OK.. this has been becoming more and more of a thing, and if you’re wondering about the trigger, it’s someone who said, “Merry Christmas”, when what they clearly actually meant was to wish me a fine time of autofornication.
Using words meant to be imbued with kindness, peace, and good energy, for want of a better way to put it- being twisted into some condescending holier than thou way to win some kind of confrontation is just gross. It’s on that level of not quiiiiite sarcastic, but definitely with a dash of snark in there.
Common examples-
Have a nice/blessed day!
Well, bless your heart.
You need Jesus.
I’ll pray for you.
And sometimes…. Namaste.
I’m starting to reject these phony sentiments when they are offered to me with clearly different intentions. It gets some interesting reactions, like when you tell someone that has no need for it that no (looking at you, chica ringing up my $5 purchase at Michael’s), they can’t have your name or email address or phone number.
Communication is becoming rarer as we deal more with automation- and we need to be clearer and more thoughtful with it. We need to quit using these words meant to actually mean something to be the ultimate comeback that sullies the entire spirit of why people genuinely express them.
Outright hostility is better than smarmy snark, at least in my opinion.
Curiouser and Curiouser 