(January 12, 2014 at 11:52 pm)Darkstar Wrote: I find myself asking for the definition of common words.
Them: Did you have a good day today?
Me: Well, define "good". How good are we talking? Just sort of okay, not bad, or does it have to be particularly above average? Can you define good in a way that isn't just opinion? Is it just that I have to think it was good? What if part of it was good but part of it was bad so it evens out to about average; is that good? Because I'm not really sure if...
Them: Uh...
I like occasionally responding to social niceties like "Did you have a good day?" or "How are you doing?" with drawn out diatribes describing my current woes and irritations, secretly reveling in how uncomfortable I'm making the other person feel when you know they were expecting a simple "Yeah" or "Okay" response. It's especially fun to do this when you don't know the person very well which hugely magnifies the probability that they are expecting a standard, one-word response to their greeting.
Maybe next time I'll throw in an absurd definition request.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
