• CaptSneeze@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I feel seen! If you get “regards” instead of “best regards” you should know you’re on my shit list.

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    In German you can use “Guten Tag” as greeting when you see meet someone. When writing mail, you can also use it as greeting even if it is not that common, to use “Guten Tag” in written conversations.

    BUT: When you use “Guten Tag” at the END it’s like a “Fuck off!” (regardless of written or in verbal communication) without being an insult.

  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’d do the the opposite. I generally use the default “cordially”. But if someone pissed me off I’d use something overly formal and polite like “amicably thanking you for your eventual reply over the matter; if it pleases you”

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      A great passive-aggressive way of saying “As I already told you, you dumb pile of bull feces” is “As mentioned in my last mail, …”

      • shneancy@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        istg i have to write those words into every reply i give. Do people even read the words i write? Can they read? Should i give up?