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Society & Culture:Relationships
Small talk is the bane of many, but these innocuous, shallow-seeming conversations with strangers and acquaintances can be more revealing than we might realise.
We look at the function of small talk in human socialising, why it gets a bad rap, and how to improve your conversation game.
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