# Seeking new non-theistic expressions for gratitude, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148 "2024-03-21T15:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/41 "2024-03-22T15:18:59Z")
Yeah. I don’t know the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/42 "2024-03-22T15:26:57Z")
Yep, that’s what I think of too! [Aspercreme Helps These Ancient Female Warriors | Commercial Society (wordpress.com)](https://commercialsociety.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/aspercreme-helps-these-ancient-female-warriors/) ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/43 "2024-03-22T15:30:50Z")
That was obviously a good commercial, as you both remembered it right away! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/44 "2024-03-22T15:45:33Z")
_By Grabthar’s hammer_ ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/45 "2024-03-22T17:35:59Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I use…’Thanks to all the Gods that ever were!’ > > I mean, it clearly includes everybody’s God, plus I’d hate to miss any God. It even covers the possibility that there never were any. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/46 "2024-03-22T19:51:48Z")
I like that expression. But I also like the Gameofthroneyism of “the old gods and the new”. How to combine them? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/47 "2024-03-22T20:32:39Z")
" May You Live Long And Prosper". ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/48 "2024-03-22T20:42:18Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > Thank the dumb luck of a cold, uncaring universe, which allows me, as a free and responsible agent determining my own development through acts of will, to choose and create my own fate! > > Yes, exactly. Maybe I’ll steal this for my new custom title. Reminds me of one of my favorite Bab5 Quotes/Memes: [![](https://i.imgflip.com/6fg2ir.jpg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/6fg2ir.jpg) But in terms of non-theistic expressions, I tend towards thank the FSM (Flying Spaghetti Monster) because I enjoy poking self-aware fun at the whole thing. Thanking an imaginary deity fulfills the emotional need for an epithet while simultaneously mocking it. There are reasons I picked my new title. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/49 "2024-03-22T20:52:35Z")
“Thank all the gods that are or ever were”. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/50 "2024-03-22T22:56:39Z")
“Chalice?” Is there an existing language group where this is used as a form of polite praise? Because as a québécoise…“câlisse” is a swear word! I say it all the time…! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148/51 "2024-03-23T00:03:37Z")
Tabernouche! Okay, so it isn’t the best choice… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-new-non-theistic-expressions-for-gratitude-etc/999148.md?page=2)