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the best followup questions are open-ended, as in questions that can't be answered with a yes or a no. this pries information out if the normie, because they usually can't pass up even a single fucking chance to dither on and on about his favorite subject: himself. when the normie next door tells you he's bummed out, don't just ask 'are you okay?', ask 'what's going on?' or 'what happened?' questions like this keep your normie trapped into talking, which translates to you listening in their minds. generally, two to three followup questions or statements is the most you'll want to ask, or people get antsy about feeling interrogated.
rule 2: connotation is everything
my sneaking suspicion is the normie is highly autistic about language and word choice. in the same way that you might smash your mom over the head with the plate of tendies because the dumb bitch didn't have them arranged in order of size again, people will lose their shit over words that mean the exact same fucking thing. consider a girl walking by, and she smells really nice. like flowers and honey and, like, bees or some shit i don't fucking know. if you were to open your cretin mouth and say 'your smell is nice', she'd mace you and she'd be right to do it. fucking creep, smelling girls on the street. for shame.
but say 'your fragrance is nice' and you'll have her smiling and flipping her hair. or at least you'll get a cold 'thanks' over her shoulder instead of blistering eyes from sizzling mace. at least it's an improvement. nobody said bitches were nice.
so, pay attention to the connotation of words. unironically, reading a dictionary can help immensely, as it will often contain statements like 'especially in X situation or Y case' to help you figure out which words are positive, and which are negative. But when do you use which connotation?
