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I’ve absolutely never understood the idea that this is one-upmanship or trying to make the conversation about yourself. It’s a very solipsistic take - we are social creatures.
I use Arch btw.
I have this one friend who is an immensely kind person but she's just horrible at this. She tries to relate with a relevant story but it always comes off as her just trying to shift the story to herself. If she wasn't such a sweetheart I'd think it was intentional but I think she's just bad at this one particular conversational aspect. Is a little cute seeing her try so earnestly and fail so spectacularly, not gonna lie
I use Debian. Anyway, what desktop environment do you use? KDE, XFCE, or something else?
I mean there are people who do that and it’s usually very obvious they are doing it, not just relating to you. It’s a completely normal and acceptable way to have a conversation and I’ve never understood the people who say otherwise like what do you even talk about if you can’t even reference your own life? I think those people are probably just those “I don’t do small talk” people
I use LFS btw.