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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hear "No problem" far more often.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That’s some stereotyping ageist bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, with no data to back it up, this is just an anecdote. So saying it's stereotyping ageist bullshit is a perfectly valid response to it. I just felt it fit the question quite well so I went and dug it up and shared it. If you feel differently, no stress!

The reality is going to be different to everyone, and it's as much a learned behaviour as anything else. It's not like collectively an entire generation got together and decided "it's 'no problem' now instead of 'you're welcome', okay?" Language evolves over time after all, and knowing why that happens and the actual causes for it are something that will require a lot more analysis than a couple of anecdotes from the internet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, sorry, I should add that I refer to the article, not your posting of it.

The meat of the thing is a rando reply to a tweet by a guy, not any research the guy did.

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

As a not-so-young-anymore young person, I've always said "no problem" for exactly this reason

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

More of an observation on a generational shift. A culture change with a language change coming with it.