Friday’s Best Conversation Topics
Another week, another testament to the horribleness and deceit of our fellow people. If there was only a way for people to be forced to tell the truth…. Nomination hopeful Herman Cain will find next week that the truth will win out. The support of family and friends is certainly determined by the truthfulness of your own life. Good luck Herman!
- Santa Claus is not allowed to visit classes. And students/children are not allowed to give Christmas cards. Obviously the Fort Worth school board is trying to hide the holiday season from their students. What a bunch of hypocrites and liars, eh?
- Woman stabs husband for using online dating service. What she didn’t know is that the accounts are from before he met her. No word if he was still using the accounts. She knows now. I guess asking a couple of honest questions would have saved her from jail.
- Based on recent events we all know the stock market is for suckers. After all, it is the rich man’s play ground as we watch our investments fall in value like an aging hooker. But having a Chinese cave that calls itself “The Underground Grand Canyon” being listed on a U.S stock exchnage is a very deceitful trick, don’t you think?
And finally, a great article about “How to make anyone tell you the truth” or at least confuse the hell out of them so they give it up anyways.
Friday’s Conversation Topics
This week has shown us the final bloody moments of Libya’s Colonel Gadhafi and the liberation of Libya’s people has been achieved. Whether they remain on the road to true freedom remains to be seen, just as Egypt’s people now are being lost to events that were supposed to be thrown out with their tyrant of a ruler and his cronies. We live in interesting times my friend, the events of which will forever change our world and destiny. Read these top news stories from the past week and be ready with something to talk about this weekend.
Gadhafi’s demise and the Arab Spring - CNN has done a great job wrapping up recent events (to date) so you should start with this article.
Not a Facebook member? You could still be on Facebook - Allegations of “shadow profiles” is an interesting complaints against the world’s most popular online destination. I don’t think we’ll ever have private lives again with so much information online, tucked away in public files that can be accessed for a small fee. Your best opportunity is to have such a common name that tracking you becomes an almost endless task of misdirection and duplicity.
Today is ‘Judgement Day’, again - Yes, it’s true and you can read about it here, but hurry, we may not be here tomorrow.
Man in US creates 130 Facebook accounts to harass ex-girlfriend - A 22-year-old man from Los Angeles in the United States could be the first to be convicted for harassing his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend by creating fake online accounts, including 130 Facebook accounts.
Friday’s Conversation Topics
I work hard (well not any recent time in memory) but when I did work I searched high and low for the best news stories of the past week that would provide for you great conversational topics and openers. I’m almost completely back to work, just a while longer to heal (it’s a long story) and i should be good to get to it.None the less, I offer you these top news stories to read and allow you to be prepared for a conversation with a new friend that will go beyond the usual exchange of a few niceties and then awkward silence. Let’s begin shall we:
- Mom Sells Baby for $15K Disney Trip: Cops - A new mom is in hot water after selling her newborn son for $15,000 so she could take her other two sons on a trip to Disney World, according to court documents. In late September, police got another tip that led them to the place where Wismer and Gavaghan met to finalize the deal… Well, this would usually be classified as “weird news” but…
- ‘I’ve become so good at the dating game I’m addicted to it’: Meet the matchmaking expert who cannot hold down a boyfriend. Hayley Quinn, who has helped teach 100,000 men how to seduce women cannot find a boyfriend for a reason that would have scandalised high society Georgians: she is addicted to casual flings…
- Self-reported drunk driving is down. (AP) The decline may be due to the down economy: Other research suggests people are still drinking as heavily as in years past, so some may just be finding cheaper ways of imbibing than by going to bars, night clubs and restaurants…
- Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens to Attack Stock Exchange. The FBI is investigating threats purportedly from the hacking collective that calls itself Anonymous to bring down the New York Stock Exchange on Monday by hacking into its computer system. Members of the notorious hacker group appear to be threatening to bring the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York to a dangerous new level, sounding a call to “declare war on the New York Stock Exchange” on Monday by “erasing” it from the Internet…
- Slutwalking into History. There seems to be a lot of slutwalking going on these days. According to news reports like this one, the protests that began in Toronto last month have gone global. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, the slutwalk protests aim both to reclaim the word “slut” from those who use it to try to shame women for being openly sexual creatures and to redirect that shame to where it belongs: aimed squarely at men who feel justified in sexually abusing women. The message is something like, “Fine, I’m a slut. Now, buzz off!” Fair enough, I’d say.
The Friday night conversation is alive and well, as long as you’re prepared. Have a great weekend!
Friday’s Conversation Topics
Today is January 1, 2010.
We have gone through 7 days of holidays and mob shopping, so forgive me for not having several conversation topics ready for you this week, I’m just beat tired. And plan on sleeping for days once I publish this article.
So, to keep you working on your own conversation topics (after all, the world does not stop with the tiredness of one man, does it?) I will provide to you some websites to visit, and find interesting conversation topics of your own.
Have some fun reading!
- Psychology Today
- Weekly World News
- 17 ways to cure your hangover
- Adults go wild!
Always be ready with an interesting conversation topic and you’ll always be known as an interesting person. Just remember to listen when appropriate.
Have a great day!
