{"id":5051,"date":"2023-02-14T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2023-03-31T13:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T13:29:01","slug":"unwanted-conversation-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2023\/02\/14\/unwanted-conversation-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwanted Conversation Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please note usage of the Unwanted Conversation Generator<\/strong> is undertaken at the user\u2019s own risk.<\/em><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Opening Gambit<\/strong> (please select only one topic from this section)<\/em><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Is it okay if I sit there?
\nb)<\/strong> Is anyone sitting there?
\nc)<\/strong> Is this seat taken?
\nd)<\/strong> Mind if i join you?<\/p>\n

If the answer to your question is Yes<\/strong>, sit down and proceed to section 2<\/strong>. However, if the answer is No<\/strong>, sit down and proceed to section 2<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. General Topic<\/strong> (beginners should choose only one from this section, though more experienced players may wish to select multiple possibilities in a combination of their choice)<\/em><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> What are you drinking?
\nb)<\/strong> What are you reading?
\nc)<\/strong> What are you listening to?
\nd)<\/strong> What are you typing?
\ne)<\/strong> What are you talking about?<\/p>\n

3. Response Strategy<\/strong> (please select one strategy from each section, to be deployed in order)<\/em><\/p>\n

3.1 (Initiation Phase)<\/strong><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Listen to answer
\nb)<\/strong> Don\u2019t listen to answer
\nc)<\/strong> Interrupt answer
\nd)<\/strong> Yawn
\ne)<\/strong> Laugh<\/p>\n

3.2 (Groundwork)<\/strong><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Actually\u2026
\nb)<\/strong> Well, the thing is\u2026
\nc)<\/strong> See, where you\u2019re wrong\u2026
\nd)<\/strong> Nah\u2026<\/p>\n

3.3 (Placement)<\/strong><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Just my opinion on things.
\nb)<\/strong> Not that I\u2019d expect you to understand.
\nc)<\/strong> Course you can\u2019t say that nowadays.
\nd)<\/strong> Only joking.<\/p>\n

3.4 (Detonation)<\/strong><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Mate
\nb)<\/strong> Love<\/p>\n

4. Closing Emotion<\/strong> (freeform round<\/em>)<\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Laughter
\nb)<\/strong> Anger
\nc)<\/strong> Indignation
\nd)<\/strong> Abuse
\ne)<\/strong> Apologetic Ingratiation
\nf)<\/strong> Eye roll
\ng)<\/strong> Yawn
\nh)<\/strong> Hurt
\ni)<\/strong> Confusion
\nj)<\/strong> Ostentatious concentration on own phone
\nk)<\/strong> Other
\nl) <\/strong>All of the above<\/p>\n

__________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. Written on November 15th, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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