Reply #15: The trick with that is actually to be around people who you don't have a whole lot in common with.

[DarkTirade]

Since you don't already have the things that drew you towards the people you'd normally hang out with, you gotta actually work at it. And like anything, working at it will get you better at it. :)

That, and if you vary back and forth between people you already have things in common with and people you don't, you get some variety. You get to work on both sides of socializing. And you get to meet interesting new people, and keep hanging out with the people you already know and like.