Not entirely rational

[gfish]

Which inanimate objects do you greet? There have always been trees in my life that I've been particularly courteous to. Mt. Rainier will often get a respectful nod from me. If the moon is especially brilliant I'll say hello, and Orion will almost always get a genial "How's it hanging?" out of me. It just seems polite.

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[maribou]

I greet objects that I perceive as animate whether they fall into that class by normal definitions or not. So trees I'm fond of, large rocks, etc, are just getting clumped into the same greeting class that squirrels and crows and foxes get because I don't distinguish between them emotionally.

I will occasionally pay my respects to mountain ranges, random table rocks (Castle Rock gets greeted every time I drive past if I'm alone in the car), the moon. And yes, Orion. But that''s more haphazard. I oon't feel like they notice me, I just notice them So there's no *need* to greet such incredibly large possibly-beings.