College is, as Janice would say, "awkward nations." SERIOUSLYY.
Maybe it's because we never mastered the art of holding a natural conversation... or it can be because we just don't know how to approach people. But i think it's mainly because we try to find a similarity with people, and sometimes when we can't think of anything, we find RANDOM correlations.

I was walking to class and heard this today...
"Hi! nice to meet you. What phone do you have? (person takes out phone from pocket) OH... ohhh.. i thought we would have the same phone... okay bye!"

If UCLA had a class about the art of awkwardness and a way to overcome it, it would be filled in a couple seconds.