the relevant ilx thread for koritfw
― Aimless, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
what does that stand for
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:03 (eight years ago) link
BENGHAZI
except that's how they say it in arabic
― j., Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
The track was used in Donald Trump's announcement that he will run as a Republican candidate for the 2016 presidency. Young, a longtime supporter of Bernie Sanders, said that the mogul was not authorized to use the song.Trump's campaign responded by saying it did pay to use Neil Young's tune at the presidential announcement, but won't use Young's music at any future events. "Through a licensing agreement with ASCAP, Mr. Trump's campaign paid for and obtained the legal right to use Neil Young's recording of 'Rockin' In The Free World,'" the statement read. "Nevertheless, there are plenty of other songs to choose from. Despite Neil's differing political views, Mr. Trump likes him very much."Trump later hit back, posting a photo of him and Young shaking hands, and explaining that Young asked him for financing on an audio deal and invited Trump to a concert. In a Tweet, Trump called Young a "total hypocrite," adding, "'Rockin' In The Free World' was just one of 10 songs used as background music. Didn’t love it anyway."
Trump's campaign responded by saying it did pay to use Neil Young's tune at the presidential announcement, but won't use Young's music at any future events. "Through a licensing agreement with ASCAP, Mr. Trump's campaign paid for and obtained the legal right to use Neil Young's recording of 'Rockin' In The Free World,'" the statement read. "Nevertheless, there are plenty of other songs to choose from. Despite Neil's differing political views, Mr. Trump likes him very much."
Trump later hit back, posting a photo of him and Young shaking hands, and explaining that Young asked him for financing on an audio deal and invited Trump to a concert. In a Tweet, Trump called Young a "total hypocrite," adding, "'Rockin' In The Free World' was just one of 10 songs used as background music. Didn’t love it anyway."
― drash, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:10 (eight years ago) link
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blessedthis word has lively comments section
WELL, I am at the point of my life in which I have used the word many ,many times, but recently am speculating if GOD even exist, well the GOD, I have known as GOD, the one whom has JESUS as his son....so if i use the word BLESSED, I want to make sure it has NO connection to GOD, but rather a term meaning I AM HONORED to have what I have, which is not much, but still every so much as in a BLESSING ITSELF....do you know what i mean ????? I once practiced ZENISM, and although an OCCULT/MYSTICISM SAYING.>>>BLESSED BE...I USED THAT SAYING OFTEN ! That was before finding Jesus...but now some 40 years later I find myself puzzled and question his existence.
― drash, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
well they may not say it but it's always implied
true
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
I'm struggling to think of anyone here who'd say "have a nice day" let alone a blessed one. It sounds like something hippies would say after bowing at you with a cup of nettle tea in hand.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:45 (eight years ago) link
lol my oldest friend (who admittedly shares approx 20 of these horrible things a day and who is essentially my polar opposite in a lot of ways) just put this on FB
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/11960183_1128391903899164_1193525635738877939_n.jpg?oh=c0bac17d1e37eb9c102e76c3064c7e3e&oe=566D0522
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:56 (eight years ago) link
Thank you, homosexual cardinals!
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:01 (eight years ago) link
Wait, why the fuck does Webster's even have a comments section? "I have an interesting (and shockingly-racist) story about 'the'."
― WHO POOPED IN MY SHOE (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:01 (eight years ago) link
have a nice blood― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, August 31, 2015 3:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, August 31, 2015 3:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-original-meaning-of-word-bless-is.html
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:14 (eight years ago) link
"goodbye" means essentially the same thing as "have a blessed day" btw
― welltris (crüt), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:16 (eight years ago) link
LOL at this thread.
In general it's a pretty innocuous thing just someone trying to be a nice person but can def see it coming across as religious humblebragging (file w the more condescending "Bless your heart").
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:17 (eight years ago) link
stay blessed in the free world, y'all
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
^ killer shot of love outtake
― balls, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
I get real blessed on the reg
― andrew m., Tuesday, 1 September 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
I don't think I've ever had anyone say this to me. It must be a Southern thing. It's weird and I don't like it.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB),
I am near Washington DC and hear it the most from African-American co-workers. I am used to it.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
there's something about the sentence construction that casts it in a faintly absurd light
like "have a ______ day" is just a lego set of possible wishes, into which "blessed" has taken root and grown
like 80 years from now you might run into people saying "have a Trump day!" in homage to america's greatest president
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
this is totally my own fucked up attitude towards white 'murican xtianity but when someone wishes christ's blessings on me or whatever i feel like i'm letting the blesser down when later that day i curse or have premarital sex or think a mean thought.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
like, would the blesser revoke the blessing if they had known my plans for that day?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
I don't really mind if people say this to me, or even if they say "God bless". I mean these days, I meet so many petulant shits, someone being nice to me is kind of refreshing.
I only mind when someone decides to go on some sort of religious rant with me unprovoked, which lately seems to happen all the time as my face must convey "please, unload all of your baggage on me" to people.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:46 (eight years ago) link
they'd shake their heads sadly and maybe even put a dagger in with "bless his heart"
xpost
the modern usage of #blessed is just "i'm lucky" so i guess it's you, the putative blessee, get to choose in your own mind how to divvy up what percent of it is "may destiny smile upon you" and what proportion constitutes the remaining, residual jeezo-speak
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
#humbled
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link
#koritfw
― balls, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
#notallcashiers
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 02:18 (eight years ago) link
#dootdooladootdoo...
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 09:08 (eight years ago) link
'Bless your heart' was, I always thought, Southern-lady code for 'fuck you'.
In the UK, when someone is inept or a child does something childlike, there's 'aw, bless!' where nobody using or hearing it assigns religious intent.
― denali is a mountain in alaska (suzy), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 09:54 (eight years ago) link
"bless your eyes" is the most sickly variant I've come across
― ogmor, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 11:12 (eight years ago) link
I hear this a lot but I feel like this aspect of it has been way overblown
― welltris (crüt), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 11:18 (eight years ago) link
it's often like "oh that unfortunate person, how could they have known" but in any case it can sound v condescending v easily
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 11:23 (eight years ago) link
"god'll get you for that"
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
Hear this shit all the time
― calstars, Saturday, 26 August 2017 02:29 (six years ago) link