So Avatar. Yeah I saw it, everyone has or will see it eventually. It is just one of those kinds of movies. I loved it, but if you want to know about my feeling on the movie itself, listen to the podcast. What I want to discuss here is what it got me thinking about. Avatar is fun, but it is a bit empty. It lacks the quality dialog and discourse that I have come to love, the type of content that made me love a movie like Inglorious Basterds.

Even with that example, I feel as though we are not only losing that from our media, but from society as a whole. What has happened to the so called 'art of conversation?' I am not sure if this art ever existed, or if it was simply just some high and mighty ideal. Clearly there was a time when an enjoyable evening did not consist of a meal followed by lounging on the couch and watching tv, but is what people really did instead was simply talk?

I am not really a fan of talking to people. It is not that I don't like conversation, it is that I don't like what is considered conversation currently. It seems that all people want to discuss is two things: they either want to bitch and or brag about their job or whatever takes up the majority of their time or they want to talk about other people. This is what bothers me.

From what I have gathered, people love talking about themselves, they really don't care what you did, they just ask you first so they can then talk about themselves. I am not a huge fan of talking about myself, especially when I can tell people really don't care. For the most part, it seems that people never care they are just instead humoring you. I easily pander to the people and let them talk all they want, but no one ever asks me and truly wants to know so I am left feeling empty. I also feel no sympathy for people because for the most part, they don't feel sympathy back so I just choose not to care.

I am also not a fan of talking about other people. As it stands, people tend not to look at the various angles on topics, instead making rash judgments on said topics and simply voicing them. I attempt to see all the aspects of people before I make judgments. Either way though, I will tell people my feelings if they truly want to know, which they never do. It is the talking behind people back and never wanting them to find out that drives me crazy. It is hypocritical.

I want to engage in good conversation, but I have found very few opportunities to do so. Perhaps it is something that I have to make an effort to do, but even then I am not sure what to talk about. I find myself discussing the same topics over and over. I can't know what people used to talk about, all I can know is that what happens now isn't satisfying but I can try to change that. So yeah, whatever. Enjoy your life.