From when I was little, I've always been interested in, shall we say, intellectual topics. I love things like history, philosophy and the news. I can talk about those topics for hours on end. I love having deep conversations where we share our views on the world and life, maybe we share our past experiences with each other.
I find myself unable to talk about trivial topics.
Today at work while having my coffee, I heard a conversation between two of my colleagues. They talked for 30 minutes straight about potato chips. What chips they like, what dip sauce fits well with which brand, what potato chips they ate when they saw some movie etc. And they were enthusiastic about it, they laughed about it and talked passionately about potato chips.
I was just baffled. If I was in that conversation, all I could say would be "I like sourcream & onion chips". And then it would literally be blank for me. I notice it all around me, how colleagues around talk about the most shallow topics. Potato chips, some random TV show etc.
Anyone else here who is unable to talk about shallow topics? I can't connect with people because few people intellectually stimulate me, and yet I crave connection, to have somewhere to belong