I don't care for woo shit generally but damn if astrology isn't the lamest one. Why aren't there people out there searching for gold with Dowsing rods? Why aren't teens trying to figure out their fates by doing Geomancy and throwing sticks on the ground? I want to see people get into Scapulimancy and Haruspexy where they divine things by burning bones and looking at duck livers.

Bring back that metal shit, fuck this "oooohhhh I looked at some stars and that said what personality I have", fuck that loser, go cut open an Ox and burn it's thigh bone and see the future by huffing geothermal gases!

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Why aren’t there people out there searching for gold with Dowsing rods?

    Well it only takes a couple tries with a dowsing rod before you realize that it's completely bunk and you'll never get rich doing it. With astrology, the belief has a lot of staying power because it exists almost entirely in feelings and interpretation, which means that a true believer is "right" every time no matter what.

    • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yea, astrology is completely removed from material reality (except as far as our birthday, but everybody has one of those). It gives nothing, but it asks nothing in return.

    • binman [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      If you drill down far enough anywhere, you will hit the water table

      That's the secret of dowsing