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What’s something about small talk in the UK that people outside the country completely misunderstand?

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Arcendiss@reddit

"hi how are you?" Please don't actually tell me, I don't care
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blunde-r152@reddit

you dont care about your friends? seems a bit superficial
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memcwho@reddit

If I'm actuslly concerned, I will (and have) followed up with 'no, really. How are you doing'
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Wolf-pack7@reddit

If you really want to know then the conversation is : Me: hi, you are you? Them: good thanks Me: how are you? Them: been better Me: how are you? Them: going to hospital tomorrow to get a heart transplant, my mum died last week, the kids are all smoking weed and I was fired yesterday. Other than that though I’m fine.
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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

My partner is autistic and it really bothers him esp when just meeting up with people. It helped a lot when we watched a documentary on penguins and emperor penguins chatter to one another when they meet up again. So do British people. The content is utterly meaningless. The people don't need to be having the same conversation. The chatter is the important bit. If he gets frustrated now, I just say penguins.
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qualityvote2@reddit

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