Women (and men if you feel like it)- Do men talk about stupid, boring stuff?

Seriously?

This kind of question makes me twitch because in reality it is not gender based. It is all about your interests vs that of the person you are talking to.

I prefer talking to guys because my interests do not revolve around fashion but invention and innovation. The gals in my world are not interested in tech geek stuff.

Now that is not to say girls are not into tech and such. It is just in my area. (If you love such things please move closer to me!)

Men and women both talk about stupid stuff, it depends on what type of people they are. I am seriously getting tired of people’s trivial small talk and high school-like banter that it makes want to stop trying to meet people lol. I don’t know, am I being a dick here? That I don’t care about who got pregnant, or who is drafting who to a sports team?

I know it’s not socially acceptable, but when I’m making small talk or talking in general, I want to go straight to the “good stuff”. Let’s talk about current events, ideas, life and nature, or traveling or something. I like to talk about people, too, but let’s not discuss the some people for an extended period of time, you know?

I guess it depends on your definition of stupid stuff. I actually find many a different variety of men—imagine. I know plenty of men who will talk about, let’s call them, serious topics like science, politics, business, world events; and, then I know a bunch who talk about sports, or barely talk period. My husband and his friends talk a lot about cars, race tracks, not sure where that fits in.

Hahahaha…Love this…YES…men do talk about stupid, boring stuff…well, some of them anyway…then again so do women…well, some of them, anyway…yeah, that’s the way it goes…and at times, some men and some women, talk about stupid, boring stuff, some of the time…oh my, now what I’m saying is starting to sound like boring, stupid stuff…and on, and on it goes…well, something like that…;)

When men talk about football, it’s stupid boring stuff. If women talk about clothes, it’s stupid boring stuff. If anybody talks about physics, it’s fascinating riveting stuff. There, I’ve summed it up nicely. Take note, all stupid boring stuff talkers.

I think there’s some truth to this. A lot of men at work talk about sports and other nonsense. But then there’s a lot of men who talk about fascinating stuff like the how the universe started, and the meaning of life the universe and everything. Women, on the other hand, tend not to be at either conversational extreme as much as men are, though nothing is absolute, and there are women who talk about sports and cosmology, too.

Donning my flame-proof undies now…

No, I don’t find that to be true. Stupid boring men talk about stupid boring stuff, so don’t hang around those types and you won’t have that problem.

@JilltheTooth maybe that is the key. When I am talking to women, nobody is talking about sports. And when women are talking to me, nobody is talking about clothes.

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought : And that’s why I love you so. That and the Doctor. And Mal. And Captain Jack Face of Bo, not Sparrow None of them talk about football or clothes.

I know everytime, (male of female) people talk about sports, I hear Charlie Browns teacher.

I mean if we’re going to make gross generalizations, I’d say the same about women rather than men. Which means that generalizations shouldn’t be our guides.

sigh. I love to talk football with the guys (and girls) who enjoy the sport. I guess that makes us all boring.~

Everyone talks about stupid boring stuff. I’d rather talk to a cat.

Some men talk about boring, stupid stuff. Some women talk about boring, stupid stuff. I prefer to talk to interesting individuals of either gender.

@jonsblond its the assumption that I enjoy sports. And when I say I don’t really watch them, the long drawn out silence.

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought, if you don’t like the conversation topic suggested by those you are with, why don’t you strike up a conversation about something you do enjoy talking about? You might be surprised at how many people do not want to talk about superficial claptrap and would welcome a yarn about something of substance. I don’t mean just those people you know, but those you don’t. The old man you find yourself sitting next to on a park bench. The woman on the bus. They don’t own the rights to the conversation topic. You can inspire them to think and talk about something with a bit of meat. I can usually find something interesting to talk to people about and if I can’t, I don’t prolong the talk.

@Bellatrix I am not in disagreement with you at all. It is totally a personal fault. I just find, in general, the average woman is much more skilled at keeping the conversation going than the men I meet.

I want to disagree with @Imadethisupwithnoforethought, but I can’t. I agree that women are much more interesting to me than men in conversations.

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought I will introduce you to my husband. He can talk under wet cement. Don’t blame me if you get him started and you can’t shut him up though. Fascinating man, full of stories, ideas and knowledge. (Don’t tell him I told you that though. Don’t want to inflate his ego too much :D).

What’s “stupid and boring” other than code for “stuff I’m not interested in”? Yeah, when people talk about stuff I’m not interested in, I’m not interested in it. Go figure.

But I don’t think I can make a generalization about which gender does it more. Sometimes, when guys start talking about “bitches” with “nice tits” (my friends do that sometimes) I just roll my eyes and wait for more interesting non-sexist conversation, but I can have interesting conversations (and “interesting” doesn’t just have to be “the meaning of life”. It can be anything I’m interested in) with these people as well.

@DominicX I am interested in your opinion, as I have read that you are into men. Do you find yourself gravitating to the company of a particular sex?

This society does not produce many specimens of interesting people. I contribute this largely to the genderization of stupid and trivial things on both sides. Stupid topics and interests are reinforced for both gender archetypes. People think they have to talk about stupid shit because it’s gender appropriate. Fuck that, I don’t care about cars or pop culture or sports or whatever (but P.S., I have better fashion sense than most of the women who dismiss my contribution to that subject).

I think men talk about stupid boring stuff all the time. I don’t actually talk to any men as I’m shy, at a loss as to how to enter their conversations, or I’m too tongue-tied being googly-eyed at them. I also have highly sensitized telepathic receptors that convey their underlying apathy for social conversation and their general distaste for my presentience. As a kind and gentle being, I respect a person’s right to avoid the pain and agony of learning the Art of Conversation.

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought

Actually, not really. :) I’ve been living with guys so far in college, but I have about an equal amount of friends from both genders (and living with guys all the time makes me miss being with girls…in a perfect world I’d be living with both. That is when it’s most interesting to me). The best conversations and the best experiences I’ve had have been with groups of mixed genders.

Some men do. Like when they talk about sports to their buddies, or their work, zzzzzzz! But men tend to talk about very exciting stuff too, like sex, girls, etc.!

In general, men may talk about boring stuff, but women talk about frivolous, silly stuff.

Not all, just some.

Eh I denno. People talk about stupid boring shit alla time, whatever their gender. I guess there are gender based subjects. I can’t deny that, but for what I observe, neither is all that interesting. Fucking water cooler talk. I like talking about horror movies. Probably a lot of people think that’s boring and stupid though. I den remmeber where I was going with this, probably nowhere. Anyone see Wrong Turn 4 yet? :D

I have found that men and women talk about the exact same stuff when in single-gender groups. Rather, mostly single-gender groups. I have heard a lot of interesting conversations when I’m the only girl in a big group of guys who are comfortable with me. It’s all the same as when I’m in a group of only girls. The details are just slightly different. Shocker, everyone loves to talk about bodily functions, especially pooping.

@KatawaGrey That last sentence, either that was a metaphor for people talking about bullshit, or someone out there likes the same Hentai genre that I do!
Shit, I didn’t say nuthin. XD

I can’t really make the comparison.

Yes men talk about stupid stuff. But I never really pay attention to what women say enough to know what they talk about.

Maybe it depends on where you live. Unfortunately for me both genders seem to have interests that are much different than mine (the ones I regularly interact with). I guess that is why I fluther and blog in general.

I enjoy the company of men and, in general, it’s because they don’t talk about boring stuff. Anyone can be boring if they are stuck on one subject like a broken record. I know some men that seem to only be able to talk about Football so I avoid conversation with them, I know some women that only seem to be able to talk about what happened on Eastenders last night, I avoid them too!

Going by the men and women that I know and mix with on a regular basis, most of the men have a sense of humour I can relate too more than the women.

Anyone is capable of talking boring shit, just look at this place….only some of the time, by some of the people mind you.
Basically, any right minded socially adept person will alter subjects to chat about depending on who you’re relating with at any given time.
Sometimes the wife will gladly initiate a conversation asking whether my football team won that day or not. I will talk to her about it, but only if they won. If they lost then I slope off in a big girlie huff.

Just as stupid and boring as anyone else. I mean it really depends on the person. I think this, of all things, is especially irrelevant to gender. Especially since all people talk about different things, and everyone finds different things interesting to talk about.

It’s like when people say that girls constantly gossip about and put down other girls behind their backs. Well, sure. There are plenty that do! Most, even. But I’ve honestly not noticed that happening any less (or more) with guys.

As a generalization women are way more into boring, superficial shit like the Kardashians and the Royal Wedding and what color shoes go with persimmon stockings.

Way more stupid and boring than what the average man talks about. Sorry but it’s true.

Interesting. I think this thread says more about the people each of us are exposed to than men or women in general. For example, @syzygy2600 , I have literally never in real life heard women talk about the Kardashians or the Royal Wedding, but I have heard men discussing Kardashian booty. Go figure.

I have learned that the more people I find boring, the more boring I probably am.

I don’t find men boring at all. Some things, sure… but people? No! If they have something new to share that I’ve never heard of before, that’s even better. I like to view myself as pretty open-minded and I like learning and hearing about new things.

Do you prefer the Chevy 327, the 396, or the 427?

That didn’t really deserve a GA. Unless it’s for the sarcasm.

@Adirondackwannabe : I just think the numbers are pretty…

@JilltheTooth I left off the 302, 427, and the 454. Or we can go over to Ford, and add the 302, and the 351.

Still pretty, but no more or it will start to pall, and that makes it stupid boring stuff.

BTW, I love this thread!

Or we could talk about the sound of a loon at 5:00 in the morning, the sound of a child laughing or the feel of a young child in your arms, the way the sun looks as it slips towards the horizon, the moonlight on a really cold and clear night, the look of a loved one….

@Adirondackwannabe have you talked to your guy friends about that stuff recently?

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought Are you shitting me? Your question is spot on. Guys talk about the hits in the Winter Classic, Jackass, and other stupid stuff. Most of us haven’t evolved yet.