See this post for an in-depth analysis of what’s actually going on with “How are you doing?”. (the fact that it’s not actually a question is a feature, not a bug, in it’s primary use case)
That said, I endorse “what have you been thinking about lately?” as a question to ask if you actually want to start an interesting conversation.
See this post for an in-depth analysis of what’s actually going on with “How are you doing?”. (the fact that it’s not actually a question is a feature, not a bug, in it’s primary use case)
That said, I endorse “what have you been thinking about lately?” as a question to ask if you actually want to start an interesting conversation.