What's the Point of Talking

Opinions are easy to have. That's why everyone has one. Even those without knowledge will carry one about something. Even the one who has not read a single book will have an opinion about books. The compulsion to hold an opinion creates a bigger problem. It puts the cart before the horse. We form the opinion before the knowledge arrives. I no longer enjoy talking to people. I don't think I will ever make any close friends. It's too soon to speak about the future, but for now this is what it seems. Surface-level relations are easy to maintain because they require no depth. No personality to expose. No vulnerability to share. They revolve around the present context, which is the environment. It begins and ends there. Before you even begin talking to people, they have already formed an opinion about you. Especially if they see you every day. You don't need to speak. The talk about you is enough for them to generate conclusions. This is not the worst part. Even if you start talking to…