I mean, Pharo and Squeak are great spin-offs! I think everyone should try a Smalltalk at least once, they’re very fun!

In seriousness though, I have an online morning standup everyday so early that I basically wake up to do it and then start getting ready for the day after. And the worst part is the smalltalk. It’s not like I want to chat about the weather or your favorite foods or how the kids’ school play was at any other time of the day, but it is actual torture to make me endure it first thing every morning.

Somebody: “How are you?”

Me: (mentally checking my own mental state and how the day has gone so far to figure how I am at the moment)

It’s not Wakanda. It’s Finland.

Unless it’s a topic I’m highly interested in, maybe.

Feel like as in introvert small talk is the best

Getting to shoot the shit with someone knowing you won’t be trapped in the convo for long