bluGill: "how is your family" $another-guy: oh, still dead after that train crash.
or
bluGill : "what do you do for work" $another-girl: why are you asking? Do you have a problem with that?
... fun conversations indeed.
I don’t understand what you’re trying to communicate.
I don’t have a problem with those questions. I do have a problem with getting bored at social events by boring boilerplate conversation, and I shared my strategy for having interesting conversations.
I’m happy to debate you if you clearly state a viewpoint.
If I run out of interesting conversation starters, I default to weather/work/family and carry on.
I simply prefer to start with unique/contextual topics first.