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"Thanks in advance." Why not thank me now?
by jrockway 7y ago
"Thanks in advance."
Why not thank me now?
- philwelch 7y ago"Thanks in advance" is kind of like the no-smoking signs that they changed to say "thank you for not smoking". Normally you thank someone after they do something, but by thanking them "in advance", you're passive-aggressively pressuring them to do the thing. After all, you've already thanked them, so they owe it to you.
- rglullis 7y agoIsn't "Thanks in advance" precisely a way of saying "I am thanking you now for something I am expecting will be done only in the (near) future"?
- draw_down 7y agoThat’s what it is. Thank you now for the thing you will do later. Come on. Basic stuff here