Hi, Hello, and Hey. These are the national greetings. Hi, how are you? This is a national greeting that does not expect an answer further from "good and you?" Just "good" is the usual. "Bad," "exhausted," "my brother just found out he has a hernia" is rare in the American culture. People are very impersonal. I, myself am very impersonal. I'll let people dig into my mind, but barely into my emotions. It's the opposite for a lot of people. I mean, those that I do know are emotionally driven. No substance. Merely happy, sad, anxious, angry, distraught. This person said this to me so I felt this way. This person said that to me so I felt that way. Really? The word conversation isn't justified. Then why is it that the national greeting is just a vague response of reality. No one is good all the time. That's, inhumane! Robotic almost.
