This sentence reminded me of a discussion we had in class last week where it was mentioned that most of the time, people don't listen to one another. Instead, we spend our time coming up with a response to their comment instead of giving them our full and undivided attention. This concept is seen in "The Antipodes" where most people tell stories however, there isn't much feedback about the story. An example would be Dave's story about his father shooting himself in the face. After telling this dark and twisted experience all that was said was "I'm sorry." When Dave followed up asking for no pity, they simply moved on to the next topic. While there isn't much to say about his story I feel if the characters actually cared about their coworker, they would have had more to say than "I'm sorry." There are several other examples as well as the lack of communication/listening towards Adam, a person of color, and Eleanor, a female. The In group seems to only tune into the stories they want to listen to.