I hear “No problem” far more often.

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    8 months ago

    Implying that it was an effort, but you are welcome to it. Whereas “no problem” denotes that the effort is was not a problem for me to do. I use them interchangeably - “you’re welcome” as a response to a complement, or something where there was moderate effort put into the task; “no problem” when the task was low effort (“Thanks for responding to that email so quickly”) or I feel my effort was obliged (helping pick up after a meeting).

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      8 months ago

      Actually “no problem” implies that the thing would normally be a problem, but that you are negating that.

      It’s like saying “No visible bruising”. There’s the implication something happened that might have caused bruising.

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        8 months ago

        Disagree, no problem is saying that what you are thanking me for was not a problem for me to do.

        Honestly, I think this perception is the disconnect between millennials thinking it’s better and boomers thinking it’s rude - two different perspectives of what it means.

        Also, don’t ackchyually me on an opinion.