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Just share your stories.

I've been told I'm a good conversationalist. There really isn't a formula or any talking points to it, just learning how to keep the flow of conversation going. What I like to do is instead of just asking people about their interests, I'll share small anecdotes that segue into talk about a subject. For example, my roommate used to work at a movie theater so he got to watch lots of movies, and I'll just share a couple of instances where he made forced me to watch a movie that I hadn't seen but everyone else has. It's pretty funny if you tell it the right way. As I'm telling it, I remember my roommate is good at imitating actors and I'll remember how he once managed to perfectly imitate our chem professor by adding a slight surfer dude undertone to it. Which can then lead to talks about silly or awful professors or California beaches since I brought up surfing.

See what I mean? The art of conversation is to temper it and be expressive. Even dumb things can keep a conversation going or remind the other person of a funny story to share.

Talk about maplestory duh... But seriously talk about something you find interesting, if they have the same interest - great, if not, continue to chat until something you both know and like comes up.

appreciate all the answers but i was really looking for more specific things

i have social skills i just dont have many topics to start a conversation from owell

if you're in school, just ask about the thing you're learning. like, "oh, do you get this stuff?" or something like that.

"Are you a top or a bottom?"

talk about the weather

Ask people about themselves then if they're not self centered they'll do the same, eventually you then have a conversation and when you find a topic you both like such as football you can discuss who is your favorite team etc.