The Art of Small Talk, Dating Dilemmas & Restaurant Etiquette

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**Rizzuto** (2:02)
And we'll see you next time. It proves we are literally forgetting how to talk to each other. So thanks to texting, and thanks to remote work, and ordering everything through an app, the average person is speaking 30% fewer words every single day. And that's compared to 20 years ago.
And experts say we are losing our small talk skills. And it's making us feel way more isolated, maybe even a little less intelligent.

**Moon Valjean** (2:34)
Hmm, hey man, I love this.

**Scott** (2:36)
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**Rizzuto** (2:44)
Hey, when you're, all right, you're gonna order lunch today. Rafe, are you talking to a real human at the counter, or are you strictly an app person, so you don't have to speak a single word to anybody?

**Rafe Williams** (2:54)
I'm probably going in, I would, I mean, am I, depends on what you're doing.

**Tony Patrico** (2:59)
Well, let's say, all right, Rafe.

**Rafe Williams** (3:01)
Am I calling, like...

**Rizzuto** (3:02)
Rafe, you are, are you gonna order a salad from Crushed Red downstairs? Are you gonna go down, are you gonna talk to somebody and say, I want this, or are you hitting the app up or on my...

**Rafe Williams** (3:10)
I don't know if that's an option anymore, anywhere except the pizza joint.

**Moon Valjean** (3:14)
What are you talking about?

**Rafe Williams** (3:15)
To call down to a restaurant and be like...

**Rizzuto** (3:18)
No, not call.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:19)
You could walk downstairs.

**Scott** (3:21)
Yeah, if I walk down there.

**Rafe Williams** (3:22)
You said if you're getting a salad for lunch, or using an app, am I gonna call ahead on an app and then show up to pick it up and eat it there? Is that what you're asking me?

**Rizzuto** (3:33)
Let's say you're gonna eat at your desk.

**Rafe Williams** (3:35)
Right.

**Scott** (3:35)
Do you go pick it up or you...

**Rafe Williams** (3:37)
Downstairs, I would probably go get it.

**Rizzuto** (3:39)
Or do you order it on the app and then just go pick it up at the little cubby hole?

**Rafe Williams** (3:44)
I mean, possibly, I don't know. That's a good question.

**Rizzuto** (3:47)
Oh, I'm doing that because I'm not talking to anybody.