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is skeptical and doesn't believe in the supernatural
has a fear of developing superstition

Sounds to me like you've been cursed, mate.

Sounds like you have a superstition about superstitions.

tbh I've just accepted that superstitions are part of the human psyche. I don't believe in "chi" in the sense of some energy that can be measured but there's definitely some kind of pattern recognition in the human subconscious that's processing the flow of the environment around them and the people in it that way. And a lot of cultures worldwide have longstanding traditions that guide the way they deal with that both in the sense of soothing that part of the subconscious but also trying to address whatever threat or goal in the environment that that pattern recognition is trying to draw attention to. I really enjoyed "Feng Shui Modern" by Cliff Tan if you want a really great explanation of concrete ways in which principles of that practice tend to help people feel safer in a space. He talks about things like the most common paths people take take through rooms, wanting to have your back against something solid, and not liking having beams and lights hanging directly over your head.

And personally I just try to keep the less concretely beneficial things to fun cultural traditions and other stuff I can connect with people around and avoid things that have been like, objectively disproven by modern science in some way or that would be specifically harmful to some specific circumstance / situation. So like carrying around an evil eye talisman is fine but using an herbal remedy that's been found to be harmful is not. And I find it's also helpful to think of it less in terms of specific effects / outcomes such as hexing, and more in terms of good energy / bad energy or good luck / bad luck. So the evil eye ward isn't protecting me from some specific thing, it's just a general hope that I'll avoid toxicity in my life. And there's a big mindfulness component to these things too; the talisman is also a reminder to yourself to avoid negativity and try to put positivity out into the world around you.

Did you burn the witch?

Ah yes James Randi, a man I have very mixed feelings on. He was a climate skeptic who would claim to have debunked people who never signed up for his challenge. A real scum bag in general. He was also a high School drop out with no training in the sciences.

Admittedly he called himself an "Honest Liar" and was motivated not by money but out of fear that people believed he had magic back when he was a magician.

Still given his character I tend not to take JREF too seriously.

There was that guy who could make almost anyone forget almost anything, he won the prize many times. :D

Everyone should read about James Randi he was a brilliant skeptic.

I am at the point where if anyone, ever, for any reason, asks me what my astrological sign is, I stop communicating with them.

They always turn out to be irresponsible, narcissistic idiots every time.

An exception would be if this interaction is taking place completely within the confines of an actually defined fantasy world like a video game or ttrpg.

But real life? People who actually believe there is, or could potentially be anything to astrology?

Dangerous morons.

So, they're saying that the magic is real, but I can't just go to a crazy old crone's potions shop and purchase a curse on someone because that's not how it works? Well, that's disappointing.

Edit: "no true witch" = hilarious

Anyone who watched that episode where Gohan taught Videl how to channel chi and didn't try it at home was probably too old to be watching the anime

"You have a very protective aura, which is a good thing, since it serves as a natural protection and everyone has it. But this also means that I am not on the same kind of energy like you, which is why it is difficult for me."

Said a fortune teller once to my mother, who felt like she was being told bullshit. (Which is true, because fortune tellers and the like are a scam.) But such people will always find some bullshitty explanation to still save their face.

Bro you didn't make up that word. You heard it on an episode of Always Sunny and forgot. I'd say it but honestly it's so close to a racial slur that I'd rather not risk it.

You have said it before, it was the last thing you said to Brian before he went out that night and... well I can sense there's a lot of unresolved drama there so I'll stop talking now

Anyway don't worry about Brian, in the great hereafter he became really good at Sudoku and is considering reincarnation on a planet in the Crab nebula. Interesting choice considering the people of that world are all female. Humanity won't discover them for about two weeks but first contact will be surprisingly underwhelming

Naw I'm messing with you. This was all stream of conciousness... but maybe I freaked someone out who thought I was serious.

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Burrchismo

You stuck a hot wheel tire... '64 Corvette Stingray, up your nose as a child and it never came out

Easy peasy

Is it "frint"?

Beans

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