>Hi how are you?
>I'm good, how are you?
>I'm good thanks
>conversation/interaction actually starts
do you also engage in pointless social handshakes in your country?

>>212397762 (OP)
Yes and I hate it.

>>212397762 (OP)
i like the more dysfunctional version better where like i almost run into a coworker leaving the bathroom and he just leaves at the lil tisms

>>212397762 (OP)
I thought you guys started talk with 'sup man'

i like to say "hows it goin"
to signify that im just a chill guy who's a little quircky

>ask a German how he's doing
>he actually begins to talk about how he's doing instead of just saying "fine"

>>212397841
that's really just a variation of hi how are you if you think about it

>>212397762 (OP)
only with people I already know. with strangers you just say gd afternoon.

>>212397878
then what's the point of asking faggot? cynical twat.

>>212397878
"ah you know hanging in there": bad
"another day in paradise": im contemplating suicide

>>212397841
That's the same thing though.

>>212397762 (OP)
yea i'm also a new worlder

>>212397762 (OP)
>hi how are you
> im alive

>hey whats up
>nothin

>sup dude
>sup

>>212397762 (OP)
You will learn something today

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression

>>212397972
What about "I wish I never woke up."?

>>212397762 (OP)
Even computer do the same thing. The client sends a synchronize SYN packet to the server to establish a connection, and the server send syn-act. Imagine random stranger dump too much information without any greetings

I don't ask question that don't progress the narrative

>>212398066
What is the human equivalent of pingpong/heartbeat? Smalltalk?

Yes, it's just more brief and doesn't rudely and unnecessarily pry into the emotional state of the other person.

>>212398066
This.

All good communication starts with a preliminary communication to set the limits and boundaries of the exchange protocol.

>>212398142
>le cut inside man

Hi how are you?

That is how things work in Australia as well.