postmodern academic prose is only pleasurable when taught by a gregarious Greek professor. otherwise, it is blahhh disgusting. and when something does sorta-kinda click, it's rather satisfying. like solving an entire crossword puzzle.
similarly, small talk is only pleasurable when interesting people are involved.
getting taught postmodern academic prose is probably better than having to wade through pages of it.
and i tend to assume that interesting people will have interesting things to say, such that the conversation doesn't degenerate into small talk, but i suppose you have a point -- it's possible to make interesting small talk as well.
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Date: 2008-04-14 11:07 pm (UTC)similarly, small talk is only pleasurable when interesting people are involved.
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Date: 2008-04-15 06:26 pm (UTC)and i tend to assume that interesting people will have interesting things to say, such that the conversation doesn't degenerate into small talk, but i suppose you have a point -- it's possible to make interesting small talk as well.