we’ve got some tips on how to deal with awkward silences let’s talk about that good mythical morning yes my hair is down but stay tuned and it will be up it’ll be normal don’t panic we ask you to ask us questions that we can give you advice in answer to and maybe you’ll take that advice and make your life better maybe you won’t because this advice is purely for entertainment purposes Thomas salad finger hem Street asks how to have less awkward silences and how to have good small talk a couple of things first of all that’s not a question second of all title of a book tell ya you know Thomas if you are introducing yourself as quote salad finger in interpersonal live conversation I don’t think you’re ever going to sidestep awkward silences I’m just observing that I do like it that’s his given name man you got to take that out with his parents I mean that’s what he is on Facebook that’s obviously his real name good point I’m sorry Thomas okay now this is a great question even though it wasn’t really a question a lots of people don’t know how to deal with awkward silences that happen in friendships on dates you know there’s lots of situations where you’re getting to know somebody and there’s these awkward silences and what he is looking for Thomas what you are looking for is a way to avoid those now there’s lots of like just totally practical things like oh well be prepared with the things that you want to talk about you know no you know keep up with current events like have a back pocket yeah converse a literally are there pull it out of your back pocket and unfold a shoe toupee and read it that’s bad but just have it in the back of your mind feel like you know what if this date gets a little awkward I’ll be like hey did you hear about that you know that new squirrel they found you know what tell me about parently it’s a lot bigger than normal squirrels and you’re making this up yeah I’m making this some he really drew me in you see what I allow me to say what not could you make it up when you’re in the when you’re experiencing an awkward silence tell me what you think of this don’t do that thing where is you’re in an awkward silence and then it’s like awkward don’t do that yep that’s a bad idea yeah I mean because it just it just makes it worse you want to make it better you don’t want to make it worse right right well you can beyond all the practical things there I think there are two real options here first thing is you can just embrace it you know a lot of times you can exert a lot of control and a lot of power in a conversation or a relationship when there’s an awkward silence and you just go with it uterus is like you got to maintain eye contact you cannot lose eye contact you’ve got to sit in the silence but the other thing that I found to be very helpful is when you sense there being an awkward silence you just ask the question do you hear that this is good and then you can sit in an awkward silence for an extended period of time but it’s not awkward because you’re both listening of a date you’re like and it gives it at least explains hey the reason why I wasn’t talking wasn’t because I’m awkward I actually heard something now it’s on you whether you actually heard it – so they’re either going to a think that they’re the awkward one or be that they’re the crazy one who’s not hearing it or probably see you’re the crazy one for hearing something is not really there I think it’s a great advice okay next question this one’s from Matthew Archibald he says rhett and Link what’s the best way to go about taking it to the max the next level now we could ask a lot of questions but this is the most common question we are asked ever how do you take it to the max how do you take it to the next level I take it as a compliment that people are always asking us this step one you need to tell yourself I can take it to the max yeah I can do this I’m going to take it to the mics step two is carve out a good chunk of time in order to take it to the max you don’t want to be rushed when taking it there yeah it’s it’s it’s embarrassing for everyone right so that’s not good third thing got written down here next when you are taking it to the max you’ve got to take the bull by the horns if you don’t have a bowl then any horn will do like if you’ve got some taxidermy it’s got a horn on it just take it by take it just take it take that horn and I think there preferably it’s a bull the key here is that different things work for different people when you’re taken to the max for me a lot of times it’s just no matter what it is if I dig really deep and I get it from here and and then whatever I’m doing I’ve taken it to the max or or like think I Birds oh oh oh yeah there’s there’s a risk in taking it to the max in that way and whatever happened to you is that risk you can put on a leather jacket that’s something I’d like to do or scarf now what axe challenge time on this week’s axe style in Sega’s challenge link has to 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