Many of the Chinese I know are prone to going overboard in their responses to what I deem casual conversations about nothing in particular. Things like:

"Wow, you've really opened my eyes on how life is..."

"I've really learned so much about myself by talking about this"

"Life is really always so..."

"This kind of person can never..."

"Now I know never to do this..."

I wouldn't mind this is if was honest, but most of the time they make such broad, all-encompassing statements and then two minutes later do the exact opposite or make the same mistakes again and again. First few times I was pleasantly surprised when people said these things. Made me feel like in a matter of minutes I had actually changed someone for the best. Now I take absolutely everything with a grain of salt. If that...