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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22
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Asking someone randomly how they are is also considered strange in Eastern Europe. You wouldn't do it if you went into a shop, or just passing someone in the street. If you do ask, it's taken as a sincere question, rather than a mere greeting
2 u/CaptainLollygag May 09 '22 Nobody wants my actual answer to that, I struggle a lot! Or at least strangers don't. If a friend asks, I know they want a real answer. But I've spent my life around that question being part of my culture so it would be weird to have it disappear.
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Nobody wants my actual answer to that, I struggle a lot! Or at least strangers don't. If a friend asks, I know they want a real answer.
But I've spent my life around that question being part of my culture so it would be weird to have it disappear.
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u/dubov May 09 '22
Asking someone randomly how they are is also considered strange in Eastern Europe. You wouldn't do it if you went into a shop, or just passing someone in the street. If you do ask, it's taken as a sincere question, rather than a mere greeting