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Justin6723 :
In the U.S., millennials and younger also tend to feel the same way about "you're welcome" and opt for "no problem" or something equivalent. This sometimes results in a disconnect with older people who take a strange offense to "no problem."
2026-08-15 12:51:58
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Waya_Snipes :
Millennial in the U.S. stopped saying "you're welcome". We now use "No problem".
2026-08-15 13:45:28
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Yoosha91🏳️🌈 :
You can use いえいえいえ to reply to just about anything really
2026-08-20 17:17:32
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Operator Tree :
“Thank you” “OH LOWLY WORM AM I, SUCH GRATITUDE IS TOO HIGH FOR I THAT WRIGGLES IN THE DIRT BELOW YOUR FEET!”
2026-08-15 14:29:40
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girl_esque_05 :
So having someone say “messōmo naidesu” to you for the first time is basically like the Japanese version of the first time someone calls you “ms” or “mr”
2026-08-19 23:03:36
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Auden :
America actually has a similar thing, but it's a bit different! Older generations were raised that helping someone else is meant to be a graceful gesture, something you do and should expect thanks for, so when someone from an older generation gets helped and says "thank you" they expect to hear "you're welcome" from that same "I helped you because I am a good person for taking on this extra burden, because I didn't have to help you." Meanwhile, most people in younger generations were raised to believe that we're expected to help people. That it's a natural part of being a decent person and any decent person will help others. Since we see it as an expectation, we often respond with "No problem", assuring the other person that it was no burden on us and we had no issue whatsoever with helping them. However, older generations sometimes find this to be disrespectful or informal just on the fact that it's a younger generation saying. I don't know if it's like this in other English-speaking countries, but it's very common in the US!
2026-08-16 19:39:11
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Bocchi___Mono(DM4Comms) :
I'm just now realising I never learned what "your welcome" is in Japanese because I don't hear it often from my friends
2026-08-19 16:07:13
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Booplesnootbooper :
Similarly I lot of younger people in the U.S. don't really use "You're welcome" and instead say something like "No worries" because the former makes us feel like we're saying "that's right you should be grateful" and so we say the later to make it feel more like "don't worry about thanking me it was nothing".
2026-08-17 00:04:24
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n z reyes :
So, similar to the difference between "You're welcome" (which Millenials and Gen Z read means 'I've done you a huge favor at great personal effort') and "No worries" (which to Mils & Gen Z reads 'it was no trouble, happy to help').
2026-08-15 14:45:02
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Mimi 🍉 :
Im 31 and ive dialed a number because you still had to dial by pressing a keypad? Like to me dial just was another word for calling someone on a phone?
2026-08-16 16:47:01
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Kuroi :
Guess culture really does affect how you speak. In Malay, the formal way to reply to being thanked is "Sama-sama", roughly meaning "the same to you", implying we are also thanking them for their deeds, and thus placing both thanker and thankee on similar levels
2026-08-16 04:23:07
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burner :
This is why I don't say "you're welcome" at all. It is the bare minimum to help.
2026-08-16 02:30:12
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vanillalattesoul :
ah, so the textbooks are giving the boomer answer, when most folks use the millennial/gen z "oh, no problem"
2026-08-16 22:10:36
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Luna :
I’ve noticed a similar shift in English, generationally. Even me—it’s not like I NEVER say “You’re welcome,” but more and more often I lean toward “no problem” or “no worries”
2026-08-15 18:18:54
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splodeycat :
it's like millennials say no problem instead of you're welcome, it really wasn't a problem to do so yea saying you're welcome feels pretentious
2026-08-17 00:29:29
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moth𓆏 :
i’ve noticed especially among my gen z peers in the US (at least where i’m located) we tend to use “of course!” especially if we’re in a service role, usually to show that it was no trouble and something we’re happy to do.
2026-08-15 16:30:30
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Aura Yuzuki Honii :
So you guys are just trying to discourage us to learn that language 😭
2026-08-16 19:43:04
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KimsoleumIntermediatecuneiform :
This reminds me of how younger people are saying no problem more in English instead of you’re welcome
2026-08-16 00:45:06
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NemoNunya :
to be fair, English speakers rarely know what "please" and "you're welcome" mean.
2026-08-17 01:39:57
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sarahefrench2021 :
so the inability to take a compliment/nice offering is Japanese? apparently as a Midwestern American I am Japanese at heart😂
2026-08-15 19:01:50
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HereForWhatever :
Me when I forget this valuable information and somebody thanks me in Japan: "What can I say, except your welcome?"
2026-08-16 17:31:53
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Tanwa ♡ (icon in the making ☆) :
I thought it meant like...dont worry about it or something like that.
2026-08-15 16:32:57
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🇳🇱⚝Sam 𓆟🪛👽⚝𓏲𝄢🇬🇧 :
In Dutch the equivalent to this is saying "geen dank" which directly translates to "no thank (noun)" (not to be confused with "no thanks/no thank you").
2026-08-16 20:11:28
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AbsoluteComics :
I always heard “un” in an almost dismissive way. This was my ex-wife who is from Tokushima (Osaka region). Not sure if that matters.
2026-08-15 15:54:31
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Envy Rosfield :
omg yes I remember that one time at the mall I asked in japanese which floor to the lady and even when I go どうぞ to let someone in/out i've gotten that 'omg so japanese'🤣 also that one time they went 日本語じょうず I pulled the hand move and added the 'no way' or 'not at all'🤣🤣🤣
2026-08-15 13:47:59
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