Sneezing and 'Bless You'

[quote]dk44 wrote:
The one that really pisses me off is when you say “How’s it going?” or "What’s Up? and the motherfucker busts out in a long drawn out answer like I really give a shit about what’s going on in his life.

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I hate when people say “how’s it going” or “what’s up” because they don’t really want to know. I wish they would just grunt or something.

[quote]Radcon wrote:
Don’t be a dumbass. The point is is that it has nothing to do with manners. Think about it. I have more manners than most that’s why I find it annoying. It’s fake manners. I find it very interesting how people defending this supposed etiquette are such jackasses. You’re merely helping me prove my point.[/quote]

What the hell are fake manners?

I like to wait 24 hours after someone sneezes and then approach them when they’re alone and say ‘bless you’. Usually they know what I’m talking about. If they don’t, they’re usually very touched when I remind them of their sneeze 24 hours ago. I think people really know that I’m concerned about their physical and spiritual health by waiting 24 hours, unlike those other Johnny Come Lately’s that’ll bless a sneezer immediately after the sneeze and then not think a thing about it ever again.

I’ve yet to have a woman grant me immediate sex for this random act of kindness, but I’m sure in 3 out of my 4 flings with these sneezers the lagging-bless you played a great role. There’s something pretty special about a dust-sensitive girl grabbing your buttocks, pulling you forcefully inside of her and demanding, “Bless me…bless meeeeeeeeeeeee!”

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.

DB

i have been trying to find that video of Chris Crocker to post on here. he/she is the guy/girl that was crying about Britney Spears a while ago. He also has a video complaining about people saying Bless you and I cant find it! damnt!!!

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:
i have been trying to find that video of Chris Crocker to post on here. he/she is the guy/girl that was crying about Britney Spears a while ago. He also has a video complaining about people saying Bless you and I cant find it! damnt!!![/quote]

Keep looking ! That guy’s highlarious !

[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:

If you fall down in my presence, I will likely laugh at you. If you get hurt during your fall, I will laugh harder.

DB[/quote]

But watching people fall is funny. (so long as they aren’t too badly hurt).

[quote]christine wrote:

But watching people fall is funny. (so long as they aren’t too badly hurt).[/quote]

I always say, ‘bless you’ when someone falls…i know it pisses some non-polite people off…

[quote]Molotov_Coktease wrote:
Lol…I can tell the difference, I know sneeze showmanship when I hear it! For the record she yawns loudly too. Like she’s just come out of a year long hibernation and is really ecstatic about it.
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I wish I could hibernate.

Really, some of you folks need to lighten the fuck up.

Others are just fine. I’d salute you, but I feel a sneeze coming on…

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Who said monkey and keyboard???

[quote]Rykker wrote:
Yeah, well, the last person I ‘blessed’ after a sneeze was this sweet, cute, religious girl; under normal circumstances wouldn’t hurt a fly, nor say a harsh word. (“gosh dern it!” or “dag nab it!” was the worst of her “stressed-out” vocabulary, seriously.)

Well, this one day she was in a particularly bad way, having been up all night, unable to breathe due to her allergies. This was unbeknownst to me until she sneezed at one point during the mid-morning. I, unconsciously, said “Bless You!”, and she fuckin’ freaked; this [normally] sweet, gentle girl went all Exorcist on my ass.

“Yeah? Well FUCK YOU! LeavemethefuckaloneIcan’tbreathe!!! COUGH FUCK!!

I’m guessing she was possessed during a state of weakness, which seems more and more common these days, so I’ve since let the formality fall into dis-use.

No sense in aggravating all the various demons out there; we got enough negative shit to deal with, already.[/quote]

Hahaha - are you sure you’re telling us the whole story? I have a feeling she inadvertently hawked a loogie onto the tip of your nose or something and sensed a note of sarcasm in your blessing, no?

[quote]christine wrote:
dollarbill44 wrote:

If you fall down in my presence, I will likely laugh at you. If you get hurt during your fall, I will laugh harder.

DB

But watching people fall is funny. (so long as they aren’t too badly hurt).[/quote]

I agree with DB…drop the parenthesis and it’s a solid post. You can’t tell me when this lady gets the wind knocked out of her and starts moaning that it isn’t funnier than the fall itself:

[quote]Mousse wrote:
Rykker wrote:
Yeah, well, the last person I ‘blessed’ after a sneeze was this sweet, cute, religious girl; under normal circumstances wouldn’t hurt a fly, nor say a harsh word. (“gosh dern it!” or “dag nab it!” was the worst of her “stressed-out” vocabulary, seriously.)

Well, this one day she was in a particularly bad way, having been up all night, unable to breathe due to her allergies. This was unbeknownst to me until she sneezed at one point during the mid-morning. I, unconsciously, said “Bless You!”, and she fuckin’ freaked; this [normally] sweet, gentle girl went all Exorcist on my ass.

“Yeah? Well FUCK YOU! LeavemethefuckaloneIcan’tbreathe!!! COUGH FUCK!!

I’m guessing she was possessed during a state of weakness, which seems more and more common these days, so I’ve since let the formality fall into dis-use.

No sense in aggravating all the various demons out there; we got enough negative shit to deal with, already.

Hahaha - are you sure you’re telling us the whole story? I have a feeling she inadvertently hawked a loogie onto the tip of your nose or something and sensed a note of sarcasm in your blessing, no?[/quote]

Haha – yeah… well… could be. There was some phlegmage, now that you mention it. I tried to filter the sarcasm, 'cuz I hate being a hardass with a Cutie, such as she was… but a loogie in the eye is a little hard to see past, ya know?

This thread has inspired me to get BLESS and YOU tattooed on my knuckles. When someone sneezes I will just give them a right and then a left.

[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
This thread has inspired me to get BLESS and YOU tattooed on my knuckles. When someone sneezes I will just give them a right and then a left.[/quote]

lol

ok… well i dont know if everyone will be able to see this… but here it is. i dont know how i can see it cuz i dont have myspace either…

thats what will happen!

[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.

DB[/quote]

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.

  1. Saying bless you doesn’t really make sense.
  2. 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.
  3. 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?

The bottom line is this.

  1. Saying bless you is common sense. Just because you don’t agree with it doesn’t make it any less relevant.
  2. Less than the majority? Is that fact? No, it is not. Don’t make your assumption a fact for the billions of people worldwide.
  3. Who decides who the most polite amongst us is? You?
  4. Perhaps these people who you categorize as “relatively impolite people” are actually the polite people, and you are the impolite one.

Common sense will not accomplish great things. Simply become insane and desperate.

you say bless you because when you sneeze your heart stops for a brief second and you are clinically dead.