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.

  • scottywh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The implication is that a problem was assumed until “no problem” was stated.

    “No problem” is absolutely low key rude.

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      1 year ago

      To me, ‘No problem’ is just short for something like “oh don’t worry about it; it was really no problem at all and I’m happy to help”.

      Colloquialisms are fun like that.