meaningful conversations movement

why must people always state the obvious?

first example: i am eating. there's food infront of me. i am shovelling spoonful after spoonful of rice into my mouth. and yet people who walked by asked the obvious. "Eating?" or "Tengah makan?"

erm hello? do i look like i am dancing to you?

F told me that it is our culture to ask the obvious just to make small talk.

second example: i am furiously marking a HUGE pile of exam scripts. a colleague passed by and stopped by my table. "Wow. Look at the amount of marking you have to do. Its not gonna be fun.."

no shit sherlock.

it annoys me to no end. why ask obvious questions just for the sake of making conversation when that time could be used to ask better questions or not ask any at all and leave those poor people who are eating to eat in damn peace.

L said, "its so in your face. whatever you are doing. so thats the first thing that pops up to the mind and you just sort of blurt out an obvious question."

you seriously dont expect me to answer back do you? i asked.

"not really.. its just like a form of meaningless acknowledgement when i passed your table or see you in the staff lounge." L continued.

ok.. so the basis of asking obvious questions are because to acknowledge the other party meaninglessly and sometimes just for the sake of making small meaningless talk.

please dont ask obvious questions anymore. lets start making more meaningful small talk or acknowledgements. its time we stop dwelling in the depths of superficiality and start becoming more intelligent when we open our mouths.

the movement starts now!

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post-review of meaningful conversations movement:

I was watching p.ramlee's madu tiga on tv a couple of nights ago. my brother sat beside me and asked, "Tengok tv?"

to which i replied back, "Jangan tanya soalan bodoh boleh tak? Tanyalah benda lain yang tak obvious macam gini!"

and he replied back, "Ok. bila kau nak bayar hutang aku?"

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meaningful conversations movement is officially over. president of movement resigns.