This is an exercise you can use to increase your vibing/starting new threads skills. It's originally a pattern exercise that I learned taking improv classes.

Basically, go from Topic A, skip Topic B, start Topic C.

It's all about free association. Topic A will make you think of Topic B. So if the group is talking about Power Rangers, you may think of Ninja Turtles. Don't talk about Ninja Turtles. Topic B will make you think of Topic C. Ninja Turtles makes you think of art. Start talking about Topic C.

What you can do is run A to C over and over and over again. Just keep it going until you've gone over a hundred topics. Next time you're at a loss for conversation you can just A to C it and start a new thread.

That can defintely work, but I wouldn't attempt it on certain people though. One of my roomates is so bad at conversing that when we are talking about something and I try to revisit the topic sometimes as little as 1 minute later and only 1 thread apart, he doesn't have any clue what I'm talking about or why I started talking about that. I'd recommend not using it on stoners.....

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