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Honest Answer to a Greeting

I was 11 or 12 at the time.

Guy (passing me): "How are you doing?" Me, an autist: "Pretty bad honestly." Guy (continued walking past me) Me: ...

If you didn’t know, “what’s up” and “how are you doing” are phatic expressions in the United States, meaning that they’re said as greetings even though they literally mean something else.

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The joke plays on a common communication difference. The person on the spectrum is answering the question literally, while the other person is using it as a greeting, not expecting an actual answer. It highlights the difference between literal and implied meanings in communication.

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By the way, my sense of humor is contingent upon shared experiences with other autistic people.

It took me a long time to figure that out.

I’m from the uk and they mean how are you feeling

your not special thats just everywhere