Conversations with Strangers.

It's pretty gratifying to have a discussion with someone you hardly know. You don't have to follow any rules set by relationships that you've already established. By rules, I mean the image of you created by the person you're interacting with. When you act outside these rules, you change the dynamics how you interact with someone.

That's why I like talking to strangers. I don't have to worry about images. I just need to focus on the conversation and hopefully establish a connection, however fleeting that connection may be. It's a transient feeling. But transience is a defining aspect of human interaction. Nothing we do on this planet lasts forever.

Sometimes it's refreshing to not have to worry about making something last, when you know that everything in life has an expiration date. It could be just me, food tastes a lot more delicious than it should when I know that it'll expire in a few days. Maybe it's the preservatives.

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