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Not sure I get it. So what is the answer if you're not white?
Like "Dad responses", whiteness is a state of mind ๐งโโ๏ธ
Ok but I still don't understand the joke :(
Like "Dad responses", these are just common cliche ways for white American men to respond to questions - in this case, "How are things going?"
In this case, the responses listed, while seemingly anodyne, are generally given out as a means of downplaying one's own troubles - "It's going" being "It's going badly enough that I don't want to talk about it in any more detail" - and "Hanging in there" being "I'm managing, but only barely."
So both, while not being a cause for alarm by a surface reading, are actually (commonly) given out when significantly distressed.
Out of curiosity can you do the other colors too?
Unfortunately, I'm not the original creator of the post; you'd have to ask them for more droll observations of common American responses (and their deeper meanings) by race.
I am an American (sorry) and this doesn't seem like it should have anything to do with race.. "How's it going" is pretty commonly used across races in the US.