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coffeesp00ns  ·  3583 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Case Against The Phrase "No Problem"

Classic french response to Merci (Thank you): "De Rien". literally translated, "It's nothing"

I don't see the problem. what you're saying is "I did this because I wanted to do it, not because i wanted you to owe me something. I completed this act of my own free will, and you owe me no spiritual or cultural debt."