Some people. Are so boring.
Like. Some people coast by on their looks. I get that. I don’t respect it, but I get it.

Some people are so riddled with insecurity they don’t develop a personality because they’re too afraid. I get that. (Therapy helps!! I’m insecure as SHIT myself.)
But some people.

Some people are a walking yawn. And they never stop. And they never saw anything that surprises you, because it never occurs to them that they could.

And those people

all want me to dom them
This one is mean, admittedly, but my god have I suffered
To make this more constructive, let’s break down some great convo ice breakers.

1) go full in. Launch into your (NON-DISRUPTIVE) opinion on something that you know the other person is knowledgeable on. This requires the next point.
2) go through the other person’s profile! Just a handful of posts, the first ten or so. This should give you a quick guide into some topics/takes you past their pinned post (maybe they don’t want to be contacted).
3) put your best foot forward. If you don’t think either of your feet are great, fuckin pretend. Seriously, it helps. Fake it til you make it is I think an actual scientific thing?
4) you know how I said in 1 to go full in? Don’t dump baggage all over the other person when you do so. That’s for friendship level five. You are not even at level one yet.
5) send pictures of your pet. Your pet, specifically. Include loving details. 1-3 details. Do not go for more unless prompted.
(I myself am a somewhat-reformed “overshare about my pet” person. In middle school I once had a non-cat-person friend listen to my cat purr on the phone. I have only tried to do that maybe twice in the years between then and now, thankfully.)
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