Socialising I - Hairdresser Chat

I've never been much of one for empty chit-chat, so it's interesting to analyse what it takes, what its mechanism is and what its point is.

It takes universal compatibility, that is being pretty much just like everyone else, or at least an ability to act as a simulacrum thereof. It consists in a broken, though potentially near-infinite string, of mindless platitudes and/or bursts of ego-driven self-aggrandisement. And its point ? Well, it appears that reassurance, a warm winciette comfort-blanket, is the ultimate goal and what does that say? It says that the ultimate driving force for most of humanity is fear - fear of being alone, different, insignificant; fear of purposelessness, pointlessness; fear of death.

So maybe when you no longer have the energy nor desire to exchange inanities with your hairdresser, you've come to terms with your own mortality ;-)