It's especially fun with strangers and you get better and better at it the more you do it.

A well targeted quip or joke at the right/wrong time and then glimpse at their reaction will tell you a lot about said stranger.

It can even act as a filter. Based on the way they react, you may quickly decide if it's worth investing more time and effort with the niceties and interaction.

(im not a sociopath, i promise)

nichro

This is one of the funniest things that can be done with strangers, for example. I like this approach because it's so polarizing. If you get the other person to smile or laugh, you get an immediate connection. Otherwise they just consider you a mental case...which in my situation could even be the truth lol

Myshkin

Aardvark

AskSN

What do people not understand about you?

Sometimes my brain prioritizes saying the thing that is funny over the thing that is proper/expected if enough people present (AKA at least me) can appreciate it