# "What's up?" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852 "2003-08-04T08:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Swoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swoop)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/1 "2003-08-04T08:18:25Z")
Does anyone else feel “what’s up?” is one of the most annoyingly useless ways to greet a person there is? I mean, wtf do you reply with? “nothing”? “not much”? what fucken use is that? I understand that most greetings are cursory anyway and not really looking for meaningful answers, but at least if someone greets you with “hey” you can just shoot it back and the greeting part of your conversation is swiftly over. I’ve got a friend who only ever “wassups” me and it’s FUCKEN ANNOYING. (note - I’m the kind of person that doesn’t follow up a hello with a “how are you?” unless I actually give a crap about the person’s well-being. methinks my problem might just be anti-social tendencies) - “What’s up?” “The sky, fuckhead.” \* ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/2 "2003-08-04T08:23:37Z")
Wut up Swoop? …because, “hey swoop, how are you doing today?”, is just flat out fucking gay. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/3 "2003-08-04T08:24:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Does anyone else feel “what’s up?” is one of the most annoyingly useless ways to greet a person there is? Nope. > [@](#): > > “What’s up?” > “The sky, fuckhead.” Now THAT is one of the most annoyingly useless ways to respond. If someone asks “what’s up”, the proper answer would be to, y’know, tell him what you’re doing. “Oh, I’m off to murder a hundred people… toodle-oo!” Or: “Not much, just planning to masturbate in a public restroom.” Or: “Oh, I’m just gonna go start an idiotic thread about people that ask ‘What’s up?’ because I think my ‘The sky, fuckhead’ response is _so witty_!” There are literally millions of possible answers to the question “What’s up?” And you call that useless? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/4 "2003-08-04T09:54:56Z")
/me points in the general direction of the sky [/Boba Fett nod] ---
**Author:** ![Rigel\_Haloran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rigel\_Haloran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigel_Haloran)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/5 "2003-08-04T10:23:14Z")
I’ts a two letter word meaning an increase in height or altitude. Any other questions? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/6 "2003-08-04T10:53:49Z")
Rizzle bizzle, fizzle? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/7 "2003-08-04T10:54:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > \*\*Rizzle bizzle, fizzle? \*\* Bing tiddle tiddle bong? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/8 "2003-08-04T10:56:08Z")
I once knew a fellow who had snew in his blood. ---
**Author:** ![deball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/9 "2003-08-04T11:05:28Z")
If it was good enough for Bugs Bunny, it’s good enough for me. Though the exagerated Martin Lawrence version got pretty old pretty quickly. Wassssssuuuuppp! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/10 "2003-08-04T11:28:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I once knew a fellow who had snew in his blood. \*\* Well, all I wanna know is: What’s snew!? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/11 "2003-08-04T11:57:43Z")
Whats up? My foot in ur arse thats whats up mother fucker. I also doughnut like the “sup?” thing, and I only ever use it if I want to pretend I am a young black American in da hood yo! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/12 "2003-08-04T12:09:24Z")
This is one of the lamest pit rants I’ve seen in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/13 "2003-08-04T12:10:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*Well, all I wanna know is: > > What’s snew!? > \*\* Oooohh, nuthin’ much. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/14 "2003-08-04T12:17:21Z")
I agree. “What’s up?” is annoying, even though I find myself saying it occassionally. ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/15 "2003-08-04T12:17:59Z")
**Hmm…** First we have **ParentalAdvisory** dissin’ the homosexuals: > [@](#): > > …because, “hey swoop, how are you doing today?”, is just flat out fucking **gay**. Then **Lord Ashtar** jumps in and compares this thread to disabled persons: > [@](#): > > This is one of the **lamest** pit rants I’ve seen in a while. What’s up with that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/16 "2003-08-04T12:22:24Z")
What up with saying “_What’s_ up?” That ain’t cool. ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/17 "2003-08-04T12:36:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Bryan Ekers_ > What up with saying “What’s up?” At least “What’s up?” is a sentence. Yours lacks the ever-necessary verb. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/18 "2003-08-04T13:23:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amore ac studio \* > \*\*Yours lacks the ever-necessary verb. \*\* Your sentence doesn’t have a subject. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/19 "2003-08-04T13:29:54Z")
What’s up with hey? What happened to hi? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/20 "2003-08-04T13:37:07Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s up with hey? What happened to hi? We retired “hi” during the Reagan years as part of the “Just say NO (except to astrology)” campaign. “Hey” is just the misspelling of “hay” that we were supposed to use to indicate our return to good family values as we turned back to our agrarian roots. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852.md?page=2)