I feel like crap all the time, and I’m running out of curt answers.
I don’t want to lie and say I’m good just because that’s what’s expected of me, but I don’t want to invite discussion into why I feel poorly.
My go-to response is “Living the dream,” because if this life is a dream I hope to wake up soon. Plus not only is it considered an acceptable answer, it can be played off as a joke.
If anyone needs extra context, being asked “how are you” is an extended part of the greeting here. The asker is really just saying hello still, and although some kind of answer is expected, they aren’t actually curious about your welfare. A genuine response throws people off balance, and is probably unwarranted. Think of coworkers, service workers, or even total strangers being asked this dozens of times a day.
The horrors persist, but so do i.
“I’ve been better. But I’ve been worse.”
“I’m alright” seems like the universal way to say “I’m not alright”
Depending on the person:
“Not great tbh.”
“Pretty fucking bad. lol”
“NOT GREAT MY DUDE, NOT GREAT”“Great!”
“Alright, you?”
“Living the dream.”
“Another day in paradise.”
“One day closer to death.”
Depending on my mood
“Let me get back to you on that…”
“I’m awake.”
“Ok”
“Better now that the voices have finally sto… ah dammit.”
“Could be worse” assuming it can be worse (and it probably can)
@Bougie_Birdie “I’m awake” is what I go for when I’m not being recorded, “Not too bad” when I am. I have heard that “Living the dream” is White Man for “Push me off of the roof. We can make it look like an accident.”
“Fine”. Anything that is “fine” is certainlg not.
Not dead yet
“breathing” or “alive”
To which they normally say: “better than the alternative!”
And my final reply to that is: “some days.”
“I am”
