone

Quirita, Argencia

 

Hey!

[DreamEternal]

Hey!

I am... Sorry? I am not sure what I did...

Can you explain why the "Hey!"? If you want I will edit my message.

[Kestrel she/her]

When your dad expects you to do his photography projects, compares them to a job despite the fact he doesn't pay you, and then gets angry when you tell him he measured the shape wrong and the slant height is indeed different than the actual height of a parallelogram...

And then he yells at you for not having the ability to solve for the actual height.

[Kaymyth she/her]

If you're naming dragons, how about some help on these?

And

 

Rarrpatch

 

Zippy the WonderFlap

 

Ghost in the Machine

 

I am... Sorry? I am not sure what I did...

Can you explain why the "Hey!"? If you want I will edit my message.

 

Ookla the Ineffable is Slowswift.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

When your dad expects you to do his photography projects, compares them to a job despite the fact he doesn't pay you, and then gets angry when you tell him he measured the shape wrong and the slant height is indeed different than the actual height of a parallelogram...

And then he yells at you for not having the ability to solve for the actual height.

 

Ugh. I'm sorry. If those photography projects are so important to him, he should do them himself. 

[+Slowswift]

I am... Sorry? I am not sure what I did...

Can you explain why the "Hey!"? If you want I will edit my message.

 

Ookla the Ineffable is Slowswift.

 

Yeah, I was just making another bad joke.

[Kestrel she/her]

Ugh. I'm sorry. If those photography projects are so important to him, he should do them himself.

exactly! They aren't my projects. They were given to him.

But on a happier note

Okay so we have this really old player piano that still uses paper rolls. And we have a TON of paper rolls. Like. We have about a hundred of them.

My brother just finished his four week long project of digging them all up and testing to see which ones work or not. There are about ten broken ones

I got to keep the broken ones! I'm going to paint on them!

I tried unrolling one, but my room wasn't even big enough (so these things are over twenty feet of paper, woah)

I'm so happy to do this.

[+Slowswift]

exactly! They aren't my projects. They were given to him.

But on a happier note

Okay so we have this really old player piano that still uses paper rolls. And we have a TON of paper rolls. Like. We have about a hundred of them.

My brother just finished his four week long project of digging them all up and testing to see which ones work or not. There are about ten broken ones

I got to keep the broken ones! I'm going to paint on them!

I tried unrolling one, but my room wasn't even big enough (so these things are over twenty feet of paper, woah)

I'm so happy to do this.

 

Happy painting!

[DreamEternal]

Yeah, I was just making another bad joke.

Yeah, I knew your identity all along, it is just that the joke was so forced...

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

So, I'm coming up with some plans for when I move out. Still planning on accepting a job far away from home, so I'll definitely be on my own. My most important mission, after getting a job, will be to make some friends. 

 

….

 

Not going to use that line to introduce myself….

 

Anyway, if a coworker of yours tried to strike up a conversation on, say, a book she found, or something going on in the office, would you be drawn in? Would you see her as irritating or friendly if she tried this several times? If she asked you out for coffee, would you accept? 

 

I haven't done this socializing thing in a while, so I'm kind of nervous.  

[Voidus]

So, I'm coming up with some plans for when I move out. Still planning on accepting a job far away from home, so I'll definitely be on my own. My most important mission, after getting a job, will be to make some friends. 

 

….

 

Not going to use that line to introduce myself….

 

Anyway, if a coworker of yours tried to strike up a conversation on, say, a book she found, or something going on in the office, would you be drawn in? Would you see her as irritating or friendly if she tried this several times? If she asked you out for coffee, would you accept? 

 

I haven't done this socializing thing in a while, so I'm kind of nervous.

If it was you I would

But then that's because I already know how awesome you are so I'm a tad biased.

On a more serious note I can say that if someone invited me out for coffee or talked about a book I'd probably be into it but personally I'm not much of a one for small talk so I'd probably just awkwardly excuse myself from that conversation.

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

So, I'm coming up with some plans for when I move out. Still planning on accepting a job far away from home, so I'll definitely be on my own. My most important mission, after getting a job, will be to make some friends. 

 

….

 

Not going to use that line to introduce myself….

 

Anyway, if a coworker of yours tried to strike up a conversation on, say, a book she found, or something going on in the office, would you be drawn in? Would you see her as irritating or friendly if she tried this several times? If she asked you out for coffee, would you accept? 

 

I haven't done this socializing thing in a while, so I'm kind of nervous.

 

I would accept, but make it short. I have never been the best at that. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

If it was you I would

But then that's because I already know how awesome you are so I'm a tad biased.

On a more serious note I can say that if someone invited me out for coffee or talked about a book I'd probably be into it but personally I'm not much of a one for small talk so I'd probably just awkwardly excuse myself from that conversation.

I would accept, but make it short. I have never been the best at that. 

 

I've never liked small talk, either, but I've heard some people do, so….I don't know? I'd rather have a more meaningful conversation about something than talk about my weekend for ten minutes, but I'm afraid of seeming creepy if I try to steer the conversation in another direction. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

So, I'm coming up with some plans for when I move out. Still planning on accepting a job far away from home, so I'll definitely be on my own. My most important mission, after getting a job, will be to make some friends. 

 

….

 

Not going to use that line to introduce myself….

 

Anyway, if a coworker of yours tried to strike up a conversation on, say, a book she found, or something going on in the office, would you be drawn in? Would you see her as irritating or friendly if she tried this several times? If she asked you out for coffee, would you accept? 

 

I haven't done this socializing thing in a while, so I'm kind of nervous.

If it's down time at work I'd hold the conversation, the coffee would need to wait until we get to know each other.

[ChickenPlague he/him]

So, I'm coming up with some plans for when I move out. Still planning on accepting a job far away from home, so I'll definitely be on my own. My most important mission, after getting a job, will be to make some friends. 

 

….

 

Not going to use that line to introduce myself….

 

Anyway, if a coworker of yours tried to strike up a conversation on, say, a book she found, or something going on in the office, would you be drawn in? Would you see her as irritating or friendly if she tried this several times? If she asked you out for coffee, would you accept? 

 

I haven't done this socializing thing in a while, so I'm kind of nervous.

When reading answers keep in mind that we are a lot of people who reallly like books so we are more likely to listen.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

When reading answers keep in mind that we are a lot of people who reallly like books so we are more likely to listen.

 

If it's down time at work I'd hold the conversation, the coffee would need to wait until we get to know each other.

 

I could always fall back on my tried-and-somewhat-true method of waiting until someone initiates contact, so I know that they're interested in talking with me….but I'm also kind of tired of being the wallflower, you know? 

[Edgedancer he/him]

I could always fall back on my tried-and-somewhat-true method of waiting until someone initiates contact, so I know that they're interested in talking with me….but I'm also kind of tired of being the wallflower, you know? 

Sometimes stuff like "how long have you been working here" "why did you start working at a library" can also help stricke up a conversation.

[Delightful]

I could always fall back on my tried-and-somewhat-true method of waiting until someone initiates contact, so I know that they're interested in talking with me….but I'm also kind of tired of being the wallflower, you know?

Yeah. If you show interest in someone they're more likely to be flattered and respond. I think anyway.

So.....I wouldn't walk up to someone and be like "hi let's get coffee", if establish some sense of friendliness first.

I think the trick is to find other people who want to talk about deep things. How you work that out I'm not sure.

I guess don't go with "how was your weekend" as an opener if you can help it, try find other things to sincerely comment on. "You have dogs on your mug? Are you a dog fan? Who gave you the mug? I have a pug!"

(Ok that was super simplified).

I heard once that small talk is what you do to work out what bigger subjects you have in common to talk about, if that helps.

Heck, you'll be working at a library. Talk about books!!

[ChickenPlague he/him]

Well if you were Voidus I would suggest you simply "cookify" someone for their socialization capabilities.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Sometimes stuff like "how long have you been working here" "why did you start working at a library" can also help stricke up a conversation.

Yeah. If you show interest in someone they're more likely to be flattered and respond. I think anyway.

So.....I wouldn't walk up to someone and be like "hi let's get coffee", if establish some sense of friendliness first.

I think the trick is to find other people who want to talk about deep things. How you work that out I'm not sure.

I guess don't go with "how was your weekend" as an opener if you can help it, try find other things to sincerely comment on. "You have dogs on your mug? Are you a dog fan? Who gave you the mug? I have a pug!"

(Ok that was super simplified).

I heard once that small talk is what you do to work out what bigger subjects you have in common to talk about, if that helps.

Heck, you'll be working at a library. Talk about books!!

 

I can do both of those. I'm just worried about coming across as desperate. Those suggestions sound good, though. 

 

Well if you were Voidus I would suggest you simply "cookify" someone for their socialization capabilities.

 

…this one, not so much.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I can do both of those. I'm just worried about coming across as desperate. Those suggestions sound good, though. 

 

 

…this one, not so much.

Just move in slow, don't scare of your prey. You are a Puya Chilensis, you are patient.

 

Hey, I'd let you put my soul in a cooky, just don't eat it.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

There are a couple questions you can ask to initiate conversation. Since you're new, you can ask where a good place to eat lunch is at. After that, the conversation could be about what you liked about it do you have other suggestions?

Another thing to do is be on the look out for activities going on around where you live. There's actually something online called MeetUp or something like that where you can find out specific things going on that you would be interested in.

[Delightful]

Someone throw a random whimsical writing prompt at me?

Edit: Twi, do it from a place of confidence. You're being friendly. Not desperate. You're making a connection with them that will be mutually fulfilling etc., not begging for someone to talk to. You got this.

Edited November 29, 2015 by Ookla the Fierce

[Edgedancer he/him]

Someone throw a random whimsical writing prompt at me?

It's the first manned flight to Jupiter and under way the astronauts food gets mentally controled by some kind of energy lifeform that is living on the planet. Why did it decide to contact them like this and what are they talking about?

[Delightful]

Ok......if it works you may be subject to reading it.