[–] wayne 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It sounds like you're just wanting everyone who isn't heavily invested in a heart-felt answer from you to say something to the effect of, "Greetings, fellow person!" and then walk past you. That said, this is a "you" issue, not a "them" issue. Learn to operate in the society you live in. If you are concerned with pointing out how fake and hollow someone sounds in normal, everyday small talk, you're going to make a lot of enemies and no difference.
How about building relationships so that when they ask, they have a reason to care about the relationship? I can tell you that if someone responded to a casual "Hey man, how's it going?" with something like, "Why does it matter to you? You don't know me and wouldn't care if I told you." I would just completely cut off conversation with that person, as much as possible.
Maybe that's what you want.
That's a stupid thing to want.
[–] tanzmeister [S] ago
Sorry for coming off so negative. It's just, all day I hear conversations about nothing and it grinds me down. It makes me wonder how long I have before I'm perfectly fine with those kind of interactions.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
[–] tanzmeister [S] ago
I want to encourage them to be more genuine and perhaps make the environment in which I work a better community? I realize that most people are just there for the paycheck, but why pretend?
[–] tanzmeister [S] ago (edited ago)
It was originally just a joke, but I forgot this is the internet.
[–] Emu_Mud_Wrestling 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
Before I read this article I used to care about people being fake too. Pay attention to
It is really quite liberating when you realize how much energy you were putting into these interactions that are inconsequential and conserve your energy for times when it counts. A simple, "good, you?" is low energy and lets you get to what you need to get to. /v/nomerasques point is an excellent starting point too.
[–] roboticon ago (edited ago)
/v/nomerasques doesn't exist
EDIT: oops, i thought you were suggesting a subverse as a starting point. You were trying to reference the comment /u/nomerasques made.
[–] Emu_Mud_Wrestling ago
My bad. Thanks for the help.
[–] tanzmeister [S] ago
Nice. At the risk of delving too deep, I think I give too many fucks about people giving the wrong fucks. I usually try not to give a fuck, so I'll try harder.