Think we need a Buzzfeed Unsolved kind of show but it’s Chekov and Sulu. Chekov’s the one who’s freaking out all the time and really believes in all the paranormal stuff and Sulu’s there wielding a fencing sword singing Mamma Mia full blast and insisting the ghosts kill him on the spot
In a culture where people ask how you’re doing as a symbol of politeness and not out of any sincere desire to actually Know, you are equally expected to answer with some vague polite affirmative (“it’s going good/fine/ok”). Being truthful and saying “it’s not going well/its going bad” implies intimacy and invites further questions about your personal life. So somehow the alternative has become that being exactly neutral conveys a sense of negativity and gets the point across without opening yourself to invasive questions from strangers (Who, once again, are probably only asking them because this is the politness script) and honestly it’s kinda buckwild.
