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richwicks says

ForcedTQ says

The problem with “no problem” is that it lacks the conveyance of intentionality of the speaker by the words that are spoken. I

The problem is with you. You're forcing people to walk around eggshells when they are actually being polite to you. It's like those crazy assholes that demand you call them women instead of men, and use their pronouns.

The problem isn’t with me, and I didn’t say the problem was with anyone. I don’t tell or expect anyone to say things to me a certain way. I give no fucks how people respond to me, I am just stating an observation of how it seems when people use “no problem.” It doesn’t bother me that they use it this way, I just think it’s a lack of care in use of the English language when it is not actually being used in the meaning of no problem. I’m pretty fucking literal in that way.

Similar, when people say “I could care less”, but the actual saying is “I couldn’t care less.” Ignorance of the language. Fuck stupid pronouns and anyone who makes people use them, how did you even Segway to that?

richwicks says

If a short woman asks me for help to get something off from the top shelf at the grocery store they will generally thank me, and my response has always been "no problem", you know why? It wasn't a problem. "You're welcome" to me almost sounds like she owed me the gratitude. She doesn't, for what, for me reaching a box or a bottle?

Apples and oranges.

At a restaurant or grocery store the employees and owner of the business generally owe gratitude to the customer for choosing their business and giving the business an opportunity to serve the customer who chose them. The contract is pretty simple even if it is unwritten. The customer gives a form of payment in exchange for a good or service. If a customer chooses to thank the business for fulfilling the contract, it is right and natural for the business to show gratitude or graciousness in return.

But a random person asking you for a favor, that is a totally different situation.

I got no problem with no problem

mell says

I got no problem with no problem

Some people have a problem with you having no problem with no problem.

mell says

I got no problem with no problem

This is turning into a Seinfeld episode.. No problem can come across as condescending if you really think about it. I'll still probably use it, but never thought of it this way. I'll use it less for sure.

AmericanKulak says

"The" and the number of the Interstate.

It's "I+#" or just "#".

That's very West coast. I noticed it when I moved from TX to CA 27 years ago and then just somehow started saying it. Maybe it's rubbed off now that I've moved or if not hopefully it will.

If a Mexican thanks me for something, I think it's appropriate to answer back no problemo.

If they're offended that I didn't properly say no hay problema, it's on them.

This pisses off the Libtards.

(No. This isn't the video most of you have seen now. It's a parody.)