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I seriously thought this was going to be a guide to small talk - as in how to start conversations and keep them going.



That happens a lot on the smalltalk programming language subreddit. Thankfully, most don't mind as there is very little activity anyway.


LOL that's actually hilarious! They are so lonely in their empty reddit that they're maybe even happy when anyone comes around just to say hi or talk about the weather?!


Lol. I think it's more so that there are so few posts that it's pretty understandable why someone would make that mistake.

I think smalltalk is neat, but have never been too successful in getting up to speed. It doesn't help that I could never use it where I work. Also, although the stdlib is great, I still often have no idea how to do something. Compare that to Python, Perl, C#, Java, Bash, Powershell....etc. With those languages, I can ask nearly anything and get find 10 websites with examples and code snippets.


LOL, +1.

My first thought was "Oh nice, a guide to help introspective folks to start a conversation"

I'm pretty sure there's a decent audience for such a guide, which is not toned like "Stu the Cockatoo is New at the Zoo". =)


I present: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/dw8f8c/i...

Someone asking how to order a sandwich (from a pretty stressful sandwich shop..) There's a huge audience for what most people consider the simple stuff.


Same here. Does anyone have a good one?


you're not alone lol




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