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People are good at spewing out thank yous for the things that they don’t necessarily really need or want, but receive anyways. a sincere thank you for something of real value doesn’t require anything more than a simple thank you, yet sometimes the hardest part.

is it that we are all ingrates? rarely saying thank you when we should be truly grateful, but rather off-handedly dropping thank yous on lots of things that don’t really matter.

I think the diagram means that most people say thanks but aren’t really grateful. But it’s rare to find someone who says “thanks” and really means it.

And those who are grateful rarely say it, because they are shy or they never get the chance.

Or at least, that is the case when what you are grateful for comes from someone you don’t know. Which is the case in which you are most grateful, because you don’t expect it.

I put too much thought into this one.

Love the title!
I wonder what would be on the upper right of the graph.

I think the graph depicts that thanks with little gratitude evaluates to “common” and that gratitude without thanks evaluates to “rare”.

“Thank you” is an expression while gratitude is a feeling. “Thank you” can be faked-true gratitude can’t.