everybody it is 1 a .m here in Houston and while
the temperature is not all that low it's still
a little chilly outside make sure you have your
jackets and keep yourself warm you don't want
to catch a cold even though it's almost spring
yes flu season has just about completely completely
gone but that doesn't mean you still can't get
sick make sure your feet are dry when you take
your showers when you wake up in the morning
or if you're going to bed at night Okay, you
can still catch a cold and you will suffer. I
hear the sniffles are still going around. Make
sure you keep yourself taken care of. Have some
night cool, if you will. Make sure you take some
time off. Don't overwork yourself. Anyway. It
is thoughts if it were you with neogentrics here
and My last topic I covered a date rape and weeks
before I covered relationships both male and
female side now with that being said I've gotten
a lot of questions as to How to start a conversation
with someone, okay? I honestly can't reply to
all of you all at once. So I'm going to go ahead
and do a quick segment on it. I have a list of
conversational starters. I made a list of 250.
You don't have to use all of these. You can use
them to even reference and make your own. I will
cover as many as I can in the time frame that
I am allotted here in a second. And I will help
you out as well as cover some additional topics.
All right. i have something else i would also
love to cover i don't know if i'm gonna do it
today uh but when i do you will be updated you
will know when it's posted so give me a quick
second here i will pull up this list and we'll
get started shall we Well, I got my list here.
Let's go ahead and get started, shall we, okay?
Like I said, these are some random conversation
starters that I came up with. You can find them
online. You can find them at any other place.
I'm pretty sure if you go online and search,
you will find a good couple dozen. I compiled
some of the best ones that I think are pretty
good. Some are okay. Some I thought were strange,
but I figured, hey, there's a question out there
for everybody, all right? The first one is, what
was the last funny video you saw? Let me get
started. And it's a bit out there, but again,
like I said, this is kind of random. Next would
be, what do you do to get rid of stress? Now,
this could be something you deal with if you're
at work. Again, this depends on person to person.
What is something you are obsessed with? Now,
while I wouldn't really recommend this question,
it works for some people out there. The next
three are, who is your favorite entertainer,
comedian? musician, author, you can replace that
word with as much as anything. What's your favorite
way to waste time? That seems to be a very popular
question, especially in the areas where I grew
up. Here's another one. If you don't like any
of those, here's one. Do you have any pets? And
if so, what are their names? Most people have
a pet, usually a cat and or a dog. Unless there's
some nature lover and they have a random parent
that just happens to cost a grand, like my previous
boss. say that my car was like it was really
tough continuing here where did you go uh where
did you go last week and what or what are you
going to do this weekend you know here's a good
question to ask such as like you know what did
you do on your last vacation you know find out
what the person likes you know if you can build
a common topic between you and them you know
you can get a good conversation okay one thing
you want to do is ask What do you prefer to do
to relax in your free time? What do you do when
you hang out with your friends? What's the best
or worst thing about your work or school or job?
These are simple questions. That's probably more
lines and words like getting to know the person,
like you're trying to date them or something,
okay? You know, if you have intro music, what
song would it be and why? Now, this is actually
a question of your choice of position, but anybody
can do this. Yeah. Continuing with the last guess,
like if you could have any animal as a pet, what
animal would you choose? What are three words
that describe you? What would be your perfect
name? What's your favorite number? What's the
most useful thing you own? Have you ever saved
an animal's life? And how about a person's life?
Or, for those who are business makers, if you
open a business, what kind of business would
it be? Are you a very organized person? Have
you ever spoken in front of a large group of
people? How'd it go? Not as common unless you're
in the workforce. Who in your life brings you
the most joy? Who has had the biggest impact
on the person you have become? What is the most
annoying habit? Sorry, I can't read my own handwriting.
What is the most annoying habit someone can have?
I've actually asked this question a lot. It is
annoying, but it just depends on the person.
picking up where i left off i had to take a short
break um where is the most beautiful place you've
ever been where do you spend most of your free
time who's your best friend in elementary school
how often do you stay up past 3 a .m what's your
favorite season and why which is more important
a great car or a great house uh to each their
own okay what animal or insect do you wish humans
could eradicate where is the best most beautiful
place near where you live like keep in mind you
need to consider these questions before you ask
the person depending on who you're talking to
okay what do you bring with you everywhere you
go how much time do you spend on the internet
and what do you usually do um some of the questions
that you ask have to be I guess you could say
configured for the person you're talking to,
okay? Like, what is the most disgusting habit
some people have? Or where and when was the most
amazing sunset you've ever seen? Okay, which
recent news story is the most interesting? Now,
while some of these questions may sound pretty
generic, I've actually had them asked to me in
a way where, you know, it just, it is what it
is. So here's the next one. What is your guilty
pleasure? Was there ever an event in your life
that defied explanation? Has anyone ever saved
your life? How often do you curse? And believe
it or not, that's actually a question anyone
can ask, considering people nowadays don't know
when to stop. What trends did you follow when
you were younger? What do you fear hiding in
the dark? Some people are still afraid of the
dark. What is the silliest fear you have? Or,
what do you do to improve your mood when you're
in a bad mood? Where is the best place to take
a date? What smell brings back great memories?
What is the silliest fear you have? Where is
the best place for a date? What if I said that
already? I think I wrote it twice, forgive me.
What's the funniest TV series you have ever seen?
Who besides your parents had the biggest impact
on your life? What weird or useless talent do
you have? Now, granted, I'm not going to cover
this entire list. And I did say I wasn't going
to. I'm just going to cover some of the major
ones, questions that have been asked of me. You
know, like how has TV changed over the years?
I'm not going to cover all of them. I'm just
going to cover some. The whole point is to give
you something to break the ice with and something
to use. Something you have to keep in mind. When
you're trying to break the ice... You're not
trying to initially start a conversation to make
the person like you. Your initial attempt is
just to get the person's attention and have them
focus on you for just that moment long enough
to start a conversation and get it going. Okay?
That is the whole point for this. It's just something
to think about, something to focus on, which
is, after all, the whole point of this channel,
thoughts if it were you. Things to think about
if you were either the other person, what would
you want to hear, if so, you know, what questions
would you want someone to ask you but consider
the other person before you do this as a person
may be a troglodyte maybe male female married
not married your boss um emo what have you you
have to consider the other person and who they
are how they act what you see they do you know
and figure out what topics you can and cannot
talk about and figure out what is taboo the last
thing you want to do is piss them off make them
mad or make them cry. In some people's case,
some have a very fragile ego and chase them off.
All right. That's it for this episode. I will
talk to you guys later. Enjoy the rest of your
day.