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[–] 95 points 6 months ago (12 children)

A 5-day, 40 hour work week "standard"

Somebody saying "bless you" to someone else who sneezes

The president

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (11 children)

    Bless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english language is tbh.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    From ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    In Germany we say (literally) "Health" as in "Get better"

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