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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)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I hear "No problem" far more often.

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[–] trslim@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago

I just say, "Uh-huh!" Or "Yeah!" Like an idiot.

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I can say "You're welcome"... for money!

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

Are you sure they're not saying "you're whale cum", because that's what I do.

[–] Klicnik@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 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.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 8 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.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

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.

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I have just recently chosen to revive it. I'm not really sure why. I presume it's a matter of arbitrary fashion either way.

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-no-problem

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