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<font size="-1">Friendliness is defined by how you how you interact
with people, not by going out of your way to show people you are
friendly.<br>
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Instead of saying "Hello!", why not say, "I'm friendly!"</font><br>
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<div>well, thanks for adding reason </div>
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<div>"J: PREFERENCE FOR A MEANINGFUL LIFE: most folks can't be
bothered by meaningless, empty, and fake gestures such as insincere
greetings that might be misconstrued as so-called friendliness. The
search for meaning is way too energy consuming and can't be distracted,
derailed, or debiked by meaningless.</div>
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<div>my god, I've suddenly realized how shallow I am.</div>
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<div>keep em coming.</div>
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<div>In a message dated 8/17/2006 12:37:20 P.M. Eastern Standard
Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:martian@MIT.EDU">martian@MIT.EDU</a> writes:</div>
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size="2">If you were wearing a hat, would you say hi to everyone you
saw wearing <br>
a hat?<br>
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What's the point of saying hello anyway? I suspect one might answer
that <br>
question with, "It's nice." Well, I don't think it is; I think it's <br>
meaningless, empty, and fake.<br>
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Personally, I'm already annoyed by how many people I have to talk to on
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a daily basis. The last thing I want is a 2 second 'conversation' to <br>
reassure someone that I am aware of their presence.<br>
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