How You Doin?
I’m still here.
We do that in Kentucky, too. And same for the “Doin’ alright. You?” that you’ll receive in return. lol
Only in NY? Everyone knows that isn’t a question to be answered. It’s chit-chat, an opener. What’s happening? How are you? What’s popping? Not questions that need answers. You reply ‘not much’ and move on.
And here I thought this curse was British brainrot. No, I will give you a detailed account of my day to day activities unless you can learn to say hi or hello there like a civilized person.
It absolutely isn’t a global thing. Many Europeans get confused when they first encounter it from a brit or american for the first time. My indian friend lived in the US for a year and never got used to it, would still occasionally accidentally answer for real.
Then there’s places where there’s a set, expected answer.
Like Ireland:
Alright?
Alright.
France:
Ça va?
Ça va (bien).
That’s just my experience!
I tried to get used to it but nah I just gave up and I just answer or ignore it outright.
Yeah well people from NY think they are special. So to them, this is an only them thing I suppose
“Yo baby, you ever had your asshole eaten-out by a fat man in an overcoat?”
Y’know, classic greetings.
Gonna start greeting people with “Life fucking you with lube today, or is it lubeless as usual?”
Fuck that, I will answer it if I want to. Yes, I know the socially acceptable pretend bullshit that is expected, but if they are going to ask I will be honest if I feel like it.
Usually I don’t because they probably just do it because everyone else does, but it gets really old.
I unintentionally make people buffer when they say “How are you” and I just answer with “good” and don’t return the question. There’s usually a second of dead silence because they expect to get it back and answer. I’m not used to asking a rhetorical question as a greeting, and prefer to just just say Hi or Hey.
You’d think, right? But I have some customers that insist that I actually answer the question.
They’ll walk up and say “hi! how are you?” and I’ll say “hello”… And then they’ll look me directly in the eyes and say again “how are you???” rather than telling me what they want so I can get them through the line.
My usual response is to look at them like ಠ_ಠ and say “…I’m good? How are you?” to indirectly communicate to them that they’re being weird af. But one of these times I want to just trauma dump on these old ladies that do this shit and watch as they have no idea what to say, and hopefully make them feel awkward as I hold up the line to give them a genuine answer to the question they insisted I respond to.
/rant
Ever talked to someone from Ireland?
And the UK as a whole.
“Alright mate?”
“Yeah, you?”
“Yeah”
- fin.
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In Finland, if you ask “miten menee” (how is it going) you’ll either get to hear someone’s life story, or a single word reply “menee” (it’s going) which amounts to “I don’t want to talk about it”. But the assumption is that the person asking is up to exchange a few genuine sentences.
Or, if someone is having a genuinely good day, you might get a few sentences explaining why things are looking up.
Hence, most people will go with literally neutral statements. An example, my go-to farewell is “päivänjatkoa” which is literally just “may the day continue”.
This is a very common dialect thing. Like in the UK, especially the North east “you alright?” Or just “alright?” is just a simple greeting that is often also just repeated in response.
Empty phrases… Why?!
In Australia “Hows it going?” Or more accurately “Howzitgarn?”
UK London and east is, ‘y’aight’, which is you all right? Shortened to one syllable.
Only in NY do we use a character from a NJ outfit as our own.
Shoulda been a Tribbiani.
What community are you in?
Ça va ? Ça va. Et toi ça va ? Ça va
So, I work with New Yorkers and this happens all the time lol. How should I respond to this in a proper way then lol, it feels odd to respond with the same question :P
I always say “I’m another day older and deeper in debt.”
“The horrors persist, but so do I”
