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by saltcured 63 days ago
What's interesting is you may reply, "hey, how are you?", and lots of people may be satisfied with that. Neither party actually answers how they are, yet the handshake is complete.
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macintux 63 days ago
I refuse out of principle, but agree, that works.

I just use "Howdy".

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ptmcc 63 days ago
Which is short for "How do you do?"
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macintux 63 days ago
Good point! I guess my principles only extend so far.
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