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Comment author: Sniffnoy 12 February 2011 01:06:20AM 4 points [-]

"You don't know how to do small talk? Gee, just try different things until it works!"?

This could only possibly work if the person you're talking to is an NPC, I should think. A real person may, e.g., stop talking to you if insulted, or grow bored with your attempts.

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