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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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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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[โ€“] bfg9k@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I always go with 'No worries' or 'All good', because 'You're welcome' feels too formal for everyday conversations, plus as another comment mentioned it's a generational thing as well

[โ€“] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

See it's not that "You're Welcome" is too formal, I just can't say it without almost breaking out into this.... Now it just almost sounds sarcastic

And sometimes I just can't help myself and I ad lib all the lyrics to whatever situation I am in. That movie completely ruined it for me.

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[โ€“] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

yer welks, guv'nor

[โ€“] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

"You're welcome" is too much of a commitment for me. What if I don't want to help next time but already told the other party they were welcome to my help? Formally revoking that welcome sounds really awkward.

"No problem" is just more honest because it keeps the scope to the current episode. Unless it was a problem but I'm glossing over it to just end the episode, in which case it's still better than "you're welcome".