When speaking to strangers, I find it really easy to strike a conversation up with someone if they have something that I find interesting going on or have done something such as today when I noticed a girl riding a bike in heels in which I then spoke to her for a few minutes before saying goodbye.

Other times, when I’m in a flow state, I’ll speak up more often to others over a bit of nonsensical stuff, but that is not daily.

As a general rule of thumb, how do you guys strike up conversations? Do you guys just strike up conversations with strangers by saying anything just to break the ice or do you guys typically speak to others when there is “something to speak” about so-to-say?