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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
Person 1: Hey Person 2: Hey Person 1: How are you? Person 2: Good, and you? Person 1: Fine, thanks. Ok, first of all, how would person 1 react if they said their life was sucking right now? I don't think he/she would actually stop and ask what's wrong with them, especially if they're strangers. It's just sorta like a long way to say hello but I don't see the point of all of this. Or another example is when people say whats up? and then just go.   | ||
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Elian
United States129 Posts
Small talk is so bizarre when you realize you have no where else to go in the conversation and were kind of just being polite to begin with. Though, What's up is sometimes used in place of Hello like a direct substitution. | ||
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Koiru
United States116 Posts
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micronesia
United States24701 Posts
Staying gg at the end of a game is about the same.... it only matters when someone ignores it. | ||
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Deleted User 31060
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
sometimes they'd respond how you doing? and i just go good. and smile. | ||
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uglymoose89
United States671 Posts
On September 04 2009 11:16 ghostWriter wrote: I just say hi and move on. If I wanted a conversation with them, I'd invite them to dinner. exactly, the greeting is a formality and not much more. If you want to really know how they are doing you would actually sit down and talk. | ||
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Crunchums
United States11144 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
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Kurosaki
United States158 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On September 04 2009 11:41 SanguineToss wrote: Interesting post but as you said 'Here's a typical and superficial conversation that goes on when you talk to someone you're passing by' is something you say to people that you generally dont know and random people arent going to tell their life story. This. It's usually said where there's nothing else to say in particular. | ||
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armed_
Canada443 Posts
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omninmo
2349 Posts
On September 04 2009 12:17 armed_ wrote: I like to pretend I care about people I don't know by having meaningless conversations which involve no actual exchange of information, and would appreciate if you did not criticize my choice of lifestyle. ;< you are free to be plastic. we are free to criticize your plasticity. otherwise you contradict yourself. but you are free to do that as well. | ||
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ForSC2
United States580 Posts
When life sucks I don't want random people talking to me, especially not random strangers. If someone say hey hows it going and you say life sucks it's like saying fuck off don't bother me. When you make small talk I would try to make it more relevant, like comment that this line is really long or say something about that moment. When I say something like how are you, fine thanks I usually do it more because because I feel stuck into having to say it or I'm just not feeling thinking of something better and say it because fuck I don't want to be that guy that is the one that can't even say gg at the end of a game. It's like this awkward social etiquette like when you're walking down the street and someone's walking in the same direction and you gotta figure out who goes left and who goes right to get past that fiasco. | ||
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Kennelie
United States2296 Posts
Anyways I always respond with "could be better" when asked "how are you". A majority of people don't really give a fuck about a strangers feeling and i'm in the majority bracket. Hrmm anyways I don't even know why I responded other then the OP making me think of that bitch ass judge. | ||
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micronesia
United States24701 Posts
On September 04 2009 14:07 Kennelie wrote: The other day I was in court over a ticket and the judge asked me "How you doing today?", I responded "Could be better!" and she said "It could be worse!" and she went on without dismissing my ticket after I had already fixed my problem. Now i gotta pay $87 bucks within a month...what a fuckin bitch I wanted to stab her in the throat. Anyways I always respond with "could be better" when asked "how are you". A majority of people don't really give a fuck about a strangers feeling and i'm in the majority bracket. Hrmm anyways I don't even know why I responded other then the OP making me think of that bitch ass judge. Did you also give a bad answer to the cop that pulled you over!? The correct answer to the judge was, "fine, thank you" ya know. | ||
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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Spazer
Canada8031 Posts
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ForSC2
United States580 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66224 Posts
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Kennelie
United States2296 Posts
On September 04 2009 14:10 micronesia wrote: Did you also give a bad answer to the cop that pulled you over!? The correct answer to the judge was, "fine, thank you" ya know. the cop never asked how I was. My registration was expired. I got that fixed and shoulda had my shit dismissed(instead im paying half the cost $87). I say "could be better" only to spark up some humor. You can never assume how the other person's feeling even they if they say "great/fine". The correct answer to the judge was, "fine, thank you" ya know. So this woulda got my ticket dismissed no matter what? although I already had got my registration fixed? Okay sir well next time i'll be lame and just respond with "fine, thank you." | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
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Kennelie
United States2296 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
Howzzit going! (in the most bizarre Asian aussie accent I can come up with) how are you? Not too bad, yourself? good good, can I ask blah blah How's business? (When I run out of things to say) Booming! I've never being busier (Their eyes light up) Oh, really, That's a first, What do you do? I'm a liquidator. ... | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
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