“But thank you for asking if everything is okay, because people say how are you and the scripted reply is I’m fine, thank you, and how are you, and they say I’m fine, thank you or not bad, what about this weather we’re having and you’re not allowed to be honest because it’s this weird social interaction that’s a token question, not a real one, but now you’ve asked, Barry, I am not sure I’m okay at all.”
