There’s also https://onlyhello.net/
And I think I recalled “hello considered harmful” and meta stuff like “considered harmful considered harmful”. Or were those on intranet?
Damn, talk about antisocial and weird.
What if I just want to say hi to start a conversation, and I don’t have some ulterior motive? Or perhaps I’m waiting to gauge the other person’s mood or something else before asking them something?
What a weird, weird thing for this person to get a stick up their arse about. I’m sure they’re really fun to talk to :-/
It’s a written message, not a conversation. State what you want clearly, don’t force other prople to ask you what you want.
Well, I usually take my time to reply. It’s not my fault, when people then need to wait until they cut to the chase. That doesn’t bother me. It’s their problem.
People actually do this!?
Yeah, I thinks it’s partly a cultural thing. I’ve seen more indian colleagues do this than anyone else.
It’s definitely more common with my Indian colleagues.
A great one alongside https://dontasktoask.com/
I also dislike the “hey how are you?”. I understand they want to be friendly, but it only adds another step in the conversational exchange.
“Hey how are you?”
“I’m fine. You?”
“All good”
“Cool”
“[the actual request]”
When people at work have this as their status I just randomly say hello to them. When they get mad I tell them I just I wanted to say hi.
This made me realize, talking to people is like forcefully inserting you thoughts into their brain without their consent. People should just stop talking in general IMO.
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