What makes it worse is the language barrier… cuz I’ve been using English since 8 and its my primary lanfuage, and my mom sounds awkward af in English and she won’t understand complex topics…

And like if I start talking philosophy, then it sounds so doomer and like mom be like: (translated) “Why are you overthinking everything?”

But okay wtf do I talk about? Do I start going on a rant about politics and them mom be like: “You can’t change politics, just accept it”

Like WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I talk to dad about like hypothetical interstellar travel and time dialation and dad was like: “Cool story bro” (like the Cantonese equivalent of it)

Like what the hell, are they just so boring? And they are saying I’m gonna become “autistic” because I never talk to them…

There’s nothing to talk about that ends the conversation happily.

Literally more boring responses than a fucking LLM lmfao

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    What do I talk about with family… We are few, but we have our niche interests.

    Small talk about work and how’s things going, health, anything of note you’ve done recently like watching a show or visiting somewhere etc. That goes with everyone as a filler I guess.

    Mom will ramble about politics and all her friends and family. I occasionally ask about some of her relatives if I remember, and yes, her relatives are also mine but I don’t have much of a relationship with these people like she does. So yes it’s more about listening. She also likes to talk about her plants and the birds in the backyard.

    Dad doesn’t need much input. Occasionally I’ll have a tech question for him that he will answer or not depending on how much he can be bothered. If it’s him opening conversation, it’s probably going to be on either a tech or politics news topic. He may or may not want to show off his latest tinkering project. He’s more like the average Lemmy user, only he’s not a Lemmy user.

    Sister has a more intense work life and topics will include work, food, finances, her friends, occasionally popular culture (movies, games). Great listener for whenever I have anxiety over something, or when I just need someone to explain me the normal way of doing things for normal people.