I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    133·
    11 months ago

    only one way to interpret “you’re welcome”

    This is just wrong. Tone matters just as much with “you’re welcome” as it does with “no problem”. Language is fluid like that, and it’s completely arbitrary to elevate one of these expressions over the other when both are in common usage.

    Also, you’re deliberately misrepresenting what “no problem” means, in regards to “that’s the only reason you complied”. Nobody says it that way, and I don’t believe that you think they do.

          • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
            93·
            11 months ago

            I don’t give two flying fucks what the waiter says, bring me my food and don’t be an ass with your demeanor.

                  • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    61·
                    11 months ago

                    Maybe the older people just shouldn’t get upset? Why do we need to pander to them? Cant they just allow us to respond to thank you the way we want to?

                    Goes both ways. And yes I have reason, this is a child Conversation of one of my comments.

                    Society should stop pandering to them, eventually there would be no places they could go without accepting they’ve lost. Plenty of places do fine already being hospital under other means.