tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post8175822999527350464..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: The "I'll pray for you" memeCalladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-81477906640059958862008-07-18T07:44:00.000-07:002008-07-18T07:44:00.000-07:00Yep. I'd read about the "Godspeed" sign-off on Co...Yep. I'd read about the "Godspeed" sign-off on Conservapedia. It is definitely the same thing.<BR/><BR/>All such answers, no matter how politely phrased, are really a dismissive way of saying, "I'm done talking with you so I'm going to try to have the last word and then stop listening to you. Now go away."<BR/><BR/>I actually think my original assessment is incorrect. These are not euphemisms for "Fuck You", they are euphemisms for "Fuck Off."<BR/><BR/>And "I'll think for you" is also a euphemism for, "well, fuck you too." Useful for ending the conversation - but that might not be what you want.<BR/><BR/>If you are interested in keeping the conversation open, perhaps the right response to, "I'll pray for you" would be to ask, "Why?" Or maybe to ask what kind of prayer, exactly, would the supplicant send?<BR/><BR/>I think that knowing the text of such a prayer would be interesting, and revealing.Calladushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-22409807436129815402008-07-18T01:34:00.000-07:002008-07-18T01:34:00.000-07:00Reminds me of a RationalWiki saying about Conserva...Reminds me of a RationalWiki saying about Conservapedia: "<A HREF="http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Godspeed" REL="nofollow">Godspeed</A>" is Andrew Schlafly's personal jargon for "Go fuck yourself."<BR/><BR/>(The obvious response to "I'll pray for you" seems to be: "I'll think for you.")Robin Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718839860605138953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-69741341194089762392008-07-17T07:32:00.000-07:002008-07-17T07:32:00.000-07:00First, I'd like to thank you for linking to my sit...First, I'd like to thank you for linking to my site and boosting my nerd points. Much appreciated. Then, as to the matter at hand:<BR/><BR/>The essence of humor, according to some, is reversal, a turnabout or tumbling-down in between the premise and the conclusion. (See, <I>e.g.,</I> Isaac Asimov's <I>Treasury of Humor</I>.) I think the fall from the highfalutin, "spiritual" meaning of the verb <I>to pray</I> and the pornographic connotations which we've added to it is a remarkably deep drop-off indeed. Which, of course, is why it's such a tasty meme.Blake Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977394981287067289noreply@blogger.com