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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I hear "No problem" far more often.

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[-] Dippy@beehaw.org 8 points 6 months ago

Language changes over time, and that's the new etiquette. Though No Problem tends to feel less compulsory to me and so I feel more genuine saying it. Enjoy the world as it changes, because it'll change just as much if you don't enjoy it

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Where I am from, saying thank you doesn't warrant a response. It's certainly something I heard when I took a trip to New York though.

[-] spez_@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I don't care.

[-] scorpious@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

There’s also my press, “my pleasure,” or “glad I could help !” (If I mean it!)

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

i use it sarcastically in normal conversations with friends

i use it seriously when replying to my bosses in a corporate environment.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I'll give a barely imperceptable nod in return.

Anything more than that means you have inconvenienced me and I wish you nothing but Ill will for the rest of your life.

[-] Klicnik@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

It's too bad Apple don't think all the thoughts I want to think for me anymore. Oh well. 8GB of RAM is all I need, and I have removed "You're welcome" from my lexicon.

[-] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Time to adopt a jaunty wink, finger guns, and a hearty "You got it, sport!" as the default response. What could possibly go wrong?

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Fifteen years ago when I was traveling around California and Nevada, I was weirded out at how sales people responded to "thank you". They either said "yup", "ok", or stayed silent. I assumed it was a regional thing.

In central and eastern Canada, we say it.

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included the one canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it? I hear “No problem” far more often.

I've used both equally. "Thank you!" when I'm more appreciative about what was gifted/helped, and "No problem" when I just wish to be courteous and acknowledge, or I'm indifferent to, the aid that was given me.

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[-] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

I think "you're welcome" is just too formal. I would say it to a customer, not my friend.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

My sister noticed in 1995 that Americans almost universally reply to 'thank you' with 'uh huh.'

I can't not hear it when I visit now,

[-] ghen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

We're embarrassed that the little effort we managed to produce on this obviously good day of the depression cycle was worthy of thanks, so we're trying to scuttle away from what feels like praise.

[-] Alice@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

I use "you're welcome" in customer service, but nowhere else. It somehow always just sounds stilted and clumsy, even though it's something everyone else has said fine for years.

Otherwise I usually just say "of course", because I feel like it's the same sentiment but rolls off the tongue easier.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmm, honestly the word itself is uncommon now, at least where I live. I wonder if that's related.

To me, by default "welcome" means to a place. "You're welcome to the cookies" sounds archaic or British or something.

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 5 points 6 months ago

"Archaic or British" as a Brit, losing my mind at how accurate this is

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