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It's just an expression, holy. Why read into it and make it about something it's not? This is exactly what's wrong with people these days: you can't even practice courtesy without someone making it a pc issue. Can someone not just excuse you and let that be it?? God, there's no sense of etiquette with people any more.
curse you I hope you die your life is a sorry existance
Told you to just say thank you 
instead of making this thread.
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| Originally posted by Arbiter For me it's not really about the substantive content of what people say, it's about the awkwardness of drawing attention to a sneeze, as if it's some kind of big deal. Whether it's "bless you" or something else, I find the impulse to give a sneeze some sort of verbal acknowledgment to be creepy and obtrusive, so the last thing I want to do is encourage it. |
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| Originally posted by Arbiter For me it's not really about the substantive content of what people say, it's about the awkwardness of drawing attention to a sneeze, as if it's some kind of big deal. |
Saying "bless you" is a bullshit arbitrary social convention, one I don't subscribe to. I don't say "bless you" when other people sneeze, I don't expect others to say "bless you" when I sneeze and I'm certainly not saying "thank you" if others do it.
If you feel compelled to say "bless you" then that's your decision, but you're not helping anyone or doing them a favour. Nobody says "bless you" when someone coughs, even though it's equally a sign of illness, so I don't buy this excuse that the phrase is an expression of concern. It's just something people say because they think they're supposed to. What a waste of time.
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Saying "bless you" is a bullshit arbitrary social convention, one I don't subscribe to. |
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| Originally posted by Silky Johnson God, there's no sense of etiquette with people any more. |
oh for fuck sake
if someone says "bless you" after i sneeze, even though i don't believe in religion, i say thank you.
have some damn manners and say thank you. saying thank you acknowledges their politeness more than it acknowledges god.
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| Originally posted by jennypie |
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I don't believe that politeness = doing things because they're "supposed" to be done. I believe politeness = expressing genuine gratitude, humbleness and warmth when I personally and honestly believe it is appropriate. |
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| Originally posted by Slylee lighten up man! |
Arf. I love how you both went from morally outraged "God, have some fucken manners" to suddenly whimsical "Lighten up man" as soon as you realised you'd ran out of argument.
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| Originally posted by jennypie lol +1 I bet this guy's a real laugh at parties. |
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Arf. I love how you both went from morally outraged "God, have some fucken manners" to suddenly whimsical "Lighten up man" as soon as you realised you'd ran out of argument. |
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| Originally posted by Slylee no i didn't run out of argument at all. i just think you give the whole "bless you" thing after sneezing a little too much thought. lol |
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| Originally posted by Slylee i just think you give the whole "bless you" thing after sneezing a little too much thought. lol |
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| Originally posted by Rose +1 wayyyyyyyyyyyy too much. I never knew saying 'thank you' could be so hard for someone to say. fuck. |
If someone says 'bless you' to me I usually just smile at them politely. If someone else sneezes I ignore it... I just don't want to comment on someone blowing snot out of their nose at high velocity.
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J It didn't take any thought at all, really. This whole area has pissed me off since I found out it was apparently rude to shake hands with your left. The idea that we're in 2009 and people get genuinely pissed off if you don't obey some pointless social code is baffling to me. In future though, I'll remember not to think about things and just do as I'm told. |
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| Originally posted by Slylee lol FUCK SOCIETY! I'M SYSTEM J AND I AM A NONCONFORMIST |
I'm being bullied by the COR's sitting duck. Dark days.
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| Originally posted by Joss Weatherby thank you is easy, its the whole internal dialog before that. |
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| Originally posted by Rose I got you to say thank you anyways. haha! |
I like how we here in Finland say "terveydeksi" when someone sneezes. It's basically just wishing good health for someone and as far as I know, has absolutely nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
Quite often I might say that to someone who happened to sneeze, but I rarely care if they thank me or not. Especially if it's someone I know well.
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| Originally posted by Ghost Raver Almost forgot: |
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