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macintuxyesterday at 5:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

> If I ask "how y'all doing?" I want to know how you and yours are doing.

I just want people to stop asking me how I'm doing if they don't care.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that "How's it going" is a greeting, not an interrogative, and I want that change undone forever.


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saltcuredyesterday at 6:23 PM

What's interesting is you may reply, "hey, how are you?", and lots of people may be satisfied with that. Neither party actually answers how they are, yet the handshake is complete.

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FarmerPotatoyesterday at 9:06 PM

Don't forget to end the conversation with "God be with ye". Or "A Dios".