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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 4:10 am
(May 24, 2015 at 9:23 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: (May 24, 2015 at 9:14 pm)Nope Wrote: I hear it in NC a lot also. Even people who aren't overly religious sometimes say it. When I was a kid, I don't remember anyone saying it. Maybe people are trying to be religious without mentioning god or Jesus?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are solidly in the Bible Belt:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt Looks more like the bible urinary infection to me.
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 4:52 am
Looks like first stage zombie outbreak.
Not too far off the mark.
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 5:12 am
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 12:33 pm
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(May 24, 2015 at 9:14 pm)Nope Wrote: (May 24, 2015 at 8:49 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: Blessed. "Have a blessed day." "Bless you." "I am so blessed." "This is such a blessing." "What a blessing." Blah, blah, blah, yada-yada-yada. I am so sick of hearing it!! Every  day, from strangers, on TV, on newscasts.....AHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!! 
I hear it in NC a lot also. Even people who aren't overly religious sometimes say it. When I was a kid, I don't remember anyone saying it. Maybe people are trying to be religious without mentioning god or Jesus?
I was raised in a Christian home. My father was Baptist and my mother is from a Pentacostal-Holiness background. I remember distinctly never ever hearing "have a blessed day" in any normal conversation either at home or in my social circles when I was a teen in high school, and back then I was involved with a group of kids from a Missionary Alliance church. Never heard any of them say that. It seems to be a more recent development within Conservative circles. Distinct evidence of evolution of religion.
(May 25, 2015 at 4:10 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: (May 24, 2015 at 9:23 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are solidly in the Bible Belt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt Looks more like the bible urinary infection to me.
Yes, definitely a bible urinary infection.
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 2:19 pm
Someone in my family recently got into a minor car accident. He said it was a blessing, because he didn't like the car very much anyways. Then he said another irritating phrase, "Everything happens for a reason, it's god's will and I can't change it, I'll just accept it."
The reason was because you were looking at the radio trying to change a station for two seconds in a place where people frequently make sudden stops. That's why genius!
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 2:33 pm
Living in NC I have heard "bless your heart" too many times. Loosely translated from christer language to what they actually mean: I am so glad it is you going through this hard time and not me
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 4:13 pm
(May 24, 2015 at 8:49 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: Blessed. "Have a blessed day." "Bless you." "I am so blessed." "This is such a blessing." "What a blessing." Blah, blah, blah, yada-yada-yada. I am so sick of hearing it!! Every day, from strangers, on TV, on newscasts.....AHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Were you the person that Dan Cook had a discussion with over the words "bless you"?
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 4:27 pm
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(May 25, 2015 at 4:13 pm)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: (May 24, 2015 at 8:49 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: Blessed. "Have a blessed day." "Bless you." "I am so blessed." "This is such a blessing." "What a blessing." Blah, blah, blah, yada-yada-yada. I am so sick of hearing it!! Every day, from strangers, on TV, on newscasts.....AHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Were you the person that Dan Cook had a discussion with over the words "bless you"?
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Thread: What Should you say when an Atheist sneezes?
I don't care if someone says bless you when I sneeze because the phrase is just a polite bit of nothing people say to each other. The phrase, "May you have a blessed day" seems to have only recently become popular. I am not even certain what it means. How would I know my day is blessed anyway?
(May 25, 2015 at 2:33 pm)polar bear Wrote: Living in NC I have heard "bless your heart" too many times. Loosely translated from christer language to what they actually mean: I am so glad it is you going through this hard time and not me
It can also be a passive aggressive way to say, fuck you.
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm
I always say "Gesundheit" when somebody sneezes.
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RE: One Overused Word That I Hate
May 25, 2015 at 5:38 pm
(May 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm)Spooky Wrote: I always say "Gesundheit" when somebody sneezes.
I think you may have just insulted Alex's mother!
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