how do neurotypicals talk?

during my entire adolescence, i always wondered how most people talk. based on people’s reactions, i knew the way i talked was different but i had no idea how to fix it. eventually, at the age of 21, i finally realized people typically start conversations by asking a generic question. i realized this by noticing that when one of my friends texted me first, he would ask “how are you?” this was in stark contrast to how i would always start conversations: by asking a random question about the human condition, simply because i didn’t know how else to start convos. after my realization, i came up with a list of generic questions i could ask to start convos. i now usually ask people “what are you up to?” or “how are you feeling?” or “how’s your day going?”. this simple strategy has infinitely improved my social life because now no one ignores my texts or says they don’t want to answer a question because it’s too personal.

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