Yeah…
I am an American but have had a lot of friends from all over the world.
We are kind of exceptional in the extent of normalized, utterly disingenuous ‘standard social interactions and phrases’ that we use.
We talk like NPCs using throwaway, canned dialogue lines, and if we don’t do NPC talk, well then that is actually viewed as antisocial…
Even though basically everyone else in the world would view this all as the opposite, inverted. Such forced bullshit conversations are generally viewed as bullshit and disingenuous.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 1 month ago
Yeah pretty much. Most of us don’t even ask.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 month ago
Wow
That would save so much bullshit if I could just skip that stupid pleasantry.
I tell people how I’m doing now and then to throw people off. Feels sort of like a power play, but they usually seem to think “wow this guy is full of himself.”
Palerider@feddit.uk 1 month ago
If anyone asks me how I’m doing my bog standard response is “Fucking terrible but apart from that I’m OK.”
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
if they’re a friend we will often ask but then we want a genuine reply (which isn’t always given)
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 1 month ago
Yes. Among friends it’s different.