Today, I had a pleasant (though shallow) conversation at the grocery store w/ someone who seemed to be a right winger. After a bit, when he made an overture of talking about how things have gone all wrong in this country in the last 15 years or so, I dodged… and it stayed pleasant while we wished each other well and walked away in different directions. The problem is: I don’t really like shallow conversation, no matter how pleasant. And I’m pretty sure that if we had gotten down to brass tacks, it would have left the “pleasant zone” in very short order.
Today, I had a pleasant (though shallow) conversation at the grocery store w/ someone who seemed to be a right winger. After a bit, when he made an overture of talking about how things have gone all wrong in this country in the last 15 years or so, I dodged… and it stayed pleasant while we wished each other well and walked away in different directions. The problem is: I don’t really like shallow conversation, no matter how pleasant. And I’m pretty sure that if we had gotten down to brass tacks, it would have left the “pleasant zone” in very short order.