Phatic expressions are the WORST.
IF you don't want to know, then PLZ don't ask: "How are you?"
Viable Declarative Alternatives:
"It's good to see you."
"It's been a while!"
"Your feelings are inconsequential to me but I wish to greet you in the customary manner."
ok the last one needs some work
IF you don't want to know, then PLZ don't ask: "How are you?"
Viable Declarative Alternatives:
"It's good to see you."
"It's been a while!"
"Your feelings are inconsequential to me but I wish to greet you in the customary manner."
ok the last one needs some work
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No but fr, ‘how are you’ is a TRAP. I panic and answer honestly and then feel I have revealed too much to my enemy under duress 😮💨
Get irritated at yourself that you don’t know how to ask the questions you actually want answered ✨
my optimism for the Autistic culture,
my cholesterol,
and my resting heart rate
They're all way up.
(Walnuts and meditation have significantly lowered my cholesterol [though still a bit high], resting heart rate now reliably 68-71 and that's me stuck without exercise, so I'd say it helps... passing along.)
😂🤣😂🤣😂 facts
: How are you?
: Medium…
How are you?
Good! howayou?
Me: Oof, It's been a hell of a month. So it all began with... *5 minutes later* ... So yeah. It's just been pain and trouble, ya know?
I was born on the north shore, hahaha
(Sorry, Berkshire's friends. You don't count.)
Wicked ahhhsome to meet you, (gender neutral) bruh!
Heeeeey! Sup Kid! Yu got your Dunkies? I don't fecking keh if it's cold out, ya gotta get the iced Dunkies!
And 100% know what murder hotel you're talking about - too funny!