Atheists, what do you say when someone sneezes?

Question

I'm an atheist, but I still say "God Bless You". I never thought about how weird that is until just now. Habit, I guess. Ingrained like please and thank you.

What do you say?

Answer 1

Usually nothing, but sometimes I'll ask, "Are you OK?"

Answer 2

nothing happens when you die.

Answer 3

I say, "Here's a Kleenex."

.

Answer 4

"You're sooooo good looking!"

Answer 5

After watching Dane Cook I started saying "Nothing happens when you die"

Answer 6

Gesundheit!

Answer 7

I say gesundheit. I only say it to horrify the people who insist on saying Bless you.  

Answer 8

Gezuntite (sp) lol

Selud! (Spanish)

i don't say anything actually, i don't like when ppl say bless you because i have to say thank you like 5 times to all who say it! haha

I'm not Atheist or into organized religion

Answer 9

Well I am not atheist.. but I say "bless you" to be polite.

Answer 10

I say, "Shut yer pie-hole, germy!"

Answer 11

Same here.

I suppose its more of a cultural thing than a religious one.

Answer 12

Why people say Bless you instead of God bless you

Answer 13

"A-choo"?

Ha ha.

I was raised Roman Catholic in which we'd say "bless you" but I just say "blesh you" now.

Answer 14

Exact same here. Funny, that :)

Answer 15

"Bleshyou"

It sounds like that when most people say it, who knows the difference. lol

Answer 16

Gesundheit

Answer 17

I also say God Bless You. Not because I believe in god but because it's the polite thing to say.

Answer 18

I say "Bless you, d**n it!"

I just love saying bless and d**n in the same sentence... plus, it's like saying bless you, but with a little extra umph!

Answer 19

Kleenex?

Answer 20

Bless you. Sneezing isn't a religious event.  

Answer 21

I usually don't say anything. A sneeze is a normal thing, so it doesn't require a comment.

Answer 22

Please cover your mouth, or would you like a kleenex. Saying "God Bless You" doesn't compromise your atheism, there's no atheistic blasphemy.

Answer 23

I say "I hope you chew your food" because that's almost how it sounds like "ah-chew"

Answer 24

Same here! Usually "Bless you" not "God Bless You"

But sometimes I say "Sancho". Sancho is the man that visits your wife when you're not home. So when you sneeze that means Sancho is paying your wife a visit, booty call. It's a thing I picked up from some co-workers from Central America.

Answer 25

Nothing.

On occasion I will ask if he or she needs a tissue.

Answer 26

I say, "Bless you," simply because it's the conventional response in the English language.  It has never crossed my mind that this might be weird.  

English speakers say lots of things that are even weirder than that, if you think about it.  Have you ever used a common idiom, and then wondered, "Wait, what does that even mean?"

Answer 27

Bless you, and I believe in God

Answer 28

I just say 'bless you' which is almost equally as insane.

I think you're right about old cultural programmes.

~

Answer 29

Nothing.  It does freak out some folks, but that's their process, not mine.

Answer 30

"Gesundheit!" Sometimes "bless you" out of habit, but the preceding "God" part is no longer in my atheistic vocabulary.

Answer 31

I say,

''okay, now, pick up your brain'!