What are you supposed to say when someone says SUP

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15 Apr 2007, 8:14 am

I say "nothing much". I don't know what it[s supposed to mean exactly. When people say it as a greeting, and not as a question, it really annoys me.


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15 Apr 2007, 8:18 am

Nothing.
Nothing much.
Same old.

All stock replies. The person is asking you what's going on, as a social ritual. They don't really want to know and would find it annoying if you told them.

Responding back with another "sup" is also perfectly fine. That would end the interaction in a friendly manner.

It is a friendly total lack of communication.

Generally, no fruther convresatio is expected in the situation, as far as I can pereceive.



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15 Apr 2007, 8:27 am

Whatever your respose (e.g., "Nothing much"), I recommend turning the question back on them (e.g, "How about you?, or simply "You?) because this puts the conversation ball back in their court.


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15 Apr 2007, 9:24 am

"The opposite of down."


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15 Apr 2007, 9:28 am

I don't understand today's slang, and don't want to. I would feel stupid even giving an answer to this question.



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15 Apr 2007, 10:33 am

you can jsut say 'sup' back or 'yo' or 'hey' or 'hi' or *nod head* or *high five*

people asking 'whats up?' as a greeting usually arent really asking you anything

they just mean 'hi'

if you do have something particularly interesting to say that applies to what you are doing or to what you have done recently, then it would be appropriate to start talking about it.



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15 Apr 2007, 10:41 am

hale_bopp wrote:
Because I feel stupid saying "not very much".

What the heck? What are people supposed to say to that? X_x
It just means "I recognize that you are there, and you have my attention briefly if there is anything that you would like to say or ask." It's a social nicety. You can get away with "hello."



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15 Apr 2007, 11:03 am

That's what it means! Oh!

Well, when I greet someone, I usually just say, "Hello" or "Hi," but if someone says "Sup" I usually say, "I'm fine, thank you!" I'm a lot more polite than that!


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15 Apr 2007, 11:21 am

I read "sup" as the equivalent of "what's up?" My response like a lot of other people would be "nothing." I have a step-brother who speaks using that kinds of vernacular.



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15 Apr 2007, 11:21 am

You know, I'm very polite!


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15 Apr 2007, 11:34 am

When someone asks me "what's up?", I usually use a creative comeback. Something like "the lights on the ceiling" or "my cholesterol". Surprisingly, even hardcore NTs respond well to this joke.



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15 Apr 2007, 11:43 am

They see me mowin' my front lawn

I usually say nothing or not much.


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15 Apr 2007, 11:58 am

I say "Sup indeeeeeeeed" because I got it from a cartoon on the internet, and I thought it was hilarious. It makes most people say "wtf?" though.



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15 Apr 2007, 12:02 pm

Saying 'Sup back is the most acceptable.

It's kinda like that beer commercial where everyone's calling each other and going, "WASSUP?" Same thing. They're not really interested in what's up, it's just a stupid greeting. Give it right back and you're cool.



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15 Apr 2007, 12:21 pm

You can say absolutely anything you want if someone says rather ridiculously sup. You may say tup, because sup is rather rude and disrespectfull. You may even make something up and go like youwoo said in a quizical fashion.


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15 Apr 2007, 12:25 pm

I always got the impression replying back with a simple "nothing" was considered rude as if you were rebuffing them. So I say "good how are you" or "hi there". Its just part of the NT monkey dance thing where its meaningless conversation that is required by them to fit in. I know for sure you are not suppose to answer back and really tell them how your life is going or what good or bad thing happened to you that day. A coworker asked me about how my vacation went yesterday and I shouldn't have went into this rant of getting stuck in an airport for 16 hours due to cancelled flights and how the weather sucked when I got there. I forgot that was an extention of the NT dance and you're suppose to say your vacation was great even if things sucked about it. You are not suppose to be honest to NT's in conversation unless its with someone you are dating, married to or are your parents and they ask you direct questions.