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DocToxyn
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I think it boils down to a combination of what Tsu, HRW and Moonbear are speaking to. HRW brings up the point that some people just seem to need to "fill up the air with banter". They can't stand any silence. Maybe this is because they have kids and since kids are constantly noisy, their absence is deafening and they need some niose in around them. Perhaps it also touches on Moonbear's observation that if they don't know anything about anything else then children is all they have to talk about.
Tsu, you're probably right, if I were in a different situation I would be bored by listening to other people talk about their kids, however, the same thing does happen when for instance I'm around a bunch of guys talking about football or baseball. I've never cared for those subjects and find them dull, but at the same time I can't consider these people lifeless or less intelligent (not to say that that was your intention). Heck, some on the stats or play-by-play recall these guys conjure up from years past are actually quite impressive.
Which sort-of gets back to Moonbear's point - are they really less intelligent or have they simply focused on one particular subject to the exclusion of others and that is what they know best (I suspect the real answer is more a continuum rather than a finite distinction). I guess it really comes down to finding people who have something in common with you and can maintain a good conversation in that subject.
BTW, I'm not tryinng to be critical of anyone's opinions, since that seems to have been the original subject of the thread, this is just my $.02.
Tsu, you're probably right, if I were in a different situation I would be bored by listening to other people talk about their kids, however, the same thing does happen when for instance I'm around a bunch of guys talking about football or baseball. I've never cared for those subjects and find them dull, but at the same time I can't consider these people lifeless or less intelligent (not to say that that was your intention). Heck, some on the stats or play-by-play recall these guys conjure up from years past are actually quite impressive.
Which sort-of gets back to Moonbear's point - are they really less intelligent or have they simply focused on one particular subject to the exclusion of others and that is what they know best (I suspect the real answer is more a continuum rather than a finite distinction). I guess it really comes down to finding people who have something in common with you and can maintain a good conversation in that subject.
BTW, I'm not tryinng to be critical of anyone's opinions, since that seems to have been the original subject of the thread, this is just my $.02.