Because I honestly can’t. I can barely talk with the very few people I know. Is just so out of my range. That’s why I don’t have friends or a partner and I don’t see that changing.
EDIT: no, responding comments here or asking this question ISN’T having a conversation for me. So I don’t feel this as “progress”.
you can, it just takes practice.
talking to people reminds me how similar everybody is and how connected we all are, regardless of what I read on the internet.
traveling, even to a different town, will make it much more likely you’ll talk to strangers
international travelers are far more gracious and interested in people as a group than any other group I know.
people anywhere, though, seem to enjoy hearing an idle idea or personal observation. a lot of people are lonely or so set in their routine that anything new is exciting, so I’ll try and say something just to let them know that somebody else has noticed they exist.
I love giving small compliments about hair or clothes, because people are invariably shocked to receive them.