You know, French was really on to something with "it's going" being a totally acceptable answer to "how's it going"

Comment ça va? ça va. Seems legit

right?

don't have to always say it's going well when people ask how you are

Very concise

I mean, when people ask me how I am, I usually just say "I'm alive." Because, thanks French. <3

I'm going with "I'm alright" at the moment

Oh I didn't realize that's a French thing. I say that all the time in English.

It's the least depressing response I can give

I totally agree, French.

you can answer this way in English if you aren't a coward

yeah it's a thing...Often used when someone (usually from the Midwest) is stressed lol, if you ask how they are, or how it's going, "It's going" and then you know they're in trouble LOL

Yup-yup!

That's actually a holdover from the French influence in the Midwest!

"It's going" is my default answer to "How's it going" at this point

I 1000% answer with "it's going"

Thinking more on it "it goes" as a response in German means "it's not going well bit I live" it's not neutral and now I'm just imagining fun misunderstandings based on this

"ça va" does imply things are going worse than "ça va bien" but it's still fairly neutral

so probably everyone would get a sense of "don't ask" with a plain "it goes"