Can't stand people who say "bless"

[RationalLunacy]

At least you're being honest.

Not necessarily. I just happen to like the words "platitude" and "mawkish."

 

[Shepherd 2]

I took a set of vows in 1969 that require me to use the word bless, so I will still use it when required. I do not like the casual use of the word by people who are trying to sound sanctimonious or polite.

It only makes sense to me if the person intends to understand and convey, "The Lord bless you and give you peace. Or the Lord bless and keep you and those you hold in love." But in fact, it is in current use, which gives it some currency.

Santa Shep+ JNS

 

[morgaes]

I say 'bless' all the time, but of course that is the word for "good bye' where I come from

 

[just_mills]

"..This one's for the South and the West; When your dad says 'schweet', and your mate says 'bless'.." - Ias Balaskas

All about where you come from, innit..

 

[valis23]

The old rule in polite Southern US company is that you can say anything you want about someone -no matter how degrading- as long as you follow up with "Bless". I rather enjoy it in that context.

"Did you hear Bob's a grandfather at 35? His daughter just can't keep her knees together, bless her."

Graham Norton's fond of that usage, too, so I guess we got it from Britian.

 

[Green_Man_007]

I'm finding that i grind my teeth and shudder when I hear people say "bless". It's just such a wishywashy word. Especially when it's used like "i'm so blessed" "what a blessing our new baby is" or just "Bless."

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It's used so overdramatically and pathetically and i want to slap everyone who uses it. And I want to slap the people who will hit reply to say "bless" just to make me angrier. You are going to suck!

Poor thing. Bless your pathetic downtrodden soul.

Modern Wiccans frequently use "bless" phrases in communicating with each other (e.g., "Blessed Be" and "Bright Blessings").

Of course, the less-fluffy among us also have occassion to say, "Drop Dead" to normals who've pissed them off once too many.

In either case, we tend to mean our words with utmost sincerity

(and in the case of "Drop Dead," perhaps then they'd hex/tag the victim's footprints with a mixture of graveyard dirt and other powdered materials.)

There are people, though, to whom wishes of "blessing" actually become curses, because their karmic field of self-hating energy isn't prepared for it. So, they will be like frogs dropped into scalding water.

More or less as much as those pseudo-religious hypocrites of the Christos cult, what really perturbs me are guys who say, "I love you" on the second date. They're either liars, or else too immature.

 

[kevbo]

Blessed be the tie that binds?

 

[scottish1]

I always think when I hear someone say "bless you" as being insincere. The word that I find annoying is brilliant which constantly drops out the mouth of the English(UK) to describe anything and everything.

 

[jsd62]

I heard that when a southern lady says "Well, bless yer heart," she's really saying "Back off, bitch!"

 

[Blakiepoo]

argh! i'm sick of my own thread because it contains that ACCURSED word in such high numbers!

 

[TygreBryte]

'Blessed be', especially uttered by modern-day-New-Age-airhead-fluffies (aka, US-Wiccans) always makes me want to barf; as for 'Bright blessings', that's even more ludicrous.

But I guess that only followers of certain 'Right-Hand-path/White-Light/Goddes'-type religions would actually use such trite phrases seriosusly.

Hey Gareth I just wanted to drop you Bright Yuletide Blessings from the Good Ole' US of A!

 

[oasisdude]

I'm guilty of using the word when someone sneezes, more out of traditional polite habit than any other meaning. This thread has "blessed" me into thinking why we use that word when someone sneezes -- just another ancient myth being continued into the 21st century. I resolve not to continue this myth. So help me God.

 

[G-Lexington]

When a Satanist sneezes, are you supposed to say "curse you"?

Just wondering aloud here.

I don't get "bless" much here. I may get "have a blessed day". That one just makes me laugh, because I think of "blessed" as an uber-polite expletive. "This blessed car won't start." So "have a blessed day" ends up like a very polite person saying "Have a fucking day". To which I just say "Thanks - I will."

Lex

 

[Apollo]

I'm finding that i grind my teeth and shudder when I hear people say "bless". It's just such a wishywashy word. Especially when it's used like "i'm so blessed" "what a blessing our new baby is" or just "Bless."

What is that? Bless. It's just a verb! It's not a sentence!
"Have a nice day. Bless."
it's like saying "Have a nice day. Bake."

dumb dumb dumb

And I find that people using "i'm so blessed" are bragging without it sounding like they're bragging.
"my voice was blessed by god to sing" God had nothing to do with all of the practice in making someone a good singer, and they are essentially saying "My voice is so great, it's like a miracle"

It's used so overdramatically and pathetically and i want to slap everyone who uses it. And I want to slap the people who will hit reply to say "bless" just to make me angrier. You are going to suck!

me thinks you are a little too sensitive.

 

[Golliwog]

So who will say the whating over your Christmas feast?

 

[G-Lexington]

Easy. You stand up and say, "I ask no blessing upon this meal, as there is no God, and I refuse to pander to some mythical superstitious nonsense just because you weaklings refuse to take control of your life."

Then you sit down and pass the ham.

Lex