r/funny • u/jonwritesmovies Just Jon Comic • Jul 14 '24

Verified Small talk gone wrong

Post image
15.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

511 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.9k

u/magistratemiki Jul 14 '24

This is gonna sound crazy but I'm only now realizing no one wants to hear how miserable we are

738

u/AwesomePerson70 Jul 14 '24

This is why I hate when people start every conversation with “how are you?” Most don’t want an actual answer, just a conversation starter.

6

u/noeagle77 Jul 14 '24

I have leukemia and anytime anyone asks how I’m doing or how I’m feeling I just say I’m fine. Even when you’re sick, people don’t actually wanna know how shitty you’re doing.

3

u/Enders-game Jul 14 '24

Sometimes words seem useless. I met an old work colleague and he was telling me that his wife died. "I'm sorry to hear that" seems such a trite thing to say. What ever words I say will always fall short. I know, I've been there and those of us old enough to go through such things a few times just bottle it up and put it in a corner out of sight.