SoulPancake

what else are we supposed to talk about?

Human's desire relationships. We always want to know the news about people who we call our friends and even those who aren't. We usually talk about what we desire or like. Since we take interest in other people's lives, we feel the need to comment.

Other people interest us more than anything else.

Humanity and society loves the failure of other people.

I think people talk about other people to avoid looking at themselves. It's not always easy to look in the mirror. I choose to try to be aware of what I'm doing, who I am and what my intention is right now. Then I ask my self how am I serving the world with my words and my actions? What are people going to remeber me for? This is not something that I accomplish everyday but, the more I am paying attention, and practice self-awareness the easier it is to heal myself and be a influence for change on the earth. Now it's easier to look in the mirror.

In addition to all previous responses:

Talking about the weather gets boring - unless you're interested.
Talking about current invents gets boring, depressing, and distressing - unless you like that sort of thing.
Talking about one's childre, g'children, pets, - has a limited audience
Talking about books is limited to the people who have head them - unless you are sharing worthwhile reads.
Talking about sports is endless, is boring, allows you show off your knowledge, and is an effective way to find something to talk about with someone with whom you have no other interests. Same for cars. Same for opera. Same for performances of "Hamlet."
When I first learned about "the uncertainty principal" (the sub-atomic physics concept that you change something whenever you look at it) I had no one who wanted to talk about it with me.
Conclusion:
If I find myself in the company of people who can only talk about other people, change my company.

I know. Geez
I guess its a way of gaining self confidence.

Society is made like that.
People bond over a hatred for someone.
People are so bored with their lives they put down somebody else.
People feel the need to feel superior and powerful when they gossip about something.
People feel excepted.
Which I find is the sad truth.

Because focusing on the attributes/faults of others is a lot easier than recognizing our own. In the end, for me at least, the "reward" for recognizing someone else's problems is just a reflection of my own, so in a way I am still pointing out my own problems, even though the point of talking about someone else was to do the exact opposite.

Because we are boring.