Small talk is weird when you really stop and think about it. We ask people how they’re doing when we don’t actually want a detailed answer, discuss the weather as if nobody else noticed it, and somehow turn traffic into a universal conversation starter.
This sketch imagines the very first person to invent small talk, and honestly, it makes a disturbingly good case for why humanity needed it. The contrast between one guy desperately trying to keep things superficial and everyone else wanting to debate the nature of existence is comedy gold.
Also, “Stop deepening my shallows” might be one of the funniest lines I’ve heard all week.