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"
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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