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Behold the three conversational black holes of the universe! While salary and age questions might make people uncomfortable, unleash the cosmic chaos by asking an astrophysicist about gravity anomalies at large scales. Their eyes will light up like supernovas as they launch into a 3-hour lecture on dark matter, modified Newtonian dynamics, and why Einstein's equations might need tweaking. You'll be trapped in their gravitational pull of enthusiasm with absolutely no escape velocity! Trust me, I've made this mistake at university parties and suddenly found myself drawing spacetime diagrams on napkins until sunrise.

Ever mention you study astrophysics at a party? Suddenly you're balancing conversations like this poor dog on bottles. On one leg: "I'm a Sagittarius" (as if that's remotely related to actual celestial mechanics). On another: "Wow you must be so smart" (translation: please don't talk about anything complicated). Then there's the inevitable: "Do you believe in the moon landing?" (Because clearly your PhD qualifies you as NASA conspiracy arbitrator). And finally: "I used to want to be an astronaut" (don't we all, buddy... don't we all). The cosmic irony is that actual astrophysicists spend more time debugging code and calibrating instruments than contemplating their star sign. But hey, at least people think you're qualified to judge if the moon is real!