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Rant on social vacousness

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Social interactions are lubricated with vacuous phrases that accomplish nothing of consequence other than to serve notice that an unwanted encounter is about to occur.

Why else would you say "whats up?", "how's it going?" to begin a transaction at the grocery check out line? What purpose does it serve to terminate the aforementioned transaction with "Have a good one!".

Corporate policy has indoctrinated the serfs to perform these sense-less acts of courtesy. We have in turn accepted these exchanges as protocol to be observed without question.

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have a good one!