Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But they feel good if I take an interest, and them feeling good matters to me. So I do listen to stuff that I don't care about sometimes.
But also, I wanna know hoe they're doing and whether they're okay. I'll gladly distill that from a bunch of irrelevant info. Bonus' I can make them more happy by asking how their [something] went/is.
It's usatoday, to be fair