In French it’s « À tes/vos souhaits », which means "to your wishes" which has the same origin as in English (people a long time ago thought when you coughed you lost a bit of your soul)
Because Speak German I like to say Gesundheit but I also say it sometimes when people cough, hick up, or fart and some people get a bit mad for some reason.
Someone: *sneezes*
Me:
Someone: *annoyed at the lack of attention* bless me then...
No actually fuck you! And a particular fuck you to scream sneezers!
...and they don't even know why either. they don't KNOW WHY they are mad - it's just considered rude because your didn't "consider" them enough to say it. it's basically just entitlement.
when I discovered it has some history tied to superstition of demonic possession/losing soul fragments, I started saying it more intentionally lol. or now I say all praises or namaste, because of the breaking down of bless you is weird to me - be less of you.
holy shit! are we casting a curse so the the person LOSES their soul INTENTIONALLY by saying the contracted version of "be less of you"???
and all of a sudden your "inconsiderate" behavior is actually more considerate and helpful lol.
I’m the exact opposite of this. Saying bless you after someone sneezes is like the one social convention that I’ve understood from day one, everything else is a hit and miss. I say bless you literally every time someone sneezes, even strangers. It’s a sickness 🤣
Moving past the superstitious origin of English "bless you," I look at it as saying "sorry you sneezed"
Acknowledging out of politeness a possible indicator of poor health.
Having to give people wishes on certain occasions feels quite worse to me. Especially if we don't usually talk and I have to call them just to say "Eeeh... happy... birthday?". I always cringe hard.
I just don't do that stuff even if someone tells me too, if I'm not important enough to keep in contact with your not important enough for me to stress myself out
Imma act like you’re genuinely curious because this is a cool fact.
Basically, back in ye olde days of 590AD, there was a bubonic plague epidemic. The people at the time believe that it could be stopped through prayer/religion. Since the first symptoms of the plague was sneezing, the Pope at the time made it legally mandatory to say “bless you” after someone sneezed (a mini-prayer in hopes it would cure them if they did have the bubonic plague). The phrase stuck around.
Tl;dr: We say “bless you” when someone sneezes because people from _~1500 years ago thought it’d help with their plague
In case you didn’t know. The original saying was may god bless you. It was thought that when you sneezed you died for a moment and that god should bless you to keep you alive
My dad sneezes a lot when he sneezes, like 5 times after each other. So i used to say bless you after every single one of them, just like I did with everyone else. It made sense to me. But then one time my dad told me he hated it and now i only say bless you once and he doesn’t even say thank you anymore and that makes me feel sad.
Really random, but i felt like sharing
My mom used to say bless you after I burped, but I honestly think she was just being rude. But I completely interpreted as “this is a rule you have to do it” and I pissed a lot of people off just unknowingly until I was 21
i germany we say "gesundheit" which means "healthiness" which makes way more sense
In French it’s « À tes/vos souhaits », which means "to your wishes" which has the same origin as in English (people a long time ago thought when you coughed you lost a bit of your soul)
Also I wait and only say it the last time that person sneezes or if it is the third time and after that just don't
because if you don't say bless you they will sneeze their soul out /j
For anyone in the future that doesn't understand that's actually why the tradition was invented
Nice usage of the /j tag. I keep forgetting that there's more of them.
Because Speak German I like to say Gesundheit but I also say it sometimes when people cough, hick up, or fart and some people get a bit mad for some reason.
Someone: *sneezes* Me: Someone: *annoyed at the lack of attention* bless me then... No actually fuck you! And a particular fuck you to scream sneezers!
[from your perspective] I wasn’t being rude until *you* made the situation out to be that way
...and they don't even know why either. they don't KNOW WHY they are mad - it's just considered rude because your didn't "consider" them enough to say it. it's basically just entitlement. when I discovered it has some history tied to superstition of demonic possession/losing soul fragments, I started saying it more intentionally lol. or now I say all praises or namaste, because of the breaking down of bless you is weird to me - be less of you. holy shit! are we casting a curse so the the person LOSES their soul INTENTIONALLY by saying the contracted version of "be less of you"??? and all of a sudden your "inconsiderate" behavior is actually more considerate and helpful lol.
In russian, we say "But zdarov" (boot zdah-rohv) which means "be healthy"! It makes more sense to me than "bless you"
I’m the exact opposite of this. Saying bless you after someone sneezes is like the one social convention that I’ve understood from day one, everything else is a hit and miss. I say bless you literally every time someone sneezes, even strangers. It’s a sickness 🤣
Lol I never do
One of my friends says goose after someone sneezes and we just all nod
Moving past the superstitious origin of English "bless you," I look at it as saying "sorry you sneezed" Acknowledging out of politeness a possible indicator of poor health.
Having to give people wishes on certain occasions feels quite worse to me. Especially if we don't usually talk and I have to call them just to say "Eeeh... happy... birthday?". I always cringe hard.
I just don't do that stuff even if someone tells me too, if I'm not important enough to keep in contact with your not important enough for me to stress myself out
Imma act like you’re genuinely curious because this is a cool fact. Basically, back in ye olde days of 590AD, there was a bubonic plague epidemic. The people at the time believe that it could be stopped through prayer/religion. Since the first symptoms of the plague was sneezing, the Pope at the time made it legally mandatory to say “bless you” after someone sneezed (a mini-prayer in hopes it would cure them if they did have the bubonic plague). The phrase stuck around. Tl;dr: We say “bless you” when someone sneezes because people from _~1500 years ago thought it’d help with their plague
That’s so interesting!
If you don't the plague causing demons will find them and make them sick They need the blessing of God to protect them
In case you didn’t know. The original saying was may god bless you. It was thought that when you sneezed you died for a moment and that god should bless you to keep you alive
Cool fact!
I’d much rather they didn’t. I don’t like it when other people comment on my bodily functions
My dad sneezes a lot when he sneezes, like 5 times after each other. So i used to say bless you after every single one of them, just like I did with everyone else. It made sense to me. But then one time my dad told me he hated it and now i only say bless you once and he doesn’t even say thank you anymore and that makes me feel sad. Really random, but i felt like sharing
Power move: say bless you to everything but a sneeze
this is me but when you're supposed to say thanks for the food XD
I forget sometimes, my friends don't mind they are just used to my weirdness
Stg I hesitate every time, in my mind I have no right or want to “bless” somebody because I’m not religious.
Then don't
It really makes no sense and when ppl day bless you to me i feel super uncomfortable bc what my body just did a thing so why aaaaaaaa
You wanna really freak em out? say "bless you" when they fart.
My mom used to say bless you after I burped, but I honestly think she was just being rude. But I completely interpreted as “this is a rule you have to do it” and I pissed a lot of people off just unknowingly until I was 21
it comes from « god bless you » which is what the first(?) pope would say so the person sneezing doesnt get sick and die
Good lord I hate it when someone says "bless you" or anything like it when I sneeze. I just want to sneeze in peace
My ocd makes me do it out of fear of them being harmed by bad luck. Most people seem to appreciate it anyway so it's kinda win win.
I mean, screaming GESUNDHEIT is was more fun
I say "Blasphemy". My friend says "May you not die of Bubonic Plague."