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verity_kindle ,

“Bless Your Face”, I borrowed that one a long ways back, it seems to make people smile.

Obi ,
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In french we tell people “je te dis merde !”, it’s the equivalent to break a leg, literally just means “I’m saying ‘shit’ to you!”.

Klear ,

In Czech we tell actors to break their necks rather than legs. Sounds safer to me.

Lorgres ,

Us Germans are extra thorough. We wish both, breaking neck and leg.

BreakDecks ,

Ship it

RizzRustbolt ,

Keep it Swayze!

Tidesphere ,

“Hope the night is manageable.” I work in a field where people aren’t sure how to wish me a good night at work.

LowtierComputer ,

Hope it’s quiet.

mydoomlessaccount ,

“You can do it, buddy. Shit your pants!”

I mean, I don’t actually know if people ever say this or not, but you can start if you wanna be a cool trendsetter!

DillyDaily ,

Having had a defecography this is very similar to the encouragement the radiologist gave me…

z00s ,

I have had bowel obstructions before and if a nurse or doctor said this I would be very amused 🤣

FluminaInMaria ,

Instead of saying “bless you” when someone sneezes, I quite like the alternative: “shut the fuck up”.

Mesa ,
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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.

TheRedSpade ,

If I sneeze and somebody says “bless you”, my response is “No, but thanks for the offer”.

meekah ,
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Wouldn’t it still be “thank you”? Funny one though!

Mesa ,
@Mesa@programming.dev avatar

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.

meekah ,
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Ahh yeah I’m not sure what I was thinking earlier lol

reallyzen ,
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“Merde”. As in, the french word for “shit” - or, should we say, “horseshit”. Why? Well because at the time of horse-drawn carriages, a successful play at the theatre would leave a lot of horseshit in front if the theatre from the many, many coaches awaiting their fares.

Hadriscus ,

ah yes ! and it’s customary to not reply “thanks” to that

reallyzen ,
@reallyzen@lemmy.ml avatar

'Xactly. You say “je prends !” as in “I’m taking it!”

Hadriscus ,

I didn’t know that one

guillem ,
@guillem@aussie.zone avatar

Same in Spain: mucha mierda.

Tikiporch ,

It’s a jungle out there.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks ,

In the burlesque world, it’s “Pop a pastie!”

captain_aggravated ,
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“Keep the shiny side up” is a nice thing to say to a motorcyclist.

ridethisbike ,

Keep the rubber side down, also.

In the helicopter world is “keep the spinny bits up”

pacmondo ,

In Quebec French, instead of saying “Break a leg” you say “merde” which literally translates to “shit”

lechatron ,
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“I hope you have the day you deserve.”

0_0j ,
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If that was true, we would not have shitty government

yngmnwntr ,

My version is “I hope your day is as pleasant as you are.” Said mock sweetly to asshole customers.

joby , (edited )

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.

Me in Jackson Square, New Orleans

owenfromcanada ,
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“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.

ouRKaoS ,

While I was learning to solder I definitely let the magic smoke out a few times, and I can confirm that those boards no longer worked!

Simulation6 ,

‘Let’s smoke test it’ is still a common phrase in electronics.

bionicjoey ,

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

meekah ,
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And that smoke is exactly the magic smoke the original comment was talking about…

bionicjoey ,

Ah, I see. Didn’t make that connection

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