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The Personal and the Impersonal Conversation

In this article I explain why a conversation with a stranger often leads nowhere.

What is the difference between a conversation with a good friend and one with a stranger?

Let’s have a look at two conversations. Once I’m talking to a friend, once to a girl I just met in a bar.

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With a good friend…
Me: Hey, what’s up!
Him: Hey, I’m fine and you?
Me: Good good, yesterday I watched the latest Rambo movie. Wow it was incredibly violent, but for some reason pretty cool.
Him: What? You watch stuff like this?!
Me: Come on that’s cult!
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