Dave Plus Coffee (he/him)
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I saw someone use the phrase "too clever by half", and because I love colloquialisms like this*, I looked up where it came from 👇

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/49107/origin-of-too-clever-by-half

* for real, no fooling, would kind of love to bring back "How do you do?"
09:11 AM - Jan 12, 2024 (Edited)
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T. Naught
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In response to Dave Plus Coffee (he/him).
if i knew you were googling,
i’d’ve baked a cake —
how’d ya do
how’d ya do
how’d ya do?
09:23 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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Dave Plus Coffee (he/him)
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In response to T. Naught.
I always love when couples are introduced in old TV shows and movies because everyone spends a couple of minutes all saying "How do you do?" to each other 🤣
09:24 AM - Jan 12, 2024 (Edited)
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T. Naught
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In response to Dave Plus Coffee (he/him).
“very pleased to meet you”
“the pleasure is all mine”
“charmed, i’m sure”
old school social niceties ftw
09:28 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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Dave Plus Coffee (he/him)
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In response to T. Naught.
There's a sweet spot for social niceties, somewhere right between 'oppressive' and 'insincere', where they can be helpful, or even fun.

Like knowing how to play football, but for interacting with each other, socially. Not a game so much as an exercise, but rewarding, with the right players 👍
09:31 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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T. Naught
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In response to Dave Plus Coffee (he/him).
see also the sub genre of mildly surprising phatic rejoinders designed to disarm & lightly amuse — e.g.,
“finer than frog hair split three ways”
“more worn out than a three spoked wheel”
09:47 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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Dave Plus Coffee (he/him)
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In response to T. Naught.
Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs 👍
09:48 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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T. Naught
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In response to Dave Plus Coffee (he/him).
my father, in response to
“nice to see you!”
has taken to replying
“it’s better to be seen
than to be viewed.”
09:55 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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TheSean
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Wisdom of the ages!
In response to T. Naught.
09:58 AM - Jan 12, 2024
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