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I’m genuinely curious what you were trying to convey by completing your, totally valid, disagreement with “so whatevs”? I believe this is the part that’s perceived as rude because the expansion of that, “whatever”, is often further expanded as the sarcastic form of “whatever you say”.



I was going for something between YMMW and "whatever you say." The slight tilt toward the latter was received poorly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's just how I talk. Maybe it's generational.


Nah. It's just being a condescending dick.


To be fair, I didn't read it as condescending. This I understood it as a generic statement ender, like "idk" or "ymmv" or "i guess", i.e. something that you put at the end of a sentence when you don't know what more to say. Maybe it actually is generational?


If you really want to be that charitable.


Thanks that was my understanding too, but I hurt the boomers with "whatevs" lol

If it makes y'all feel better my gen alpha kid will hurt my feelings in different ways and get revenge for you =_=


Boomers?

There may be 80-year-olds on here, but younger people don't have to buy your lame excuse either. Learn something and move on.


Whatevs reply guy




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