+383 If you were to pick your nose in public, people would think you were disgusting; and yet, when you sneeze (and simultaneously spread sickness), they bless you. It’s weird how some actions became socially normal/appropriate and others didn’t, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

sociology is very interesting...i think in the East its ok to pick your nose actually

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sneezing is involuntary, if it were frowned upon no one would be socially acceptable. Also, the blessing hearkens back to when people used to believe that demons possession was somehow tied to sneezing (don't ask me, I don't recall.)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly what I was going to say. When they sneezed, they thought the person was expelling a demon from their body.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can't control sneezing.. But you can totally control shoving your finger up your nose

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's not like you can't control your finger from picking nose. "No finger noooo, stoppp it, I don't want to pick it" Trying to weigh down his hand from getting up there. "Plleeease, we're in public!" Finger makes it way in there "Shit." Casually sitting there with a finger in his nose.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's super annoying when people think they can use semi colons where they don't belong, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago