Have A Good One... Arrrggghh

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I have only heard one person say it. There's also a scene in the movie Carrie where one of the guys says it when someone says "take it easy" to him. Those are the only two times I have heard it but they stand out in my mind for some reason.
It's because the guy who said it to me was someone who struck up a conversation with me in a mall. To me, it was a surreal scene.

When someone asked me that I always respond with pretty good.

The one I hate the most is when you haven't seen someone in a while and they say: Hea, haven't seen you in a while what have you been up to?

All I could say is "just been working, working". Had to say it twice I guess, because I didn't have it in me to go into detail. I think in this case people want to hear something interesting and unique. Most of my life it was just working, going to the stores, and mowing the lawn (and those were the good 'ole days).

When I saw someone I knew it was hea, hea; never hello or hi. I think I was the only one that I ever heard say it twice.

Sometimes when people ask me how I am doing (which is the southern way to say HI)
I respond with "I am doing, whatever that is"

for some reason ppl dont like this responce but I dont know why.

I often think it's some kind of passcode to identify yourself as a "socially acceptable person" as part of the process as identifying yourself as a member belonging to "the group". If you don't say the right combination of phrases in a given social situation, you just aren't up on the lingo which means 1) You're crazy or 2) You're "mentally deficient" or 3) You're not a part of that group, all of which are typically considered bad by normals.

As witness to this, imagine what would happen if a black gangbanger yelled "Wazzup???" and I replied "Cherry ho, chap, everything is doing quite splendid today. And how are you doing on this fine occasion?" instead of "Nuttin' much. Wazzup?". The first reply was quite logical, but it clearly identifies yourself as an "outsider" to the 'gang culture' group. Likewise, there are a set of acceptable social exchanges that identify yourself as "belonging to the group" that is general society.

Here I thought it was just Aussie slang.

I don't really mind it. As long as people pronounce every word and not shorten them and add an 'o' at the end.

I always it associate with "Have a good day"...

Anyways, OP lives in the same area as me.

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I am fully aware of this. What social ritual is is a means of identification. It used to be an evolutionary advantage, but now it's really not necessary.

It just really annoys me that 1. It's meaningless, but absolutely necessary for getting along with most neurotypicals and 2. It seems to me to be a sign of someone who does things and reacts to things without any logic whatsoever.

When pressed for an explanation as to why they insist on these things, they claim it's a sign of respect... which really doesn't make sense at all. They go through these social rituals with people they don't respect as easily as they do with people they do respect.

another one I hate are people that arent clear-people that say "I am here at the salt mine" does he really work at a salt mine in this day and age and other people that refer to things not their nam-this one person refers to his "wife" the proper term for what she is as the "admiral" why not just say wife-its one easy syllable-I wish people would say what they mean.

"How's it going" or variations thereof are my #1 most hated phrase. I've trained myself to just say "hello" back and resist any urge to try and answer that question in a way I normally would.

That phrase is common in Australia, along with "take it easy". Never heard of "have a good one" being used as "go f*** yourself".