https://twitter.com/HardballChris/status/1477787775529144321
I probably wouldn’t have given Betty White a second thought if not for having binge watched The Mary Tyler Moore Show like 10 years ago when life was really sticking it to me and all the episodes happened to be free on yt. Superficially, her character was cutesy and unimportant but she put an interesting vicious spin on it. I’m sure most people didn’t even notice back in the 70s. She was on another level.
I actually would’ve guessed these numbers would be worse.
Did you notice how much of the coverage of Desmond Tutu’s death talked about his support for gay rights? Since I didn’t hear the news while on vacation, I wasn’t aware and nothing popped up on my Twitter timelinle. The New York Times obituary doesn’t mention it at all, while the BBC obituary at least has a line about his feelings on the subject.
would like to see the crosstabs on this one though I think we could take a pretty good guess
Meanwhile, in Straya
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Also, what the fuck.
2. No worries
This phrase was nominated for misuse and overuse, for being an incorrect substitute for “you’re welcome”.
“If I’m not worried, I don’t want anyone telling me not to worry,” a contributor said.
LSSU notes that despite its “meaninglessness”, the term is recommended to emailers by Google Assistant.
I mean everyone knows what is going on here. If you want to ban the Australian dialect, at least be open about it. ALSO IT IS NOT A SYNONYM FOR YOU’RE WELCOME WTF.
What a bunch of asshole golfers. Just leave him be, that crab will move on.
The only time I ever hear Americans say it is in response to “Thank you” and the only people whose jimmies get rustled are Boomers who DEMAND you reply “You’re welcome” and anything else is an insult.
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Maybe I’m boomer-adjacent but when I say “thank you” at a store or something and the cashier says “alright” my jimmies get slightly rustled.
I’ve heard and used “no worries” as a response when somebody apologizes for something that’s totally not a big deal, which I assume is the correct usage.
you got it
sure
no problem
you too
yep
cool
Are all replies that I use regularly in casual conversation. “You’re welcome” honestly sounds pretentious af.
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“Thanks for choosing Dunkin Donuts!”
“You’re welcome.”
“Thanks for coming out of your way to pick me up!”
“No worries!”
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That makes sense but a friend of mine’s mom loses her shit if someone replies “sure” or “no problem” (“I just gave you my money, it shouldn’t be a problem!”)
I was at a meeting where an older lady was legit enraged after she thanked some kid for holding the door for her and he replied “no problem”. My wife and I explained to her that she was nuts and just looking for any reason to be offended. Didn’t seem to help.
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I think the point of departure is the rage. Like, yes I think “you’re welcome” is the appropriate response to “thank you”, and a shrugged “ok” or “alright” bugs me. But I’m not so self-centered as to think that just because I believe something it means that the rest of the world should fall in line, and when they don’t I know I haven’t been assaulted and I don’t need to go on rampage about it. This is mostly because I am not five years old.
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I know I’m guilty of this as well, but if you get upset at how someone replies to your “thank you,” then you probably weren’t very thankful in the first place.
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