The Cringe/Beta/Omega Thread

You and I should get along so awfully?

Oh oh (oh oh)

I'm perfectly content to just silently watch the scenery go by when I'm in a car with someone. If they want to talk, then I'm happy to engage them, though.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

Oh jesus. I'm awkward because I don't ask random strangers bong rips. Ok.

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I didn't actually ask people about their dead parents. I just wished I could.

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Originally Posted by kedawa

I'm perfectly content to just silently watch the scenery go by when I'm in a car with someone. If they want to talk, then I'm happy to engage them, though.

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Weird quirk: I love spotting customized licensed plates while I'm a passenger in a car. So, a lot of times when I'm talking to someone, I'll keep scanning for cars with weird plates and a lot of times I'll say them aloud if I'm already in a conversation. But if neither of us are talking then I'll keep quiet because it's weird to shout out "ANGLBBY" or something when it's silent.

I love slightly serious banter, not stuff like "where are you going?" but "where did you grow up?" or "are you close to your family?"

I don't consider asking people genuine questions in the hope of dialog to be small talk.

Talking about weather or asking someone how their day is and not giving a fuck about the reply is small talk imo. Just something to fill the void.

But maybe I know a lot of assholes.

I'm fairly annoying to ride with. I constantly point out signs/plates I find odd and I can't let songs finish before I'm bored of them.

I've done my time in a van, so I'm a great passenger. I usually just take the bus though.

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Originally Posted by icarusfall

I'm fairly annoying to ride with. I constantly point out signs/plates I find odd and I can't let songs finish before I'm bored of them.

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We'd ride just fine.

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Originally Posted by Satsuki

It's been my experience that beta women talk about sex 24/7, because they bring no other redeeming qualities to the table other than clinginess.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

I can kinda see that. I can think of a lot of annoying untractive girls that have done that.

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It's not just that, because they're never as sexually experienced as they'd have others believe, it's that every single comment about every last topic seems to have be sexualised in some way.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

This whole Uber driving thing has been an interesting trip. I did 120 rides this last week, basically 90% of that led to conversations of some sort, either talking to the passengers or hearing them talk among themselves. Patterns start to pop up.

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Bartending, too. I'm curious- how lucrative is that uber thing? I may be in need of a week-on, week-off kinda gig soon.

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

I'm with rental car lady and wish there were more rental car ladies. I'd rather not talk for talking's sake either. I'll take silence over weather conversation and "what do you do for work." Unless at least one party is interested or invested, I'd rather just be left to my own thoughts.

I wish I could ask strangers in situations like that what songs give them goosebumps and if they've ever walked out of a movie theater seeing the world differently than they did when they walked in and I wish they would ask me those things instead of prognosticating about the chance of rain. When my dad died I ached to know how all these people around me managed grief and loss. But that's not socially sanctioned small talk.

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If someone has the gumption to ask how I'm doing they better really want to know because they're getting the facts. This is especially taboo in the south, but the results are worth it.