• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    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.

    • edric@lemm.ee
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      25 days ago

      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.