How/why did saying things like bless you or gesundheit start? And when?

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You can say “Godzilla” if you want to

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I always thought we should say excuse me like if we farted or burped. I do say that after sneezing sometimes.

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I use the German word Gesundheit. It means health. I will offer it for most audible bodily functions, though, not just sneezes.

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That’s funny.

I use it for all of those, but also if someone uses or words I don’t understand or if they bite their tongue or anything similar. I successfully managed to confuse a lot of people doing that and it brings me great joy.

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I don’t know, but I wish it’d stop.

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Yeah we should just blankly stare at them instead as they cover you in a mist of snot

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Perhaps it’d be less awkward if we all say “fuck you” by convention instead.

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I could get behind that

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If someone sneezes directly at me then the last thing I’d want to say is “bless you”.

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@Wollang Yarhamkallah.

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