To clarify, an important part of these date horror stories is literally &quot;I could not get him to talk.&quot; Like long, awkward pauses until his interlocutor asks him about work&#x2F;engineering. The problem is not &quot;having the wrong interests&quot;, it&#x27;s not being able to communicate your interests to female humans unless presented with a direct question that can be answered with a factual response, like &quot;What do you do at [Company]?&quot;