How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life?

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• Little8Lost@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  in case of catching up with friends: “just recently a few minutes ago i meet a friend and am really happy about it and i think its going to be amazing” maybe

  could be cringe tho

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• ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You start groping yourself … touch your chest, your face, your arms, reach around to you back, touch your shoulders

  HEY! … I’M STILL ALIVE!!!

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s not a real question that requires an answer. You say ‘not much’ or ‘same old same old’ and move on.

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “But I haven’t seen you in over a decade!”

    I said, SAME. OLD!

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  • tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lots of times it is a real question, especially if the other person cares about you at all.

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    • JollyBrancher@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeahhh we’re all weird at some level. But if it’s someone you were at least somewhat close with, give them a least a couple deets! I moved around for a handful of years and it’s easy to get caught up enough to forget JUST how long it’s been. It’s part of being human. No shame in it.

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• tonyn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Same shit, bigger pile

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m partial to “the devil shits on the biggest pile”

    If things are really bad it’s just “living the dream”

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    • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Something is always happening in your life.

  What you really mean is “When you don’t think that anyone would be interested in what’s happening in your life.”

  If you’ve been absorbing media, tell us what you’ve been watching/reading/playing. If you have this encounter out in public, say where you’re going now, or what you’re looking forward to doing when that’s done.

  Hell, even if you’ve been laying in bed for a week and someone asks, say you’ve been catching up on some sleep.

  There’s always something, and as mundane as you think your answer might be, it’ll be easier for them to continue the conversation on that one piece of information than saying “you know, same old”.

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• 0x01@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Things do happen in your life, nobody lives in a vacuum. You are alive and are experiencing things every day including the stuff that’s happening to all of us. Recent economic news, political drama, geopolitical events, etc are all fair game

  I used to think nothing happened in my life then I started to keep a diary/journal and realized that a ton happens all the time!

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• dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Blood cells for sure.

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  • jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A lot of different cell types actually!

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If it’s someone I haven’t seen in years, talking about the big picture should be interesting enough. You know, like where I live, what do I do for a living etc.

  If it’s someone who definitely knows all that, I can mention something small but recent. Like, I just bought some weird carrot salsa, and it was surprisingly good.

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• half@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I am autistic, which you probably could have just derived from the rest of this comment. Questions like these are so terrifying to me. So I always have a fun fact on hand.

  “What’s new?”

  “I just learned that only female cats have a calico pattern!”

  Then you can talk about cats instead of your life.

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    something like 95% of calicos are female

    color in felines is expressed on the X chromosome. humans with XX have the same kinds of patterns on their skin from combinations each parent’s DNA, but skin color isn’t expressed there so it isn’t visible

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  • AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s not an absolute rule, but it’s true in the vast majority of cases. The coloring is on the X chromosome, and males usually have only one, but some males with have an extra X chromosome (XXY) and those can be calico. It’s rare.

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  • EpeeGnome@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’re right, that does sound particularly like something an autistic person would say. It’s also something I’d be perfectly happy to hear and engage with.

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  • sirimeow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s a great idea honestly. I’d love it if more people gave replies like that.

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  • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s me too. And personally, I think you’re my type of person to talk to.

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  • illi@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s quite ingenious actually

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  • liverbe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same with tortoiseshell coloring, and orange tabbies are usually male!

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• miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tell them about the wicked fart you released yesterday.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I usually go with “oh, same old same old” or “nothing fun” and try to divert back to something someone else talked about. But to be fair, I am a terrible conversationalist.

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