agree with drethelin. even if this were true temporarily there is a solution. if it were true permanently, the solution is to be less boring.
(either actually do more interesting things that you can talk about, or generate a list of interesting topics to talk about that you know interest you—then when you get in the situation; look up the list and ask about one of them. I.e. what do you think of effective altrusim? how far off is the singularity? etc.)
agree with drethelin. even if this were true temporarily there is a solution. if it were true permanently, the solution is to be less boring.
(either actually do more interesting things that you can talk about, or generate a list of interesting topics to talk about that you know interest you—then when you get in the situation; look up the list and ask about one of them. I.e. what do you think of effective altrusim? how far off is the singularity? etc.)