I had a tweet about this "As a foreign student, I was told when Americans ask 'how are you?', not to answer honestly.". They teach you important stuff like this in international student orientation.
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@TheAnnaGat had something similar about acclimating the the UK. All of these hidden experiences make me feel like I *really* need to travel. - 3 more replies
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I always say, "living the dream" sometimes sarcastically, but also very often not.
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I had one for a while. It was great but I have a tendency to lock me knees that I'm bad at fixing, and it created a whole new fun problem at the time.
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Same!
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Doing nothing physically is physically demanding. It's weird.
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One of the handful of Germanisms that absolutely survived in my family unscathed in the last century is the inability to ask or answer "How are you?" without total earnestness unless one expends a bunch of effort to *not* mean it. I will stand there until people are done talking.
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And yes. It *is* awful.
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