About

Bless This Post is an internet expression that is used to passionately agree with another user. It is most commonly used as a gif, the source of which ranges from popular television series to actual televangelist speakers. The subject is generally raising their hands or spreading their arms, as if literally blessing the post or quoted text before them.

Origin

The phrase has long been used in pagan and nature worship e-communities and could be commonly found on LiveJournal pages^[1] as an alternative to the "comment" and "add comment" links. It suddenly became popular in early 2011, which is about the time gif making and posting increased in popularity^[2] as well as when tumblr began to see a spike in users. "Bless This Post" has since firmly established itself on the social blogging platform.

Spread

As its popularity grew, the intention behind the expression was expanded to other religious proclamations.

Preach

Preach is more often used to agree with and encourage a poster who is taking a social justice stand for one thing or another.

Can I Get An/Amen

This variant, as well as being used to agree, is also used by some posters to conclude their own posts, paving the way for "preach/bless this post" responses.

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