Because I honestly can’t. I can barely talk with the very few people I know. Is just so out of my range. That’s why I don’t have friends or a partner and I don’t see that changing.
EDIT: no, responding comments here or asking this question ISN’T having a conversation for me. So I don’t feel this as “progress”.
I live right below the dividing line between north and south. People here are definitely southern in attitude and habit. All the bullshit small talk drove me crazy as a kid. As an adult I tolerate it but I still don’t care for it.
On the other hand for my work I travel extensively. I love working in the north because nobody bothers me or asks what I’m doing. This can be a serious problem in the south because if I don’t indulge people they may decide I’m rude and then complain about me.