“God, grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I will not read”
Many people don’t read the small print of terms and conditions, simply accepting them and hoping for the best. A version of the Serenity Prayer was on Twitter by Shari VanderWerf on June 24, 2014:
“God grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I will not read.”
The jocular one-liner received many retweets in October 2014. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I do not read”—with “will” changed to “do”—was posted on Twitter by mark on November 7, 2019.
Wikipedia: Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer authored by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). It has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. The best-known form is:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
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Shari VanderWerf
@shariv67
God grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I will not read.
1:59 PM - 24 Jun 2014
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Professional Heckler
@HecklerForever
Accepting the online terms and conditions I will not read. A hard habit to break
6:52 AM - 25 Jun 2014
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Pungineer®
@Sarcastic_Sperm
God grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I will never read.
2:15 PM - 27 Oct 2014
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WittyScoop.com
@WittyScoop
#God grant me the serenity to #accept the terms and #conditions I will not read.”
1:26 AM - 28 Oct 2014
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Shari VanderWerf
@shariv67
God grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I will not read.
4:28 PM · Feb 17, 2016·Twitter for Android
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mark
@TheCatWhisprer
God, grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I do not read.
11:05 PM · Nov 7, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Chanklish
@chanklish
God, grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I do not read.
7:53 AM · Nov 21, 2019·Twitter Web App