Talk:no problem

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"No problem" is a negative way to say that no thanks is needed. It's meant to convey "you're welcome" but has become a lazy, negative catchphrase. Buellrider 10:28, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've heard a lot of old people complain about this. Young people today suck, always changing the language about, don't they?
We really ought to get back to how things used to be, when language was just "ugg", "ook", "eek", and "erggh", before uncouth young hellions started innovating things like "words", "grammar" and "recursion." —Quintucket (talk) 00:09, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why is it "negative"? I've usually heard it said in a friendly way. Equinox 00:26, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

not a problem is a variant according to Garner's fourht edition, which meantions "Other nontraditional responses include You bet and No worries" Italic text

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Is this really a nominal idiom? Compare no comment --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:02, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]