WEBVTT 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:24.079 everybody it is 1 a .m here in Houston and while 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.019 the temperature is not all that low it's still 00:00:26.019 --> 00:00:27.839 a little chilly outside make sure you have your 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:30.239 jackets and keep yourself warm you don't want 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.820 to catch a cold even though it's almost spring 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:36.500 yes flu season has just about completely completely 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:40.039 gone but that doesn't mean you still can't get 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:41.939 sick make sure your feet are dry when you take 00:00:41.939 --> 00:00:43.640 your showers when you wake up in the morning 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:47.030 or if you're going to bed at night Okay, you 00:00:47.030 --> 00:00:50.689 can still catch a cold and you will suffer. I 00:00:50.689 --> 00:00:52.710 hear the sniffles are still going around. Make 00:00:52.710 --> 00:00:54.729 sure you keep yourself taken care of. Have some 00:00:54.729 --> 00:00:56.570 night cool, if you will. Make sure you take some 00:00:56.570 --> 00:01:00.700 time off. Don't overwork yourself. Anyway. It 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:03.100 is thoughts if it were you with neogentrics here 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:07.260 and My last topic I covered a date rape and weeks 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:09.959 before I covered relationships both male and 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:13.099 female side now with that being said I've gotten 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:17.500 a lot of questions as to How to start a conversation 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:22.019 with someone, okay? I honestly can't reply to 00:01:22.019 --> 00:01:24.620 all of you all at once. So I'm going to go ahead 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:27.079 and do a quick segment on it. I have a list of 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:29.340 conversational starters. I made a list of 250. 00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:32.379 You don't have to use all of these. You can use 00:01:32.379 --> 00:01:35.439 them to even reference and make your own. I will 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:37.260 cover as many as I can in the time frame that 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:41.420 I am allotted here in a second. And I will help 00:01:41.420 --> 00:01:43.980 you out as well as cover some additional topics. 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:46.900 All right. i have something else i would also 00:01:46.900 --> 00:01:48.739 love to cover i don't know if i'm gonna do it 00:01:48.739 --> 00:01:53.299 today uh but when i do you will be updated you 00:01:53.299 --> 00:01:57.180 will know when it's posted so give me a quick 00:01:57.180 --> 00:01:59.680 second here i will pull up this list and we'll 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:10.069 get started shall we Well, I got my list here. 00:02:10.129 --> 00:02:11.810 Let's go ahead and get started, shall we, okay? 00:02:12.229 --> 00:02:13.990 Like I said, these are some random conversation 00:02:13.990 --> 00:02:17.270 starters that I came up with. You can find them 00:02:17.270 --> 00:02:18.949 online. You can find them at any other place. 00:02:19.030 --> 00:02:20.310 I'm pretty sure if you go online and search, 00:02:20.389 --> 00:02:23.069 you will find a good couple dozen. I compiled 00:02:23.069 --> 00:02:24.689 some of the best ones that I think are pretty 00:02:24.689 --> 00:02:28.849 good. Some are okay. Some I thought were strange, 00:02:28.930 --> 00:02:31.289 but I figured, hey, there's a question out there 00:02:31.289 --> 00:02:34.569 for everybody, all right? The first one is, what 00:02:34.569 --> 00:02:38.530 was the last funny video you saw? Let me get 00:02:38.530 --> 00:02:41.090 started. And it's a bit out there, but again, 00:02:41.210 --> 00:02:43.569 like I said, this is kind of random. Next would 00:02:43.569 --> 00:02:45.810 be, what do you do to get rid of stress? Now, 00:02:45.810 --> 00:02:47.789 this could be something you deal with if you're 00:02:47.789 --> 00:02:52.250 at work. Again, this depends on person to person. 00:02:52.469 --> 00:02:55.590 What is something you are obsessed with? Now, 00:02:55.590 --> 00:02:57.330 while I wouldn't really recommend this question, 00:02:57.729 --> 00:03:01.229 it works for some people out there. The next 00:03:01.229 --> 00:03:04.169 three are, who is your favorite entertainer, 00:03:04.210 --> 00:03:07.719 comedian? musician, author, you can replace that 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.620 word with as much as anything. What's your favorite 00:03:10.620 --> 00:03:12.840 way to waste time? That seems to be a very popular 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:14.780 question, especially in the areas where I grew 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:17.620 up. Here's another one. If you don't like any 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:20.560 of those, here's one. Do you have any pets? And 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.259 if so, what are their names? Most people have 00:03:23.259 --> 00:03:26.259 a pet, usually a cat and or a dog. Unless there's 00:03:26.259 --> 00:03:29.340 some nature lover and they have a random parent 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:32.599 that just happens to cost a grand, like my previous 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:37.219 boss. say that my car was like it was really 00:03:37.219 --> 00:03:42.620 tough continuing here where did you go uh where 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:46.060 did you go last week and what or what are you 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:48.680 going to do this weekend you know here's a good 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:51.020 question to ask such as like you know what did 00:03:51.020 --> 00:03:52.979 you do on your last vacation you know find out 00:03:52.979 --> 00:03:55.139 what the person likes you know if you can build 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:57.240 a common topic between you and them you know 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.199 you can get a good conversation okay one thing 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:35.470 you want to do is ask What do you prefer to do 00:04:35.470 --> 00:04:38.470 to relax in your free time? What do you do when 00:04:38.470 --> 00:04:42.449 you hang out with your friends? What's the best 00:04:42.449 --> 00:04:45.610 or worst thing about your work or school or job? 00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:52.209 These are simple questions. That's probably more 00:04:52.209 --> 00:04:54.430 lines and words like getting to know the person, 00:04:54.589 --> 00:04:56.670 like you're trying to date them or something, 00:04:56.850 --> 00:05:00.670 okay? You know, if you have intro music, what 00:05:00.670 --> 00:05:03.930 song would it be and why? Now, this is actually 00:05:03.930 --> 00:05:06.829 a question of your choice of position, but anybody 00:05:06.829 --> 00:05:10.730 can do this. Yeah. Continuing with the last guess, 00:05:10.850 --> 00:05:13.370 like if you could have any animal as a pet, what 00:05:13.370 --> 00:05:16.149 animal would you choose? What are three words 00:05:16.149 --> 00:05:20.310 that describe you? What would be your perfect 00:05:20.310 --> 00:05:28.560 name? What's your favorite number? What's the 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.779 most useful thing you own? Have you ever saved 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:35.519 an animal's life? And how about a person's life? 00:05:35.860 --> 00:05:39.180 Or, for those who are business makers, if you 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:41.079 open a business, what kind of business would 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.980 it be? Are you a very organized person? Have 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:46.740 you ever spoken in front of a large group of 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:59.279 people? How'd it go? Not as common unless you're 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:02.819 in the workforce. Who in your life brings you 00:06:02.819 --> 00:06:05.160 the most joy? Who has had the biggest impact 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:08.620 on the person you have become? What is the most 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:12.160 annoying habit? Sorry, I can't read my own handwriting. 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:15.420 What is the most annoying habit someone can have? 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:19.959 I've actually asked this question a lot. It is 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:23.839 annoying, but it just depends on the person. 00:06:33.709 --> 00:06:36.250 picking up where i left off i had to take a short 00:06:36.250 --> 00:06:39.750 break um where is the most beautiful place you've 00:06:39.750 --> 00:06:42.589 ever been where do you spend most of your free 00:06:42.589 --> 00:06:45.850 time who's your best friend in elementary school 00:06:45.850 --> 00:06:50.089 how often do you stay up past 3 a .m what's your 00:06:50.089 --> 00:06:53.850 favorite season and why which is more important 00:06:53.850 --> 00:06:57.329 a great car or a great house uh to each their 00:06:57.329 --> 00:07:01.970 own okay what animal or insect do you wish humans 00:07:01.970 --> 00:07:06.050 could eradicate where is the best most beautiful 00:07:06.050 --> 00:07:08.329 place near where you live like keep in mind you 00:07:08.329 --> 00:07:10.329 need to consider these questions before you ask 00:07:10.329 --> 00:07:12.709 the person depending on who you're talking to 00:07:12.709 --> 00:07:15.870 okay what do you bring with you everywhere you 00:07:15.870 --> 00:07:18.110 go how much time do you spend on the internet 00:07:18.110 --> 00:07:22.970 and what do you usually do um some of the questions 00:07:22.970 --> 00:07:26.470 that you ask have to be I guess you could say 00:07:26.470 --> 00:07:28.670 configured for the person you're talking to, 00:07:28.790 --> 00:07:31.149 okay? Like, what is the most disgusting habit 00:07:31.149 --> 00:07:34.069 some people have? Or where and when was the most 00:07:34.069 --> 00:07:37.389 amazing sunset you've ever seen? Okay, which 00:07:37.389 --> 00:07:40.149 recent news story is the most interesting? Now, 00:07:40.170 --> 00:07:41.949 while some of these questions may sound pretty 00:07:41.949 --> 00:07:45.189 generic, I've actually had them asked to me in 00:07:45.189 --> 00:07:51.269 a way where, you know, it just, it is what it 00:07:51.269 --> 00:07:55.339 is. So here's the next one. What is your guilty 00:07:55.339 --> 00:07:58.759 pleasure? Was there ever an event in your life 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:02.180 that defied explanation? Has anyone ever saved 00:08:02.180 --> 00:08:05.860 your life? How often do you curse? And believe 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:07.360 it or not, that's actually a question anyone 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:09.779 can ask, considering people nowadays don't know 00:08:09.779 --> 00:08:13.379 when to stop. What trends did you follow when 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:17.240 you were younger? What do you fear hiding in 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:19.040 the dark? Some people are still afraid of the 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:23.079 dark. What is the silliest fear you have? Or, 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:25.060 what do you do to improve your mood when you're 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:27.480 in a bad mood? Where is the best place to take 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.500 a date? What smell brings back great memories? 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:34.360 What is the silliest fear you have? Where is 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.940 the best place for a date? What if I said that 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:39.899 already? I think I wrote it twice, forgive me. 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.399 What's the funniest TV series you have ever seen? 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.379 Who besides your parents had the biggest impact 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.659 on your life? What weird or useless talent do 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:51.899 you have? Now, granted, I'm not going to cover 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:54.539 this entire list. And I did say I wasn't going 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:56.159 to. I'm just going to cover some of the major 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.860 ones, questions that have been asked of me. You 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:00.779 know, like how has TV changed over the years? 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:04.039 I'm not going to cover all of them. I'm just 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:05.559 going to cover some. The whole point is to give 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.679 you something to break the ice with and something 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.940 to use. Something you have to keep in mind. When 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:14.330 you're trying to break the ice... You're not 00:09:14.330 --> 00:09:16.230 trying to initially start a conversation to make 00:09:16.230 --> 00:09:19.230 the person like you. Your initial attempt is 00:09:19.230 --> 00:09:22.470 just to get the person's attention and have them 00:09:22.470 --> 00:09:25.169 focus on you for just that moment long enough 00:09:25.169 --> 00:09:27.870 to start a conversation and get it going. Okay? 00:09:28.490 --> 00:09:31.129 That is the whole point for this. It's just something 00:09:31.129 --> 00:09:33.509 to think about, something to focus on, which 00:09:33.509 --> 00:09:35.809 is, after all, the whole point of this channel, 00:09:35.950 --> 00:09:38.850 thoughts if it were you. Things to think about 00:09:38.850 --> 00:09:40.809 if you were either the other person, what would 00:09:40.809 --> 00:09:43.840 you want to hear, if so, you know, what questions 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.980 would you want someone to ask you but consider 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:49.059 the other person before you do this as a person 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:54.620 may be a troglodyte maybe male female married 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:59.179 not married your boss um emo what have you you 00:09:59.179 --> 00:10:02.639 have to consider the other person and who they 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:06.000 are how they act what you see they do you know 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.940 and figure out what topics you can and cannot 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:11.100 talk about and figure out what is taboo the last 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:13.340 thing you want to do is piss them off make them 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:16.179 mad or make them cry. In some people's case, 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:20.100 some have a very fragile ego and chase them off. 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.600 All right. That's it for this episode. I will 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.379 talk to you guys later. Enjoy the rest of your 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:27.559 day.