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Originally Posted by answerseeker71
My friend always uses references from tv shows, most times from one show because it is her favorite.
During conversations ie. Friday night we started talking how space exploration is important within a few minutes she brings up how characters on her fav tv show used nasa satillites to do this and that and how smart they are and they should be in nasa.... i said nothing and stopped talking and found a movie to start. This happens anytime we get talking about anything, you should hear the things she comes up with when we talk politics, it gets scary. Anything i can do to help my friend without hurting her feelings?
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its actually quite normal for people to reference tv shows books movies and characters when talking. it gives whats called common ground in conversations. its actually taught in elementary school, jr high high school and colleges effective communications, giving speaches public talks or just chatting with a friend kinds of classes to find a common ground when in conversations with people. if you know they watch tv or what ever bring that into the conversation so that they can understand the speaker better.
suggestion next time you are out in public listen to how people around you are talking, you will find that just about every conversation includes the common grounds elements of bringing tv, books, movies and characters into the conversation.
another suggestion sign up for a free seminar, workshop or town hall meeting and listen to how the key speaker engages the audience by including references to things like tv, movies, books, the news, facebook, twitter and so on.
you can also ask your friend why they do that and how to do that too so that you can feel more comfortable with the conversations including your common ground areas too.