Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoWhat 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?message-squaremessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1169arrow-down1message-squareWhat 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?Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square147fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoMy sister noticed in 1995 that Americans almost universally reply to ‘thank you’ with ‘uh huh.’ I can’t not hear it when I visit now,
minus-squareghen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWe’re embarrassed that the little effort we managed to produce on this obviously good day of the depression cycle was worthy of thanks, so we’re trying to scuttle away from what feels like praise.
My sister noticed in 1995 that Americans almost universally reply to ‘thank you’ with ‘uh huh.’
I can’t not hear it when I visit now,
We’re embarrassed that the little effort we managed to produce on this obviously good day of the depression cycle was worthy of thanks, so we’re trying to scuttle away from what feels like praise.