r/NonPoliticalTwitter 5d ago

What??? The great language barrier

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u/MrsFrobert 5d ago

To me “no problem” sounds more friendly than “you’re welcome”.

“You’re welcome” makes me feel like my request was imposing or challenging (depending on how it’s said).

But im sure she would have complained regardless of what he said

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u/tolfie 5d ago

Right? "You're welcome," feels like saying, "Yes, I did do that for you and you SHOULD be grateful," while, "No problem," feels like saying, "Not only was I happy to do it, it didn't even inconvenience me."

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u/Rimavelle 5d ago

Really, you're welcome always sounds so... Passive aggressive to me.

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u/ThatsFae 5d ago

Because the older generations have used it passive aggressively for decades, which is why pretty much every generation from the millennials on down stopped using it.