What Are You Thinking?

[Ghost]

I'm doing more of the whole talking-to-people thing, which has been going okay. Some people ask me what I'm thinking about. They seem ask because of my facial expression. Usually I'm just absorbing things, taking it all in. It only looks like I have an opinion, but I don't. When I'm asked, I'd like to respond with, "Nothing" but that seems awkward. Like yesterday, someone asked during a job interview. So I think about what I could have thought about if I'd been thinking and go with that for my answer.

That all got me wondering: why do people ask what you're thinking? Is it a prompt to keep the conversation going? Curiosity? If you do it, then what are some reasons why? If people ask you that question, what are the circumstances and what do you respond with?

(I realize this is weird because I'm asking people who ask "What are you thinking?" what they're thinking. Pure madness.)

The only person I ask is my dad, and that's mainly because I want to see if he's as strange on the inside as he appears on the outside. I assume most people aren't doing it for that reason, though.

 

[Qlip]

If somebody asks me this, I'm probably thinking about absolutely nothing. That's when I look the deepest.

No, I don't ask people this unless they have a funny look on their face.

 

[BadOctopus]

I don't ask people what they're thinking, because every time I've done so in the past, I've almost always regretted it.

 

[prplchknz]

my eyebrow itches and so does my crotch that's it i think i'm trying to think of what i'm actually thinking about but coming up blank. i think i'm focusing too hard and missing the answer.