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[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Ive been considering getting one of these honestly. as an introvert there are just some days where I really don't want to talk to people but retail doesn't care about that and I need money. at least having some kind of gague seems better than just glowering and hoping i don't have to deal with small talk

[–] exanime@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

You'd just be drawing more attention to yourself... Or inviting a challenge

[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I'd rather take that then yet another soulless 'how are you today'

[–] xor@infosec.pub 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

just reply with “no, i’m not”

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do it the German way and just trauma dump. I mean if they didn't care they shouldn't have asked.

In Germany "how are you" is also smalltalk but you are not expected to lie. Just keep it short.

"Wie geht's?"

"Nicht so gut gerade und bei dir?"

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

People do that to me all the time. I just seem to radiate safety and people dump everything. I get that they need it, and sometimes (when I’m in a good headspace) I’m happy to provide an outlet for people who need one, but it gets really exhausting. I don’t even like small talk, I only bother with pleasantries because I’m supposed to, apparently.

(That trauma dumping is totally not the norm around here..)

[–] xor@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

i’ve tried that but then we both lose

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