I REALLY hope my guy was in on it and it’s just cringe humor :(

Same. I don’t give my life story or even a detailed account of my day, but I’ll readily say things like ‘stressed’ or ‘tired’.

It absolutely isn’t a global thing. Many Europeans get confused when they first encounter it from a brit or american for the first time. My indian friend lived in the US for a year and never got used to it, would still occasionally accidentally answer for real.

Then there’s places where there’s a set, expected answer.

Like Ireland:

Alright?

Alright.

France:

Ça va?

Ça va (bien).

That’s just my experience!

I’m very lucky that my grandma passed a house on to me in her will, skipping her children. Not lucky enough to be able to renovate it to make it livable though, and install a legal heating system, so I continue to live in a 12m^2 and with four flatmates.

Tbf when it’s greasy delivery pizza and you’re high what you’re describing is the way to go

I’m in a German speaking place and I know someone named Xaver, which people here pronounce ‘Ksah-fffer’ (really strong f in the regional dialect). The English version is tame in comparison.

Man, I was going to go to a wedding there that was super important to me but now I’m SO torn.

Experienced hikers average a greater speed than that even if you average it over 24 hours, so including sleeping time. Someone who can only walk 15km (that’s slightly more than averaging 1.5km/h for 9 hours) a day would never go on a journey like that, and even if they did, they’d be much faster after a few weeks. So there’s no situation where that calculation makes sense.

Not trying to be rude here, but this ain’t it. This sort of thing happens to me a lot due to hypotension and I’m perfectly mentally capable. Criticize the shit he says, not his physical struggles/disability. This just normalizes ableism. A disabled person can very well be capable of leading.

I’m Austrian, we still call them Palatschinken. The extra thin ones are called crepe and the extra thick ones are called pancake, just like the French and English term, respectively. Palatschinken are somewhere in-between.

Sometimes I’ll be at the laundry detergent shelf at the shop and see a really low price, only to get disappointed by it being softener and not detergent. Shit be cheap, compared to detergent. Wouldn’t even use softener if it were free though, so can’t comment on how long it lasts.