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Title, Im socially and otherwise retarded, im really looking to be able to talk to others well and have them get drawn in. How do you talk to people fluently in a way that has them intrigued and amused?
to answer your question though, that is not something in your control. of course you can definitely develop your social skills, but there is no way but maturing for that. so my best tips and tricks are:
do socialize and try to talk to people, and when you do talk to them as if you already know them, like they were a relative or a close friend. be level headed, speak clearly, don't rush and give yourself the moment you need to think about your next words
if they do reply and keep a conversation, then try to find the 'stepping stones' of the conversation. for example, if, let's say, you are talking about real madrid and they mention a player while expressing their thoughts, ask about that player, and when they're talking about that player try to spot the other things you can ask and/or talk about
if you do all that and the other person is still not contributing to the conversation, just stop chasing after them and go back to whatever you were doing, even if you think they're a close friend or whatever
and most importantly, try not to swear until you've at least discovered some parts of their personality (whether they get offended by it or not), don't curse out anybody's mother and/or anybody that's not THEM for 2 reasons: 1) there is usually little to no justification for it (except for cases where they swear at you first), 2) you can at least apologize if you keep the argument small-scale, but if you include others' reputation and name, then the fight snowballs into something that will take more to make up for