Sep 7 2012: Intellectual conversations? That term to me seems a bit loose in it's meaning. I mean is it really intellectual to discuss why we orbit around the sun instead of the other way around? To me, discussing healthcare and talking about football and all that is all the same, it comes down to interest and personal preference. I mean a football player may continue to talk about football due to it being his personal interest, that doesn't exactly mean he's unintelligent, to him that topic might be his "Intellectual conversation". Discussing healthcare or politics you share your opinion with the other participant at the same wavelenght as the person discussing what happened last night on Fear Factor. This is just me rambling on about my personal opinion though, I don't really like the word intellectual conversation since I find it very flawed. All in all it comes down to what you are interested in, not how "intelligent" you are.
And as for the actual topic (Sorry about all the previous rambling and nonsense) I do have quite a lot of friends that I can discuss topics with on a deeper and thorough level, but outside of my family and friend social circle I do find that most conversations aren't exactly stimulating me as I'm not interested in TV shows, make-up, movie stars and all that.
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And as for the actual topic (Sorry about all the previous rambling and nonsense) I do have quite a lot of friends that I can discuss topics with on a deeper and thorough level, but outside of my family and friend social circle I do find that most conversations aren't exactly stimulating me as I'm not interested in TV shows, make-up, movie stars and all that.