What makes a person interesting

What makes a person interesting is me as someone who meets a lot of new people given my inclination to attend the opening of any envelope and as someone who dates quite a bit, i think a lot about what exactly makes a person interesting to me. this is obviously a very personal and malleable question, “interesting” is merely deemed by the sole recipient of a specific interaction. however, i do worry that it has become easier to appear interesting than it is to actually be interesting given our easy access to tools that are supposed feed our idiosyncrasies, washing away the work it takes to actually develop a unique opinion. i find that people often mistake “coolness” for “interest” as if their Prada Collapse sneakers were a packet of splenda they pour in their coffee in disguise of sugar. (obviously, i want a pair). my initial thought when i was reflecting on the question of what i find makes a person interesting to me is curiosity, it immediately endears me to a person and is the #1 quality i look for in friends and people i date. in my eyes, all other mannerisms spin off from curiosity… the questions you ask, the books you choose to read, the food you eat, the restaurants you frequent, the music you listen to, the clothes you wear etc. to be curious is naturally to have a taste that is refined to your own inclinations, which is a rare quality to come across in this algorithmic day and age. i think i hold curiosity to such a high standard in my relationships because it wipes away intellectual superiority, i know a lot of uncurious people who will watch every Oscar nominated film from the past year but will lack any type of bespoke perspective as if they swallowed their food without chewing. on the contrary, a lot of curious people i know can recap an episode of Love Island as if it were an epic novella. to be curious is to never be bored, which is another value of mine that i didn’t even realize i had until writing this. how cool is that?