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if someone that already knows me and talks to me often asks me "how are you" I might reply to it and play along and have a conversation because maybe they really wanted to know how I'm doing since the last time we talked

if someone I don't know comes up and says "how are you" I'll tell them to fuck off because it's dishonest af. do you really care how I am? you don't know me, it doesn't matter to you, why shove that question in my face? I hate fake people

why not be more honest. walk up to me, a person you never met, and go "hey anon, I don't really have anyone to talk to here because I'm new, what should I do to get to know people?"

if you said this
- you're being honest so I have respect for you
- you asked me a direct question so I can give you a direct answer
- you show an eager interest in getting to know people

I will probably reply with something like "oh most people here talk about [x] right now, is that a thing you're into?" and continue from there or just invite you to play pool or something

if you're only talking to people to get attention to yourself while acting fake and using some lame preset lines, the more popular people will be onto you in a split millisecond and they'll just ignore your existence

stop being fake, say what's actually on your mind, it's more interesting than whatever other bullshit you can come up with