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Breaking mirrors, in this economy??
That’s the origin of the superstition, don’t cha know?
Walking under ladders just made her life and health insurance go up.
is there a superstition about walking under ladders?
To be fair, it’s one of the more reasonable superstitions considering the potential of being hit by a heavy falling object.
People won’t listen to “if you walk under a ladder you might get hit by a paint bucket” but they will listen to “if you walk under a ladder some nondescript aethereal force will give you bad luck”. What is wrong with our brains.
The fear / allure of the unknown
It’s pretty much the same as “Don’t do that, it’s wrong.” vs “Don’t do that, God doesn’t like it.”
That is from times where a majority of people were trained to believe in an a nondescript invisible being. It does things to your brain.
absolutely, yeah. there’s still a lot of construction folks/builders that refuse to do it. usually the same folks that have superstitions about tools (like never hand someone an unfolded pocket knife, no matter how safely you do it)
like never hand someone an unfolded pocket knife, no matter how safely you do it
Yeah! Without a proper backspin toss, it’s not going to land in their palm correctly, or in time for their next throw.
One of the most known.
maybe where you’re from :p
Yes.
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