Nooo!! I must get Santa hat

My apartment has a thing against them and he was put in for resource guarding

Basically he doesn't get along with others well

He was super buff tho

@William Russell Ya, that's the thing, it's hard to define. Dunbar defined it informally as the number of people you'd feel comfortable joining uninvited at a bar, but I'd be a bit unconfirmed doing that to *anyone*.

I would say anyone you talk to regularly. Like, they could contact you right now and you wouldn't think anything of it.

@StevePines -WA Should have gotten a German Shepherd because blacks don't like them

@Jacob I’ve got a solid 10 twitter followers so there’s that 😎

cool kid here

@Alex Kolchak - NY didnt follow me back

@Jacob I would say 20-30 based on the bar definition

Why would I have a santa hat when I don't celebrate Christmas?☪

One anthropologist proposes a Dunbar number of 290. Seems insane to me that you could even maintain passive relations with that many people.

I’ve worked for the public for nearly a decade tho

They had a German Shepherd but it was in a pair with another dog

I counted 14 stable social relations and I already find it difficult to maintain contact with everyone. No idea how I would possibly keep track of 150 people. @Asatru Artist - MD

@StevePines -WA like you had to buy both at a time?

I have well over 150+ I would engage in conversation with if I seen them in public tho. Just pleasantries or what not

Yeah

Apparently in some European countries they find them weird

@StevePines -WA weird

@Asatru Artist - MD Celebrating Christmas is blasphemy in my religion

@William Russell In Slavic countries blatantly fake small talk is super weird

Yea that’s what I’ve heard about Germany

@Asatru Artist - MD Not quite.....✡

They were codependent, they've lived with each other their whole lives and the shelter didn't want to separate them @Jacob

Germans disliking small talk? whack and unheard of

@NateDahl76 fix'd

What do you do when you make eye contact with someone you are acquainted with but don’t know well?

@StevePines -WA huh interesting

@William Russell up nod if know them better than average, down nod if less than average

@William Russell I either just ignore them, or I find something legitimate to talk about

I’m the king of small talk lol I wonder if people find it obnoxious

To be honest I generally ignore people who I don't know well

deep south anglo pleasantries require an intense dedication to small talk

I always make sure to initiate it I feel like I’m more likable they associate me with being friendly and kind of they don’t know me that well

That’s what it is @Sam Southern - TN

Yankees under appreciate it

eastern europeans + yankees

basically all non NW euro descendants lol

@William Russell Depends what kind of small talk. I find it uncomfortable if it's really blatantly fake.

Dixie Anglo