awkward moments

so, when you encounter an awkward situation or a moment of weird silence, why is the topic of the conversation almost always lead to questions/statements like:

- the weather is so beautiful!
- i'm so tired!
- how was your day?

hahaa, not that i don't ask these, i totally do, they're great space fillers! but, ok, it gets tiring, you know. mainly happens in a workplace though.

we all know the answers to those questions/statements anyway, haha:

- duh the weather is nice, the sun is obviously shining bright now!
- you're not really tired, you just don't know what else to say!
- 90% of us will say, "it was good" or "pretty boring, nothing new"

end.