accidental bad habits: →[More:]a little background, people in less cosmopolitan areas don't simply let you be. There is a certain necessary back and forth that goes on where in if you make eye contact you smile or if someone says hello or some such, you must response or seem "uppity".
While i have this auto rictus thing going on for my smile requirement, i just realized earlier i have been returning people's verbal greetings with an exact imitation of whatever noises they make at me during a particularly froggy baritone in the market.

This problem has occurred before when i'd automatically respond "fine" or "thank you", and then realize while i was doing it that it didn't apply to what was said.

Oops.

my circumstances are a bit different that your average joe hellos but i see this as a sign of the dreaded prefunctories taking hold, so instead of hello, i say:
Hey, Metachat? What part of your autofunction are you bucking off?
What part of your rhythm are you keeping?

meanwhile, i have to make something to eat