44 Tips That Socially Awkward 20-Somethings Should Use To Make More Friends

30. Trying to “One Up” everyone. We were just sharing a funny story or a funny incident, you don’t have to come into the conversation and try to one up the story! Also, trying to be too serious sucks too.

31. Not having enough general knowledge. If you only know about game of thrones, video games, and rick and morty you won’t know how to carry a conversation.

You don’t have to be an expert or even competent, but just knowing what things are and asking an intelligent question about their interests helps a lot.

Just maintain a base of of being informed about stuff. For example, know what common jobs do in a broad sense. Know what common hobbies are. Like a few months ago I met a traffic engineer. I had no idea what they did exactly, but I knew he was in someway involved in developing roads, highway exits, overpasses, and traffic lights. That base line allowed me to ask some basic questions about his work.