My new favorite conversational technique that I'd like to get better at, which I call "Boiling the Conversation": Slowly and imperceptibly raise the unusualness or bizarreness level of the conversation so that you end up talking about something fascinating, fun, taboo, or deeply personal that people would almost never normally discuss (and that normally would be quite weird to just bring up), but without any jarring conversational transitions ever occurring! You know you've done it well if e...