Archived How can I fight the rampant abuse of inquisitive greetings without coming off as autistic? (AskVoat)
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Archived How can I fight the rampant abuse of inquisitive greetings without coming off as autistic? (AskVoat)
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[–] 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.