• frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I feel it’s a bit tacky as a first question, but if I’m not asking it at some point I personally feel like I’m not making a real effort to know someone.

    For a lot of people I think it’s just their go-to ice breaker since most people have a job or some kind of education they are involved in.

    I personally really enjoy hearing about many people jobs since they really open my eyes to a different lifestyles and working environments out there, or I might get the scoop on workplace drama stories.

    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I usually wait for the other person to bring up work. There’s no reason to assume, because idk, maybe they’re a stay at home parent, maybe they’re in between jobs or just got laid off, maybe they do work but it’s shitty. There are all sorts of reasons someone wouldn’t want to talk about it.