All things are rooted in friendship and people coming together out of what one sees likes and appreciates in another soul. I feel a good way to deal with people, is to merely be yourself.
I pretty much think what makes people are their hobbies, so i'm always interested in people and their book collection, films, games and whatever fascinated them.
I'm sure that if i won the lottery, i would live next to Jay Leno and show off my pinball machine collection, and how i want to collect 90% less old cars than he does!
I've always enjoyed the fact that two people came up to be once, and asked me if i ever saw the film Harold and Maude, because they said i reminded them of the actor in it, and hoped I wasn't offended. All the other people think i feel like Gomez Addams, except a little less greasy.
I'll talk to people about anything.....
from classic literature [anyone Harold Bloom liked I will like on my bookshelf]
old science-fiction books, philosophy
and even the non stuffy things in history or science or mysticism.... on a good day
old 60s 70s 80s movies
classic 60s 70s television shows
any cookbook from the 1960s to today
I like to think of myself as a dumber type of Charlie Rose meets Jay Leno when it comes to wit and charm