Social Intuition: FAIL
Tony’s best friend.
Today was Tony’s birthday, so I decided to meet up with him and take him out for a beer. I didn’t have much time, so I limited my party time to an hour. We walked into the bar and sat down to get some beers before more friends arrived.
Anyway, I didn’t have my camera today. The drawn photograph above is, to the best of my memory, a picture I created of a guy who decided to chat it up with Tony at the bar, immediately after we arrived, for a good 30 minutes.
He made it obvious that he dreaded being introduced to new people. He talked without any inclusion of others’ interests. He was relentless. Oblivious to social cues to leave, and everything. The peak conversation moments were about:
- World of Warcraft rankings
- Dudes he thinks make out with dudes
- Beating up people
- Wishing to beat up other people
- Football
During that time, I had two beers, and sat in complete silence listening to declined western intellect in all of its glory. Then I looked at the clock, and it was about time to go. People started to show up, so I decided to wait around until the social atmosphere picked up enough for me to feel like I got something done tonight. $25 in beers later, and no substantial conversation, I went home to go to bed for work.
