Good Conversation 

When there is a passing conversation between two friendly people, but for some reason it is awkward. The word “good” will be used several times and is usually repeated several times even in one a single trailing response.

"Good Conversation"

Evan: Hey Chris, how are things going?
Chris: Good, how are you?

Evan: Good. Did you have a good weekend?
Chris: Yeah it was good. How was your weekend?

Evan: Good…good
Chris: Good…

Evan: Alright, I’ll see you later.

Good Conversation by The Jerkst0re September 8, 2011

Good-Faith Conversation

It is an exchange in which participants are honestly intentioned (bona fides), behaviorally cooperative (Grice), hermeneutically generous (the Principle of Charity), epistemically open (Mill), structurally uncoerced (Habermas), and existentially authentic (Sartre). It is simultaneously a personal virtue—something a speaker must choose, moment by moment, to practice—and a social structure that institutions can either support or undermine.

It's hard to have a good-faith conversation with someone who has already decided they're right before you've said a word.

Good-Faith Conversation by Potatoviro June 4, 2026