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[Lottel]

Pre-ordered the new Spin Doctors album. It released today. Amazon says mine will be at my house on the 2nd.
If I had pre-ordered a video game, it'd be here the day of, no?

[A²]

I bought a nook tablet because they were on sale and was able to sell the old HP Touchpad + Accessories I got a while back during that whole fire sale thing as a gift from a friend who regret-purchased it.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/08/microsoft-mulling-nook-media-llc-purchase-for-1-billion/

The NEXT FUCKING DAY

[Malikial]

Let's talk about Mali's biggest pet peeve. I hate when people say no problem when you say thank you to them. It really makes me upset with them in general. I know it's just because of how I interpret conversation. When I hear 'No problem' it immediately implies, to me, that had the thing you are thanking them for been a problem they would just not have assisted you. I also always respond the same way when I am thanked. I close my eyes, incline my head slightly in an almost bow and say, "You're welcome." or, if I really don't feel I should be thanked, "It was my pleasure." I always graciously and formally accept thanks because I don't feel it's my choice if I should be thanked but the choice of the person who is thanking me...

I also have a problem with people reading into what I say, if I say, "I don't like this." It doesn't mean that I dislike it, it means that I do not yet like it. I am neutral... And let's not even get into when I say no to someone and they act like it's a debate. I hate when a succinct answer is argued with...

Good god, I'm a GIANT bitch.

[Disposable Ninja]

When I hear 'No problem' it immediately implies, to me, that had the thing you are thanking them for been a problem they would just not have assisted you.

As a frequent user of the phrase 'No Problem' when being thanked, I feel the need to explain myself. When I say 'No Problem', what I'm telling the person who thanked me is that "Your problem didn't inconvenience me, so you shouldn't feel like you're a burden to other people or that you're indebted to me." I'm also keeping it casual, to reinforce the message.

[Thad]

There's also the nontrivial point that in most Latinate languages the equivalent for "you're welcome" is literally "it's nothing".

Do you get mad if a Spanish speaker says "de nada"?

[Mongrel]

Yeah, I don't want to sound unreasonable, but... that sounds unreasonable.

[TA]

When I hear 'No problem' it immediately implies, to me, that had the thing you are thanking them for been a problem they would just not have assisted you.

As a frequent user of the phrase 'No Problem' when being thanked, I feel the need to explain myself. When I say 'No Problem', what I'm telling the person who thanked me is that "Your problem didn't inconvenience me, so you shouldn't feel like you're a burden to other people or that you're indebted to me." I'm also keeping it casual, to reinforce the message.

I was going to write up exactly this but then DN wrote it instead.  So, exactly this.

[Brentai]

Going a step further, the Chinese generic equivalent is "stop being modest" and the Japanese, in politest form possible, is "don't do that", both implying that the thanks are not only unnecessary but actually inappropriate given the thanker's (higher) station.  Leave it to Asia to make it polite form to assume any other person is better than you and berate them for showing you any respect.

...you know what, I'm starting to much prefer the Germanic method too.

[Malikial]

As a person from an actual Spanish speaking family, yes I do dislike 'de nada'. Y'all seem to forget I'm Mexican as well as Native American. I just dislike informal or ungracious responses because I do not feel it is up to the person receiving the thanks to decide whether or not her/she deserves it.

[Büge]

eff you, blip.

[Mongrel]

The arms race continues.

[Thad]

I just dislike informal or ungracious responses because I do not feel it is up to the person receiving the thanks to decide whether or not her/she deserves it.

But what exactly do you think "you're welcome" means, etymologically speaking?  It's yet another way of saying that no thanks are necessary.

[Malikial]

I know this and I even admit this being my main pet peeve is not smart but it still doesn't stop my moment of seething rage and hatred when it happens.

[Mongrel]

Let me ask you, do you value courtesy more for form or for function?

[Thad]

I know this and I even admit this being my main pet peeve is not smart but it still doesn't stop my moment of seething rage and hatred when it happens.

Nah, I mean, obviously I understand that sometimes a turn of phrase can just rub you the wrong way.

In a similar vein, and I may have mentioned this before, it bugs the fuck out of me when somebody tells me about something unfortunate and I say "I'm sorry" and they respond "It's not your fault."  Well no fucking shit it's not my fault; I'm expressing SYMPATHY.

Related xkcd.  And yes, I have started actually doing that.

[Zaratustra]

I prefer using "condolences" or something similar.

[Beat Bandit]

"I'm sorry to hear that."

[Brentai]

Always struck me as odd because it sounds like you wish the other person hadn't said anything.

[Malikial]

*twitch*.... OH god, now I hate the phrase I'm sorry to hear that.

[Brentai]