Comment on What's with the 'Thanks' people?
the_q@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I read an article about Gen Z communication and one of the things it talked about was the clash between established norms and Gen Z’s unwillingness to follow said norms.
That reminds me of a generational difference I heard about where when someone says “Thank you”, the older generation will say “your welcome”, seeing that they did something worth thanking. But the younger generation feels uncomfortable saying “you’re welcome” and says “no problem” instead, implying it was simply an expected thing for them to do.
I’m in the “no problem” generation. And yeah, saying “you’re welcome” really does just feel weird to me.
Have you ever done something that was difficult but you wanted to help someone out?
"No problem" implies to me that it was easy or simple. Regardless of difficulty, "you're welcome" means you would do it again.
amio@kbin.social 11 months ago
That one has been a popular rant literally since Ancient Greece, and probably much longer.