Nts: you should make small talk, it's polite! Also Nts: this super common small talk question is rude, actually

Brother it's a basic question, I seriously doubt every person who's ever asked me that was trying to be rude. How the hell am I supposed to navigate social etiquette with secret rules like this?? What's going to be rude next, asking someone about their hobbies??

Some people look down on certain hobbies, I guess that means I was being rude everytime I asked what they liked to do. I was actually just trying to judge them the whole time, and I didn't even know it! You learn something new bout yourself every day.