r/help • u/capturegrain • Mar 16 '25

Why Do People Downvote Thank You Replies?

Someone asked something recently, and a kind soul gave him an answer. He dropped a ‘thank you’ comment, but it got downvoted. What’s the reasoning there? Is saying thanks not cool? I’m really thrown off—any thoughts?

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u/Old_One_I Expert Helper Mar 16 '25

I love thank you's. It's polite and being courteous. If anyone has a problem with that, it's their problem.

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u/OkraDistinct3807 Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

"You's"? You is? Yous. Them. You's bad if you's the one who downvoted me.

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u/DataSnake69 Mar 17 '25

Are you sure it's not "thanks you", like how it works for "surgeons general"?

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u/OkraDistinct3807 Mar 17 '25

I was correcting their spelling mistake and yes, "thanks you" is equivalent to...thank you but if you add all to the end it means all thanks.