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belenen

poll: how would you respond to this greeting?

May 25, 2016 23:59

icon: "incitement (painting of a bald purple-skinned naked person standing among thick vines and ferns: from Joan Slonczewski's "Door Into Ocean")"
Poll

( explanation )

books, polls, communication / words

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belenen May 27 2016, 04:36:19 UTC

Ah, yes. I guess if I were to do this I'd need to figure out a short explanation to have ready.

queerbychoice May 27 2016, 04:43:37 UTC

It would depend on whether I recognized you as a friend. If you were a random stranger on the street in California and it seemed unlikely that you were belenen, I'd smile uncomfortably and go on with my day. If I recognized you as belenen, I'd ask what you meant.

belenen May 27 2016, 04:54:32 UTC

*laughs out loud* love this *grins*

belenen May 27 2016, 05:02:46 UTC

(I added an explanation to the post)

kehlen May 27 2016, 05:38:06 UTC

I agree with queerbychoice that it would sound weird from a random stranger, but if it were coming from you, or another person who I'm at least acquainted with... Well, it would give me a "huh" pause at first, but I would not ask for an explanation, but say something about it at least.

And then it would maybe become "a thing" between us, where I knew you or the others really wanted to know.

Yet sometimes it would also make me uncomfortable, when not in a sharing mood.

So, a good idea but requires a safe out/feels not applicable to everyone at large?

belenen June 22 2016, 03:06:42 UTC

mm, makes sense. I wouldn't have thought that it would be taken as a request to share words (was thinking of it more like a request to share the planet), but that is likely!

bobby1933 May 27 2016, 06:07:27 UTC

Huh? and "no response" would be equally impolite.
Impoliteness is recognizable and offensive in many cultures
I would assume that "share the day" meant something to the greeter even though i had no idea what it was.

I might ask for an explanation if i were in the mood, but i am usually too shy and withdrawn to try to engage.

Since "share the day" sounds pretty positive, i might say "thank you."

Or i might share a "strange" greeting of my own: "Namaste."

belenen June 22 2016, 03:07:06 UTC

Thanks for the explanation!

z8z8 May 27 2016, 06:22:02 UTC

I'd tell you a secret

belenen June 22 2016, 03:07:32 UTC

ohhh, that would be interesting!