my pleasureyou're welcomeI'm happy to helpdon't mention it― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, October 4, 2019 8:14 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkso many good options!― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, October 4, 2019 8:14 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
you're welcome
I'm happy to help
don't mention it
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, October 4, 2019 8:14 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
so many good options!
lol all of those are worse options for certain instances where "no worries" is used
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
what are those certain instances
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
like if someone I know, personally, sees that I am actually worried about something and is making an effort to assuage my worries
ok
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
but if I decided to enter your place of business and bought somthing from you, and thanked you (?) idgi
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
lol it must be fun getting bent out of shape by innocuous phrases
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
thread title to thread
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
say if a colleague apologizes for something that is totally fine, didn't actually bother you at all. "don't mention it" would be fine there...but so would "no worries".
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
well yeah, the "no worries" scourge I'm talking about is not in response to an apology! It's in response to being thanked.
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
ahh ok no worries then :D
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
no worries
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
are we anti-no problem? i find i mumble it a lot when someone rotely thanks me for holding a door open for them - somehow 'you're welcome' seems so formal for what was ultimately an insignificant favor
― Mordy, Friday, 4 October 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
you're grand
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Friday, 4 October 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
i so 'no sweat' to british people and they look at me like i'm fuckin clint eastwood
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 October 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
clint eastwood is 89 which is how old you'd expect someone to be who is still saying no sweat in the UK
― mark s, Friday, 4 October 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
in the US too probably tbf
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 October 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
I'm annoyed by the push to say "you're welcome," because it so happens that sometimes a person is NOT categorically welcome to whatever I just did for them. Maybe you got lucky. Maybe the beautiful subtext of the alternatives is "you don't need to worry about it this time, but definitely don't get used to it"
― ን (nabisco), Friday, 4 October 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
yeah i mean usually I'm saying no problem because it was a slight problem but I'm being nice
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Friday, 4 October 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
When I moved to the city, I had to get used to people saying "uh huh" in response to "thank you". It took me two years to adjust, and I remember at least two instances where I said, "...can you please stop saying 'uh huh' in response to 'thank you'? It's really... weird and sounds dismissive." Both times, they smiled a big shit-eating grin and said, "...well, you're welcome."
― i could chug a keg of you (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 5 October 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link
The Marine in my class this year would regularly respond to thanks with “easy day.”
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 5 October 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
semper fucked up
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:24 (five years ago) link
It's so much better than no worries or no problem
― Dan S, Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:26 (five years ago) link
soundno bother
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:31 (five years ago) link
btw the idea that anyone should note so closely, let alone wish to exert control over, let alone actually attempt to pull customer rank over service industry or whatever staff about shit as petty as how they acknowledge your tossed-off thanks is fucked up have a fuckin look at yourself if this is a thing for you
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
Asking someone to change how they respond to a thank you seems way worse than responding to a thank you with "uh huh"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:37 (five years ago) link
Xp
lol darraghmac
― Dan S, Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:39 (five years ago) link
― too many cuckth thpoil the broth (darraghmac), Friday, October 4, 2019 7:35 PM (eleven minutes ago)bookmarkflaglink
otm
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 5 October 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
The only correct response really to “thank you” is “yes”
― i could chug a keg of you (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 5 October 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link
or "babooshka ya ya"
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 5 October 2019 06:44 (five years ago) link
or "you're welcome"
― Dan S, Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:48 (five years ago) link
Just say 'for nothing', the French/Romanian/Spanish/etc. way.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:51 (five years ago) link
i'm amazed some posters on this thread haven't been killed by hypertension yet
― Goose Witherspeen (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:54 (five years ago) link
Needs even more salt.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:57 (five years ago) link
I find a simple "fuck you" sends people on their way with a smile
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 5 October 2019 08:01 (five years ago) link
bitte schon is good you have to admit
often go with 'salright in response to fairly trivial thanks, or just the dreaded/gracious blink nod
― ogmor, Saturday, 5 October 2019 10:48 (five years ago) link
"have a ratchet day"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 5 October 2019 10:51 (five years ago) link
Nae tother a' ba'
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Saturday, 5 October 2019 11:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah, ‘no worries’ is like ‘nae bother’ to me.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 5 October 2019 15:50 (five years ago) link
I like the contrast between language change in aggregate being culturally alarming and people day-to-day getting tired of "no worries" and drafting in some other phrase for basically no reason at all.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 5 October 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
lol Tom here at 2:40:00, this was gratifying
https://thebestshow.net/episode/the-secrets-of-life-debut-of-spiral-heads-song/
OTOH I do think these phatic expressions vary geographically (and generationally), so maybe this^ reaction is just our shared age/region demo
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 7 October 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
terrible argument. as we discussed already, retail employees are doing customers a huge favor by helping them and not murdering them, so "no worries" or "no problem" is perfectly appropriate.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 01:41 (five years ago) link
ok thank you
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 02:11 (five years ago) link
I'm still processing some related trauma
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 03:41 (five years ago) link
The phrase "best television show of all time" really annoys me, regardless of the show it refers to. At least the 50 million mugs that say "World's Best [Dad/Mom]" exist to express some minimally justified sentimentality, but television isn't your mom or dad, so just say you enjoy a program with some enthusiasm and step away.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 04:01 (five years ago) link
but television isn't your mom or dad
Obviously not a latchkey kid.
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 04:26 (five years ago) link
The Sopranos is my mother and my father.
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 06:18 (five years ago) link
"you love/hate to see it" already insufferable, has anyone figured out its etymology?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
for some reason i thought it was a hubie brown phrase, but that doesn’t seem to be the case
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:40 (five years ago) link
"you love/hate to see it" already insufferable
i love to see it
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link
it's a sports commentator sorta phrase, to me
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link