Why Hostility Can Bring People Closer Together

Re:Why Hostility Can Bring People Closer Together by majos on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:01PM (#17658776)

On the same note, sometimes when I introduce two friends who don't know each other, I get the conversation rolling by (not overtly) getting them both to poke fun at me.

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Re:Why Hostility Can Bring People Closer Together by dmichulke on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:20AM (#17660306)

You have any lines or ideas you use to do that?

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Re:Why Hostility Can Bring People Closer Together by majos on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @09:49AM (#17662441)

Probably not useful specific ones, as they're mostly about my own idiosyncracies. But if you can find a natural way to introduce some foible you have into the conversation, especially if it's something they've joked about before, that's a good start.

For example if you're perpetually late to things you could say "...as you both know, punctuality is important to me." And that gives them something to swoop in on.

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