They’ll ask me to do something, and then a few seconds later they add, “Please, thank you,” as if they realized that they have to say it.
This is a sign that they truly believe it's "the magic word."
I think that's the attitude. Please should mean something. Thank you should mean something. But when you grew up being told to say it just to get what you want, then that's all it means to you.
Mereo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This question lacks social context. Are we talking about USA, Canada, UK, France, UK, Japan, Morocco, Australia, South Africa?
There are 7 billion people on earth with NUMEROUS cultures. To have a serious discussion we need to know the society in question.
Rayston@kbin.social 1 year ago
Boomer is primarily an american term referring to american generations. I suppose you could try and apply it to "western" countries, but it definitely doesnt apply to places like China and Japan.
Your point still stands, but its not quite as lacking in context as you imply.
favrion@lemmy.world 1 year ago
United States.
JackLSauce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The 8 billion mark was estimated to be achieved sometime in the past 2 years
Can’t remember exactly when and DDG is all the way in the other tab