We ask this banal, generic filler question of each other at many passings and greetings.
What COULD be a much better, more real, equally short, but more fullfilling question or back and forth?
I think Seinfeld went with "You are so good looking" or something.
How yiz?
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"How goes the war?"
"Still gracing the world with your presence?"
"Well well well, its been awhile, yet not long enough."
'Y'alright?'
'Ça va?'
Doesn't matter very much as long as no-one takes it as an invitation to give an actual answer. That's bad form. You could just say 'I acknowledge your presence'. To which the response is 'Likewise.'
To a gal: "Small talk" To a dude: "Sup man" ..
They should make this a question on Family Feud with the top 10 answers on the board.
Australians already did this, but it didn't catch on internationally, idk why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5leA2XuiU80
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