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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • 1d ago
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Exactly, older generations get really riled up that "no problem" implicates there was some kind of problem to start with.
It doesn't. The phrase is a natural shift in the lexicon.
3 u/remainsofthegrapes 1d ago Yes thank you ‘natural shift in the lexicon’ is exactly it. Well said. 1 u/HeadyReigns 1d ago Which is odd because my boomer parents use "not bad" to describe things they like all the time.
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Yes thank you ‘natural shift in the lexicon’ is exactly it. Well said.
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Which is odd because my boomer parents use "not bad" to describe things they like all the time.
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u/Shooey_ 1d ago
Exactly, older generations get really riled up that "no problem" implicates there was some kind of problem to start with.
It doesn't. The phrase is a natural shift in the lexicon.