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NT here. Usually, it's more or less whatever.
What has been going on lately, are you working on something specific? What're your hobbies like, etc.
It depends on familiarity with that person, and it depends on what I think that person would be into. I'd love to grok out over games I've played recently, but not everyone is into that, so I assess the situation first. My wife is also NT and she's mostly the same. She wants to grok out over all her pencils, markers, paints and other art stuff.
I usually keep the grokking out to my youtube channel :P
I guess you could classify these things as "small talk", but I like knowing what my friends are doing and what's going on in their lives.
I saw someone else mention they talk mostly about other people, but I don't necessarily do that too much. At least not in the gossipy way.
If you have any more questions, hit me up :)