Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoSaying you're down to do something means the same thing as saying you're up for it.message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1268arrow-down1message-squareSaying you're down to do something means the same thing as saying you're up for it.Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleo85811nardo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-211 months ago“Hey you want some potato chips?” “Potato chip sounds good” => Yes please “I’m good” => No thanks Messed me up all the time first time came to the US. Why use positive response for rejection?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months ago“I’m good” here means “My situation is good” means “I have what I need already”
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agohttps://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sdsAAOSwUzpiEEaV/s-l1200.jpg
minus-squarehelmet91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoTo me it usually goes like this: “No.” Or sometimes: “Nope.” Or when I’m feeling polite: “No, thanks.”
“Hey you want some potato chips?”
Messed me up all the time first time came to the US. Why use positive response for rejection?
“I’m good” here means “My situation is good” means “I have what I need already”
Saying no is hard in all languages
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sdsAAOSwUzpiEEaV/s-l1200.jpg
To me it usually goes like this:
“No.”
Or sometimes:
“Nope.”
Or when I’m feeling polite:
“No, thanks.”