I’m not a fan of “bless you” after a sneeze.
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May the sneeze gods grant you mercy.
When I'm alone with somebody and they say absolutely nothing after I sneeze, I have to process that for a moment and decide what kind of person they are. They are probably stoic & logical & they eschew bullshit meaningless traditions. I like it. But I'm a girl with a big heart and I still cannot bear to be silent after somebody sneezes, but I agree it's meaningless & old-fashioned to say "bless you," so
I learned Chinese a few years ago and they say "Yi bai sui" or "may you live 100 years" after somebody sneezes. So I say that in english after somebody sneezes. "May you live 100 years." That way there's no awkward silence showing that I'm cold and heartless, instead I'm a compassionate educated polyglot 😜
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Automotive racing is a sport.
But Rallycross is the only interesting one.
Like, is luge a sport but not automotive racing?
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Anyone can become an addict, it is not a genetic trait. If you use any additive substance long enough you will being addicted, there is no if, its just a matter of when.
This includes alcohol and more people are addicted to alcohol then they want to admit.
Sure hope I am free to do what I want with my own body someday. Surely someone will believe in bodily autonomy eventually.
I'm not sure about this when it comes to heroin. I've tried it and it was meh, but others try it feel like they have never before felt ok. And pot too I can't find the high at all, it feels yucky but so many people love it and feel high on it, so in some ways there are "two kinds of people in the world" situations.
I do agree that anyone can become an addict if they try hard enough, though. Coffee for me, caffeine.
This is 100% true for heroin. If you pressed through and still did it enough times even if you thought it was meh, you would eventually become addicted, because that is how brain chemistry works. It is not the high people are chasing when they get addicted, its relief from the withdraws.
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