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What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I hear "No problem" far more often.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Personally, I like to make an assessment of my feelings toward the favor done. If I feel put upon, I give an "mhmm" or "yup". My enthusiastic response is usually "no problem!"

"You're welcome" implies you can ask for favors anytime, day or night, and feels a bit too prostrate. I'll say it to some people, but it almost feels like an "I love you" type of response, and I reserve it for when I really mean it. I don't say the words "you're welcome" casually. I kind of say them like you would say something deeply truthful to someone

While we're at it, what's up with young people saying "bless you"? I kinda thought that one would have fallen off with people under 35

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There aren't many good replacements that I've seen for bless you

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure I get considered rude once in a while, but I just don't acknowledge when people sneeze.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

We don't acknowledge virtually any other noise that other humans make outside of normal conversation. I'm on the boat of sneezes are just another weird noise we make, there's no requirement to acknowledge them.

This isn't the middle ages anymore where a sneeze had way different implications related to illness and death. And I don't know of any faiths that truly believe the old "soul leaving your body" 'origin' story either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I just say "salud." I'm far from a fluent Spanish speaker, but I like it better. It's the same as "gesundheit" but easier to say.

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