In inpatient psychiatry I tell my coworkers “I hope your shift is mind-numbingly boring” or something similar (keyword being boring) because in my line of work, interesting (usually) = bad.
What’re yours?
“Don’t let the magic smoke out!”
In electrical/computer/embedded engineering, we have a running gag that microchips work by trapping magic smoke inside, and when you do something wrong, you “let out” the magic smoke.
Different origin though. A smoke test is more like if you try running something and you see smoke then you haven’t fixed it yet
And that smoke is exactly the magic smoke the original comment was talking about…
Before covid lockdown I made my living as a street performer, doing magic shows for crowds of strangers. In that very niche community, “Fat hats!” is a common farewell or replacement for “good luck”. In this case “hat” refers to the donations in the hat rather than the actual hat.
In the burlesque world, it’s “Pop a pastie!”
Instead of saying “bless you” when someone sneezes, I quite like the alternative: “shut the fuck up”.
Ever since middle school, my “bless you” interaction has always been:
- “Bless you.”
- Them: “Thank you.”
- “You’re welcome.”
And whenever I sneeze, it’s “bless me, thank me, I’m welcome.”
Thank you for attending my TEDtalk.
No, I mean I say the entire thing to myself. “Bless me, thank me, I’m welcome.”
Middle school me started doing it and I’ve put in no effort to stop.
“Shoot yourself in the head, asshole!”
That’s one I get a lot. The most positive one anyway.
