Maybe it's like a virtue signal or desire to display their intelligence. Or, maybe it's just an odd way of trying to make a connection, find a shared interest and make conversation. On a game chat, I lean towards the former, because that just seems to be the vibe of those places anymore.
Besides, who is more foolish, the fool or the fool that follows him?
But some people will always try to force conversation, as if when they see another human, they're instinctually forced to try to talk to it. especially if that human is doing something that requires concentration. "Whatcha dooin'" has nothing to do with any interest in what you are actually doing, they just want to find an excuse to jabber at you, simply because you're not already talking to someone else ...
Maybe it's like a virtue signal or desire to display their intelligence. Or, maybe it's just an odd way of trying to make a connection, find a shared interest and make conversation. On a game chat, I lean towards the former, because that just seems to be the vibe of those places anymore.
Besides, who is more foolish, the fool or the fool that follows him?
But some people will always try to force conversation, as if when they see another human, they're instinctually forced to try to talk to it. especially if that human is doing something that requires concentration. "Whatcha dooin'" has nothing to do with any interest in what you are actually doing, they just want to find an excuse to jabber at you, simply because you're not already talking to someone else ...