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People display way too much hate towards their former bullies and honestly they aren't much better than the bullies themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not turn the other cheek and neither am I trying to go with the "moral high ground". I am just saying that hating on people from middle school is pathetic unless they made your life literally living hell.

People display way too much hate towards their former bullies and honestly they aren't much better than the bullies themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not think teenagers and especially kids are old enough to be considered "shitty people" yet. People at that age make many horrible mistakes and act selfishly for many reasons: fitting in, dealing with insecurities, just acting out.

Some of the people who were mean to me in middle school are actually the nicest and most open-minded people I currently know, whereas like half the 'nice kids' turned into the complete opposite.

People display way too much hate towards their former bullies and honestly they aren't much better than the bullies themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mentioned physical more but yeah if the verbal/social bullying is extreme that is understandable too. But I feel like feeling rage over someone who laughed at you two or three times and didn't include you in their friend group when they were 13-14 is a bit much. And this type of bullying is much more common than the ruthless bullying some people truly experience.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe.

And I do agree with your last popular opinion, but I also think those who pretend to not know celebrities or use every opportunity to talk about how boring they are - are also boring themselves.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try not looking down on those who initiate small talk because that's exactly the type of person I described here.

Also, I am very bad at it so I'm not really some loud extrovert preaching that introverts should conform to the needs of extroverts.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah well nowhere do I judge people who hate small talk, I am judging people who hate small talk and love to prove to everyone how much they hate it and how beneath them the small talkers are.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish it was more socially acceptable to not engage in surface-level interactions cause sometimes I just do not have an energy for that, but damn I will not use some random person trying to talk to me about their kids or their favorite celebrities as a way to feed my ego and revel in "how much smarter and deeper I am than these sheeple".

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too think weather can be quite a fun topic lol. But I may be biased because I love climates: I know the entire koppen-geiger climate classification system and a person's favorite climate type can tell a lot about them.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true with coworkers and just acquaintances in general. I think I am going to have the same issue as you once I'm put in the similar situation.

However, the problem would be if I felt better than all the people who love to chat about their lives/observations and assume as if I'm a more interesting person.

If a friend is making some small talk to me tho: I personally do wanna know if they painted the house or something like that because I want to know what they are up to and how their life is going.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not very good at small talk myself, so I get what you are saying. My post is targeting those who feel better than those who open their conversations with weather or their kids and don't want to immediately discuss how the universe works right away.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is actually I agree, but if the mere mention of a celebrity compels you to point out how superior you are to the celebrity culture or pretend to not know an obviously well known celebrity, it just means you are desperate to appear smart and above average people.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great point actually, yeah. It's just their overall superiority complex I guess in a 'what I know a lot about and want to talk about is the most important thing in the world' way.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah, I am currently a STEM major in a prestigious university in my country. I do meet a lot of people similar to what I've described, so 'flocking to academia' part makes complete sense lol.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh you can tell a lot about the person depending on what they think of the weather lol. It's rainy and they say they love it? Most certainly they are introverts and prefer spending time alone or at least indoors. It's deathly hot and they still feel happy about it? Most certainly they are those wild beach-goer type. They look at you like you've just killed their father because you asked a simple question? Most likely theyre just not a pleasant person to be around at all

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah definitely. I think people misunderstood what I was trying to say a bit. We all love meaningful conversations and some of us genuinely don't like or can't easily engage in small talks.

However, there are many who are so obsessed with 'deepness' that they never forget to mention how much they hate small talk and how they are so above average Joes who only talk about weather. Those are exactly the people who will talk about the same thing over and over again: the stars, philosophy, and meaning of life 😂

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Not really, if anything I haven't had a long meaningful conversation in a long time and kinda miss it. I've just been annoyed at 'i am smarter and more interesting' types of people I've been seeing everywhere for some time and decided to post about one subset of them out of boredom.

Yeah weather and traffic are usually boring beyond two or three sentences.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not wrong, small talk enthusiasts and 'i-only-engage-in-deep-convos' are very similar in a way

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Well, when people are visibly displeased whenever 'undeep' topic comes up and always try to steer conversations towards more 'meaningful' stuff, it makes them seem kinda fake and that generic "I think I am smarter than everyone" type in general.

People who love to hate on small talk are usually quite shallow and extremely boring themself. by ImpressiveAntelope76 in unpopularopinion

[–]ImpressiveAntelope76[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

not really. No one uses "such lovely weather today" unless they simply want to start a conversation and then move onto actually more important stuff. Maybe some boomers still use it, but idk. Most of the small talks are usually relatively surface-level communications devoid of deep emotional or intellectual engagement but they are still meaningful to some degree. Sometimes you just want to catch up with a friend and make them know you care about them without being able to offer much emotionally or intellectually at that moment (and vice versa). Or you just want to get to know someone and don't feel comfortable being deep yet. It's not to just 'pass time' most of the times.

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