It seems so impersonal and boilerplate and also like theres a tacit I’m totally seperated from the reality of that entails and only saying it to “politely” indicate the convo is over

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    It’s a phatic expression so it doesn’t really mean much. It’s only there to signal the speaker acknowledges the end of the interaction between them and the hearer, in a non-hostile way.

    I’m not sure if the impersonal tone is there to convey social distance between the speaker and the hearer, or if it became like this due to overuse.