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hanyo
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05 Nov 2011, 12:33 pm

dogslife wrote:
The ritual of saying "bless you" after someone sneezes is something I have an extremely hard time making myself do; I've been accused of being rude before for not saying it. I also don't like when people say it to me after I sneeze and thus being expected to thank them for saying it.


I don't say bless you or thank you to people that say bless you. It never occurred to me to do so and I'm not going to do it. I don't get the point. They should just be glad I don't say "get away from me germy person, you'll give me your germs".

Plus saying "bless you" seems religiousy to me and I'm an athiest.



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05 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm

I often make social gestures I *don't* intend ...

However I do say hello or how are you and I think it's extremely rude, when I say hello to someone I am acquainted with and they think they're better than me or have some kind of shallow judgement, and they don't say hello back!! !! What is that??

I have a hard time saying peoples names often, and I often forget their names until months later. I'm not sure why I don't say people's names when I say hello or to get their attention or what not maybe they think *that*'s rude I dunno..