>be me
>go to comic book convention
>gaze at the celebrity guests for a while, but have no reason to speak to them, so I depart
>go to my favourite bar
>encounter enjoyable individuals
>then encounter an odd fellow
>when asked about his job, he goes on a tangent that ends with him saying he would commit suicide by starvation if forced to work at something he did not enjoy(though he made it clear it was not possible to enjoy any form of work, and I suspect he resolved the contradiction by referring to his work by the term "occupation")
>I scoffed at the notion of starving to death and asked him how long he had ever gone in his life without eating(for me, it's likely no greater than a day)
>he answered with seventeen days
>so I asked him why starvation is the easiest suicide method if he can obviously go without food with long periods of time
>he proceeded to rant about socialists

this individual was very hard to speak to. I am not put off by standoffish men, some people are just that way, and don't mean to be rude by it, but his curt and outlandish responses to every small talk question designed to break the ice was a true challenge.