[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
The only reason life on earth is anything less than miserable is because of all of these fake people the OP speaks of.
I can’t understand why people smile at one another or say nice things to people they just met. It’s not like anyone cares about anyone else, right? When you get right down to it, no one should pretend to give a shit about anyone else because we’re all in it (life) just for ourselves. What intrinsic reward could anyone get from being nice to someone else.
Fuck all of you, you worthless pieces of shit! You’re on this earth just to amuse me and make my life easier. Don’t eyeball me unless I tell you to look at me. Don’t speak to me unless you’re asked.
If you fall down in my presence, I will likely laugh at you. If you get hurt during your fall, I will laugh harder. I will not offer to help you up because you can get yourself up. If you nick an artery, apply pressure yourself and elevate it, dickhead. Don’t expect me to get myself bloody at your expense.
OP, you must have a miserable outlook on life and I doubt you have been raised with much love if you truly get annoyed with people saying “Bless you” at a sneeze. Either straighten yourself out or go live alone and childless. Otherwise, you are only going to bring others down with you and make the earth a little less habitable for the rest of us.
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You’re an asshole and saying bless you when someone sneezes doesn’t change that. This site has at least a small theme of thinking about and questioning reality. It is a common theme in the atomic dog and the strong words.
Just the other day the strong words were this: If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.�??Rene Descartes
I don’t honestly care that much if people say it. I was just curious if anyone else questioned it. At least my brain functions relatively quickly so it doesn’t take much time to think about this in contrast to the people that are apparently worried about the amount of time I spend thinking about this. Sure I’ve posted about it but I could waste my time posting about any other topic.
The bottom line is this.
- Saying bless you doesn’t really make sense.
- Less than the majority of people say it so it is not even a solid social norm
3.It isn’t even the most polite amongst us who say it.
- It is not uncommon for relatively impolite people to say it.
I appreciate true politeness, that is why I am questioning this act. I appreciate all the serious posts but for all the people being assholes while posting about their appreciation for politeness, what the hell is wrong with you?