cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/887096

I mean anything like cursed or lucky objects, ghosts, etc?

Figured it's the spooky season and I don't know too many people irl to talk to about the supernatural without discovering q-level brainworms.

I'll comment in the thread with my answer.

  • charly4994 [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I don't believe in the supernatural. While our world would be cooler for it, there's no good evidence of it. Watching some spooky stream VODs and Nyanners was reacting to this video on an app that spat out random coords that got steam after a bunch of teens found a body after following the coords. In the video the guy insisted that he was 100% skeptical as he used it, and then ran into an ambulance at his destination, and after manifesting death, on their way to the coords they almost got annihilated by an oncoming car, which they didn't show. The app claims quantum numbers and a bunch of new age buzz words with "a lot" of strange coincidences resulting, but I still don't see it as anything other than finding something kinda creepy because you got primed for it.

    Ghost videos are also rather annoying and over the years I think I've gotten a decent knowledge base to analyze and figure out the tricks. Same stream, same video creator was showing videos he had no explanation of, like a toy train rolling on the floor, or cats doing weird stuff. I will say though, it's genuinely fun to watch ghost videos and look for the flaws that prove it's fake. John Wolfe has some good ones.

    Generally I don't care if someone believes in ghosts or supernatural phenomenon, have fun as long as you don't hurt someone, but people that intentionally lie and misrepresent their position deserve a special punishment. I've long since softened on my anti-religious kick with the help of age, time to reflect, and learning more about various theologies. A lot of what I dislike I can attribute to the correct causes with a material understanding rather than just a knee jerk fuck all religions.