Perfidion
Well-known member
These sorts of mindless exchanges are simply people "going through the motions". People like to think it's common courtesy, and sometimes it is, but more often than not when people ask you how you are, they're not particularly interested. They're just following the societal script. "Oh look, there's that guy again, I should probably acknowledge his presence in some paltry meaningless way, even though I really couldn't care less if he dies tomorrow in a flaming car wreck." It's the insincerity of it all that gets me. I don't ask someone how their weekend was, or where they went for their vacation because, for the most part, I honestly don't care. And I'm too lazy to fake it. If that makes me rude or arrogant, so be it.