• How Do I Become An Interesting Person?
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Be a Narcissist, like me! The ambition and confidence you radiate can give an aluring charm in the right situations. It's great. Or maybe I just [I]think[/I] it does. But that's exactly why it works!
I would find you pretty interesting if you wore an astronaut's space suit every day and lit yourself on fire occasionally.
Ask questions, not stupid questions. Questions how everything works, what makes things tick. Eventually you will learn many small but interesting facts about things normal people would not know about. Thats how I became the smartest kid in my class
[QUOTE=MintyMginty;32945319]I never have anything to say in social situations and I think I'm coming across as boring and mundane. What makes an interesting person and how do I become one and make people like me more so I get invited to parties and make more friends?[/QUOTE] Do interesting things? If all you do is sit on the computer all day then you'll have nothing to talk about.
Don't worry about it untill you yourself find interesting people to hang out with. 16/18 year olds are not interesting.
Wear a hat, learn jokes and anecdotes along with facts.
You wanna know what is a quick way of becoming better at witty commentary quickly? Play DnD with a not even close to serious group. If you have a not completely serious DM but still serious enough for interesting stories and campaigns and shit, you'll end up coming up with plenty of fun things to say. Sometimes instinctively. Also you don't need to go full nerd batshit DnD. Maybe a skypegroup and using Maptools or something is good enough. Also on the point of being good at small hobbies, I often make keyrings (THERES SO MANY AROUND HERE OH GOD I CANT STOP MYSELF), which plenty of people show interest in. I usually give 'em to people who wants 'em for free.
[QUOTE=MintyMginty;32945319]I never have anything to say in social situations and I think I'm coming across as boring and mundane. What makes an interesting person and how do I become one and make people like me more so I get invited to parties and make more friends?[/QUOTE] Get off your ass, right now. Do you have money? Like, any at all? Any savings? If you do, good. This weekend, I want you to pack your bags, and go somewhere. Anywhere but your home town. Explore, take long walks there, go to museums, check out the night life. Watch any live gig you can find (if you can find any), talk to people. The only way you can become interesting, is by doing interesting things. You can also read a lot, watch documentaries, learn things. Learn rhetorics, learn how to hold speeches, you're obviously not going to hold speeches, but a few techniques can be copied into everyday talk so that what you say is actually interesting, and not just "did you know that cats land on their feets?". Make up anecdotes that are funny or interesting, as long as you keep it real and don't try to prove something with your lying it's a-ok. Ask yourself ; What makes an interesting person? Write it down, and try to mimic what you think makes an interesting person. Learn how to tell jokes, but most importantly : Learn timing. You can tell ANY joke if you got timing, just look at some of the greatest comedians. They joke about some serious shit, but they pull it off because they got timing.
try your hardest
Just pursue whatever damn tastes and passions you have, forcing it will just make everything awkward and hard. Just expose yourself and nurture your passions. IE. Do as you would regularly do.
Become a hipster and make up bullshit stories about getting high. [editline]24th October 2011[/editline] They seem popular these days.
Do what other people do. Brag about what you did with some girl last night or talk about drama in your life. Girls love drama. But seriously, talk about something you have a passion about. Just don't start with your passion for video games because unless the girl is a nerde you going to come off weird.
You think you're boring, so you are. Stop that.
[QUOTE=MintyMginty;32945319]I never have anything to say in social situations and I think I'm coming across as boring and mundane. What makes an interesting person and how do I become one and make people like me more so I get invited to parties and make more friends?[/QUOTE] You have unchallenged control of your mind, therefore you must think you are a interesting person before you become a interesting person. You control your destiny and your fate, choose wisely.
That went... Mediocre. I still don't have much to say. But cool, cheers.
Go out and do things. Join clubs, turn off the computer and meet people in real life. Then you can go out to places with said people, go clubbing and what not
take a speech and social learning class.
[QUOTE=MintyMginty;32965105]That went... Mediocre. I still don't have much to say. But cool, cheers.[/QUOTE] Maybe it's your group of friends. Find people that share the same interests with you rather than adapting them to "fit in". Happens to me all the time, most people talk about things that i couldn't care less about and i don't really feel like contributing. Just find the right people.
Join the army. Fight wars. Even if you tell a story about taking a shit during the war, it'll be interesting.
Be interesting. Lie.
I don't know what to say to you, man. I'm not actually very interesting myself, but I've worked out pretty well, I believe I'm pretty decently popular and not socially awkward. Here's a late tip: Touch people. So it may sound really creepy, but do it. People become waaay more comfortable with you if you high five someone, brohug or hug someone (stick with girls on that last one) - but do it when it's appropriate of course, and don't be afraid to experiment, aye?
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