Bless Me??? F*%&$ YOU!!!

Here's some more random shit off the cuff for you.... (those of you that know me may be familiar with this rambling, so bear with me). I really hate the convention of blessing people after they sneeze. It's one of those things we've come to do almost instinctually without thinking of it, as it's considered "common courtesy" and everything. For a long time growing up I did do it without much thought, just as I thoughtlessly said 'no thanks' to people thinking it meant "I will not extend my thanks to you", and not "no, but thank you for offering".... anyhow, one day I got around to asking someone (it may have been my fifth grade teacher or my mother) what the deal with blessing each other after we sneeze is and I got the same story as what most of you are probably familiar with.... long ago when people were even more superstitious and uneducated than they generally are today, there was a belief that when you sneezed your soul left your body for a split second, and that left you susceptible to demon possession and such (at least that's the version I heard). Hence, we bless each other to this day...... fucking corny if you ask me. Every time we bless each other what we're really doing is acknowledging how thoughtless and programmable we really are when it comes down to it, like we're saying, "I am going to do my part in keeping alive this convention of society which makes no sense and is totally unnecessary, for the sake of tradition and so that others won't look at me funny and think I'm rude for not blessing them after they sneeze". Total fascist bullshit.... okay, it's not exactly fascist, but you get the idea. So the next time someone sneezes, instead of saying 'bless you', say "Watch out, the demons are coming!!!", and you'll mean about the same goddam thing. I say we do away with sneeze acknowledgement all together. Is it really necessary to respond to each other's sneezes? It's not like when someone trips and falls or something like that, in which case it is totally practical to acknowledge it by asking the person if they're ok and such. In the case of a sneeze, sneezing usually feels rather good, so it warrants no such concern. I personally look forward to sneezing, or maybe that's just because the demons I'm possessed with get happy because more company is on the way.....
Anyhow, the whole "bless you" courtesy can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.