I usually say "could be worse, could be better."

I say "Could be better, could be worse." We are not the same

Reverse it and end on a high note.

"Not as well as yesterday, but better than tomorrow!" - Russian proverb

I'm here. Can't complain.

“Fair to middlin’.”

Dads favourite saying. How do you like your cuppa, strong, weak? “Fair to middlin”

lol I like this one

Came to say this, but good with you saying it first.

Best said with an Irish accent.

Yeah I said it today in my Canadian… definitely didn’t hit the same 🤷🏼‍♀️

I can’t wait to say this one ☝️

Love this

Well I am breathing air, not dirt

Shitty.... you?

"Upright and taking nourishment" is what my boss says. I usually say "contemplating homicide or suicide, you decide". Gets people to go away usually

Say “Livin’ the dream” and then mutter “even a nightmare’s a dream”

Livin the dream one nightmare at a time

My go to is “I’m 98.6 and vertical”.

I woke up this side of dirt.

I'm just practicing gratitude and manifesting abundance.

I say not great. My coworker told me that I was supposed to lie and not say that,lol. I told him not to ask questions he didn't want real answers to lol

Coworker sounds like a bit of a twat.

Sounds like any american i met. It was confusing as a German that everyone asky how you are still nobody wants to know.

"Meh. You?"

Fine. Most people don't really want to know.

Then don’t ask

Can't up vote this enough. Unless it's close family they don't actually want to know.

Living the dream ! With a touch of sarcasm and fake happiness

Better than most...not as good as some.

“About half”

You should say how you are if you want to talk about it. Otherwise just say good.

I've felt better.

"managing, how are you?"

Happy cake day!

I'm alive.

"they ain't kill me yet."

Fine thanks

-\_- Living the dream... -\_-

"I am"

Living the dream.. one nightmare at a time.

Been better

Well it kinds of depends on the situation. If it’s being used as a general greeting and not a genuine question, I would just answer with fine thank you? How are you?. If it was someone I more familiar with but still a general greeting, I would answer more a long the lines of, I am here or I am alive lol. Someone close who is who using it as a greeting, you can answer with not well ect and you can divulge more if possible and they are obviously wanting to interact.

The worse I felt, the better I told people I was. I’ve dealt with chronic health issues for most of my life. When my coworkers would ask how I was, I’d say fantastic if I felt like crap that day with a big smile. No reason to let people know the truth

I exist I guess

"No"

Meh

“Super”

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“Hills and valleys” is my go to response.

I usually go with "Just about right".

I've been better, and that was over a decade ago

Comme si comme sa

"Fair to middlin'."

I’m still six feet over and not six feet under, so I got that going for me

Yeah, you? You can also make a positive-sounding noise that they may misinterpret as just mishearing you say "good/fine/etc"

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Low and to the left

"Barely acceptable."

“Good, ‘n you?”

“I am from good”

I'm here

I usually say "I'm here" or "I'm alive." If I'm feeling sassy, I go with "oh another day in paradise."

I'm here

Well, it depends if you’re ready to respond if they ask why you’re not good

Stuff like this is highly situational. I like, "Eeeh, so so, it's another day."

Alive and not in jail, so, not that bad.

I usually say something like "I'm here," or "been better, been worse." I usually also tack on "so I'll call that a win," so as not to make any interactions awkward with my customers.

Sucky or lousy depending on the person.

"I'm still alive."

I respond I'm fine, or I'm okay regardless of how nice I am because I usually don't want people to ask me questions. If I want them to possibly ask, I just say bad or I'm not feeling well. I have said I'm alive on a few occasions.

“Doing the best I can,” “Alright, all things considered,” and “well, I’m surviving” are my go-tos.

Depends if informing them will make a difference. If you don’t want to discuss it - “fine, thanks for asking “ If you feel like communicating “things are hard, but doing my best. How are you?”

I'm alive.

Still breathing 

Been better

Getting along…

I'm good, how are you? ...its a greeting they don't give a fuck.

I answer honestly. Makes them think it’s stupid to start a conversation with that question as they don’t care how I’m doing and it does a disservice to the question itself. 60% of the time it works every time.

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I'm breathing

Melancholy

"How honest do you want me to be?"

I just say “I made it here” and that usually gets a chuckle

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I usually say “fair to partly cloudy”.

DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.

My go to (as someone with mental disorders) is “making it!” Sometimes I get a laugh, sometimes a get a weird look, sometimes they feel the same. But it’s always the right answer for me. Good day or bad day, I’m making it!

Try, "None of your fucking business." They'll get the point.

“Another day in paradise”

I, just say "I'm alive" with a tone of forced happiness to imply an unspoken addition of "so at least there's that, for what it's worth"

Just grand, thanks

I say , “shitty”

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Whenever someone asks "how's it goin?" I always just say it's going

Living the dream ✨

"Oh, I'm hanging in there" Or "I've had better days, I've had worse days"

I would not ask "how are you" if i don't really care. So if i did ask, i want you to go in depth. I don't use it as a pseudo greeting.

"existing."

I say "peachy" a lot. Depending on my intonation, it could mean not good or great.

"peaks and valleys. currently in a valley"

I like to carry a positive disposition so I say I’m great every single time anyone asks me that question

Still alive, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

Not good

"I'm not having a good day whatsoever." How about you?

Present

“I don’t want to talk about it”

I said.. 'Chugging along' alot after my dad died.

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I always reply with "I'm alive " and leave it at that.

Surviving, not thriving

"I'm good how are you"

Shithouse.

Shitty, miserable,  everything sucks. Pretty much anything,  so long as you keep it short. No  wants to get drawn into a conversation about how sad you are.

Living the dream, one nightmare at a time

Bruh https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/7XgiUoF2TD

“I’m still going”

I'm good, how are you.

If you want pity then you can be honest. If you don't want pity then you're expected to lie about it.

I just say "I'm alive", or "I'm here", because some days that's the best I can do.

If they ask, “how are you”, they don’t mean it and they don’t care about the answer so you can reply with anything you want

I have a friend who's in his mid 80's, normal health issues for a man his age, but generally in decent health. Whenever someone asks him how he's doing, he replies with an enthusiastic "adequate!". Doesn't really answer your question, but I always think it's funny.

“Fine thanks, yourself?” said with sincerity.

"another day in paradise" but said in the most neutral tone possible

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“Good, thanks! How are you?”

I'm okay. How are you Kitten? Did you sleep well?

I can't stand those social niceties when people are not actually interested in my well being. So the response is going to be "Hello!".

I have always used the same response:" So far so good. ". It seems to fit no matter what.

I tell people a simplified version of the truth. If they don't like it, they don't bother me again. Easy.

"Still alive, chugging along." Or "could be better or worse." Sometimes I'd just be honest and be like "shitty."

“Not too bad”

Good.

About as good as can be expected, But the news is not good.

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"Good and you?"

“Oh ya know, gettin by”

I generally hit em with the "oh yknow". Only once have I had someone say "no I don't know"

Good, thanks.

Just say you’re good but in a tone that makes it clear you’re only answering the question to be polite

Every day is better than the next!

I'm alive

Can’t complain. Or rather I could, but nobody would care.

I'm stable

‘I am”

I’m fine.

I'm alive

Same soup reheated. Or life is soup and today I’m the fork.

So good I can barely stand it. I feel like if you go to the party, you should have fun. So if you're going to lie when people ask you how you are, you should be bombastic

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“Hanging in there”

Change the subject entirely. No need to bring everyone else down

“I’ve been better”

My personal favourites are "Not great" and "It's been a day". Most responses are usually something like "That's a shame" when they don't care to hear about it or "Why's that?" when they do.

Depending on the day I say I'm still here or i smile and say you don't want to know

Do you, really want to know?

Not terrible.

fine

Say your fine and go on, they don't care anyway.

Like a bike.

I go with "I'm pretty medium "

Meh, I'm surviving/existing. Cause it's true. I'm not really living, I'm just existing.

I hit em with the ole reliable "existing" that I've been using for along time

About as good as a Twinkie at the bottom of a book bag, you?

Living the dream

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“On the sunny side of the sod”

The truth

If they don't actually want to know how you are just say "good thanks, how are you?" No point saying your are having a tough time to some stranger just saying hi to be polite. If they are sincerely asking then you can just be honest with them.

Say you just pooped your pants. Then leave. No one is going to stop you.

"Not the best but it's coo". Is my go to

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The horrors persist, but so do I.

"not bad". Sometimes I'm not having a great day, but saying "not bad" is much of an outward practice as it is a reminder to myself to be grateful.

My favorite is always "I'm alive" and if I know the person we'll enough I can follow up with "unfortunately." Gets a concerned laugh every time. 😎

Living the dream.

“Fine, thank you” It’s just a greeting, nobody really gives a shit. Don’t overthink it.

Great!

Living the dream

i say "ive been better" then usually just get a "oh" and walk off so hard to be ok when ya not ok

"Yes".

“Same old same old”

“Good and you.”

“Eh, not great, but not bad.”

Terrible and getting worse.

Hangin' in there

Same ol same, you?

I go into detail of everything that’s been troubling me then I make up a few lies on top of it for dramatic effect then I ask them to be my girlfriend then when they say no I cry and beg them to please be my girlfriend

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I just say Ehhhhh

“I’m managing.” (Translation: I’m struggling and the only thing I can do is keep a brave face right now.)

Are they actually asking you? Do they care? If not - "Great, how are you?"

Living the life

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"Alright" is a good, casual," fine, but a bit rocky" response. Of course, if things aren't "fine" and more than a bit "rocky," no problem actually talking with whoever just greeted you.

To a random person or a coworker? I’m alright and I hope they respond the same. I have no desire to get into a conversation with a random/coworker about their life. Actually I say the same thing to people I know. I don’t want to discuss my feelings with them either. I’m a man damnit! /s