Those aspiring to make interesting conversation with the Japanese (or at the very least hoping to avoid boring them to tears in a conversation they are too polite to end) might do well to consult the following ranking of the top 10 most boring topics of conversation to Japanese ears.

The ranking (with votes cast for each in brackets):

1. Bragging about themselves (5,237)

2. Waffling about somebody you don’t even know (2,553)

3. Babbling about some geeky hobby (1,633)

4. Moaning about something or other (1,553)

5. Blathering about politics or business (1,080)

6. Going on about a show you haven’t even seen (837)

7. Preaching on about some spiritual claptrap (564)

8. Gossiping about showbiz stuff (405)

9. Prattling about their work (316)

10. Going on about their family (278)

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Ya know what? I think that goes for anywhere around the world...

>>2 true its not like Japanese people are much different than anyone else. Hey we're all people right? :D

>>2 I thought exactly the same thing. .-.

So basically all you have to do is listen, smile and wave.

is that article from sankaku?

its human nature~X3

It's very dependent on culture I suppose. Geeky hobbies are about the #1 thing me and my friends talk about =3

>>8 LOL same here~

But god, I think this applies to everyone. When I try to talk to someone about the above, they're like: Yeah, Whatever. ._____. and I'm like: orz Nevermind..

cool... it's "shuddup and listen" for them then..^^,

>>1
Also crime. A lot of the time, if someone gets attacked/raped/mugged or something, they won't come forward in order to keep up appearances, and/or not cause a fuss.
And if they do, they tend to get shunned by people around them for the aforementioned reasons.

Yeah im yhe same way