If someone says "Sure" instead of "Yes"

[KJSmith]

Whatever.

 

[JT20]

Okay, well.

At this point, I think it's kind of over with the person that keeps saying "Sure" to everything.

Seems to me that.. Yes is "yes," Yes isn't "Sure."

 

[ammolab]

Okay, well.

At this point, I think it's kind of over with the person that keeps saying "Sure" to everything.

Seems to me that.. Yes is "yes," Yes isn't "Sure."

“Honey you want to have sex tonight?”
”Sure!”
Sounds like YES to me!

 

[DuckRyder]

Okay, well.

At this point, I think it's kind of over with the person that keeps saying "Sure" to everything.

Seems to me that.. Yes is "yes," Yes isn't "Sure."

So this person is someone you are involved with?

Context is everything, and in other than text so is inflection and visual cues .

FWIW, I say "sure" with some regularity and it almost always means yes. Yes gets old so ya gotta change it up... IME "sure" is more common in some areas than others.

 

[tshephard]

On a similar thought...
I find a lot of phone computer voice menus ask a question formed like - "Is it true you wish to speak to..." for instance, and then will not take "It is true" for an answer which is specifically what it asked.

 

[DuckRyder]

On a similar thought...
I find a lot of phone computer voice menus ask a question formed like - "Is it true you wish to speak to..." for instance, and then will not take "It is true" for an answer which is specifically what it asked.

Is that like the basketless self check out at BJWholesale that ask "have you checked under you cart" and won't let you check out until you say yes, even though there is no cart?

I ve taken to clicking NO until someone comes over, they always seem unhappy when I explain that no I have not checked under my cart, because there is - in fact, no cart.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Sure. Heck I say that more than yes the thing I mainly say i won’t post on here but it’s my nickname because I say it 24/7 lol .

 

[vweosdriver]

I think of “sure” as being a term of indifference.

What I don't like is using "done" instead of "finished".

 

[JT20]

I know some people say it "to be cool" but to me (and I have impairments as to social cues anyways...) it signals avoidance.

 

[JT20]

 

[DuckRyder]

 

[JT20]

Woman can't sing. Horrible horrible song.

 

[DuckRyder]

Woman can't sing. Horrible horrible song.

Sure.

 

[JT20]

Sure.

It's true lmao

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

I'm not quite sure why I'm reading this post.

 

[JT20]

I'm not quite sure why I'm reading this post.

I see what you did there lol

 

[supton]

Whatever.

Darn it, stole my response. The response of my generation.

 

[walterjay]

Sure.

Sure thing

 

[JT20]

Darn it, stole my response. The response of my generation.

"Whatevs" if you Hipster.

I think "Sure" is very Daria-like