• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Someone told me not to ask strangers how their day was (like in the real world) if I didn’t really want to know

    Learn how “how are you doing” is different from “how are you feeling”.

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      6 months ago

      See you took what I wrote really literally. Thanks this is helpful. What I meant was saying “how’s it going”, but you took it as I would literally ask “how’s your day going”. Like, I would always use quotes to indicate a specific word usage but you have no way of knowing that.

      Also I’d never use the same kind of language or approach to anyone I knew personally. Everyone needs something different. There isn’t a formula to get it right without listening and knowing. How are you doing is how are you feeling where I come from btw. How’s it going is hi. How’s your day is “how’s today no details”.