Chris@feddit.uk to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoFriday the 13th [War and Peas]files.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-22 months agoTo be fair, it’s one of the more reasonable superstitions considering the potential of being hit by a heavy falling object.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoPeople 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.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s pretty much the same as “Don’t do that, it’s wrong.” vs “Don’t do that, God doesn’t like it.”
minus-squareArdyssian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe fear / allure of the unknown
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThat is from times where a majority of people were trained to believe in an a nondescript invisible being. It does things to your brain.
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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.
It’s pretty much the same as “Don’t do that, it’s wrong.” vs “Don’t do that, God doesn’t like it.”
The fear / allure of the unknown
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.