Astrology is a fun thing that doesn't really hurt anyone
I think it can be hurtful in an indirect and oblique way. It deceives people for profit and is the thin end of a wedge that ends with spiritualists taking grieving people's money to give them a few platitudes about their dead loved ones. At least in the UK, premium rate astrology lines are common, and vulnerable people lose thousands of pounds to them.
My take that I'm trying to live by is "don't respect the belief, but respect the person". I don't have a problem telling someone that astrology is bollocks and they shouldn't believe it, but I would try my best to ensure I'm not making them feel stupid or attacking them for it.
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Essentially anything that has a deeply unpleasant and insidious effect on people's lives has at least a surface level of "fun" or otherwise rewarding aspect to it. MMOs and F2P games are undeniably "fun" and also exploit weaknesses in the human condition to bilk money out of the vulnerable. Crack cocaine? Super fucking fun.
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You know, I bet if you were a good statistician you could come up with a pretty good horoscope just based on seasonal cutoffs in your culture. Like in America, you know that a kid born in October is more likely to be good at sports than one born in August because school starts in September. That's got to influence a personality in a statistically significant way, right?
Wouldn't it be the other way around? The one born in August is likely to "start late" and therefore be bigger and more experienced for their grade level
Nah, the one born in August would be just old enough at the start of the school year and would be one of the youngest kids in class, while the October child would still be 4 when school starts, and the next year they'd be almost 6 and one of he oldest.
That really only means they'll have an advantage during their school years though, it wouldn't necessarily translate to much if anything as an adult, beyond maybe being more likely to stick with sports rather than being discouraged playing against bigger/more mature kids all the time. Meanwhile an August kid that stuck it out could end up stronger for it, having been the underdog for over a decade.
You're right, I got those months switched around!
But it really does make a difference. If you try something and find you're naturally better at it than everyone around you, you're more likely to keep doing it and get even better at it. Meanwhile, if you try something and realize that everyone around you is better at it, you're more likely to go and try something else instead. That's why "red shirting" is a thing in football states, where parents try and exploit any loophole they can to put off sending their kids to kindergarten until the following year.
If Trump wins are we going to see future elections with both parties pulling this 100% bullshit flood of lies tactic?
given how successful it's been
it might be too late already
I mean, when did the Colbert Report start? Post-truth politics had already been old hat by that first episode
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there's all sorts of beliefs that have exploited folk for profit, some more organized than others
astrology doesn't necessarily have to be one of them
not that I really want to engage in a full-throated defense of astrology, since I don't believe in it
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Astrology is a fun thing that doesn't really hurt anyone
My family once went to a family psychiatrist who attributed all our problems to our astrological signs.
We did not go back to this psychiatrist.
It was kind of mind-blowing to learn that Meyers-Briggs might as well be astrology in terms of its scientific validity. I'd been given that test in jobs, in counseling, and in college classrooms.
It's weird how deep bullshit can creep into culture.
I like astrology because when i ask folks to define themselves everyone goes
"Im vibrant flower that just cant be defined, im not like other folk an-
Oh what's your sign?
"Aries: it doesnt fit cuase im not an asshole."
Cool thats far more useful
Mostly i like the ways in which people choose the brand or describe themslves and astrology gives us a starting point.
There's enough wiggle room and varation within each sign folks can cherry pick the things that the think fit
Its useful to have language to define yourself and astrology is more interesting defining yourself by the things you like to consume
I like astrology because when i ask folks to define themselves everyone goes
"Im vibrant flower that just cant be defined, im not like other folk an-
Oh what's your sign?
"Aries: it doesnt fit cuase im not an asshole."
Cool thats far more useful
Mostly i like the ways in which people choose the brand or describe themslves and astrology gives us a starting point.
There's enough wiggle room and varation within each sign folks can cherry pick the things that the think fit
Its useful to have language to define yourself and astrology is more interesting defining yourself by the things you like to consume
Astrology is a fun thing that doesn't really hurt anyone
I think it can be hurtful in an indirect and oblique way. It deceives people for profit and is the thin end of a wedge that ends with spiritualists taking grieving people's money to give them a few platitudes about their dead loved ones. At least in the UK, premium rate astrology lines are common, and vulnerable people lose thousands of pounds to them.
My take that I'm trying to live by is "don't respect the belief, but respect the person". I don't have a problem telling someone that astrology is bollocks and they shouldn't believe it, but I would try my best to ensure I'm not making them feel stupid or attacking them for it.
I have it in the same category as playing the lottery and other games of pure chance
ideally nobody would do them for any other reason than for their own enjoyment, being fully cognizant of the fact that (continuing with the lottery example) doing it is a total waste of money
and when that is true, you know, it's your money, do whatever boats your float
but just like there are a lot of predatory games of chance (we've all been to a carnival), there are also some real dirtbags out there slingin' horoscopes
I like astrology because when i ask folks to define themselves everyone goes
"Im vibrant flower that just cant be defined, im not like other folk an-
Oh what's your sign?
"Aries: it doesnt fit cuase im not an asshole."
Cool thats far more useful
Mostly i like the ways in which people choose the brand or describe themslves and astrology gives us a starting point.
There's enough wiggle room and varation within each sign folks can cherry pick the things that the think fit
Its useful to have language to define yourself and astrology is more interesting defining yourself by the things you like to consume
I think Myers-Briggs types might be better for that sort of thing
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This pretty accurate coming from an Aquarius
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I mean, as long as people aren't buying into scams based on it
I think it can be hurtful in an indirect and oblique way. It deceives people for profit and is the thin end of a wedge that ends with spiritualists taking grieving people's money to give them a few platitudes about their dead loved ones. At least in the UK, premium rate astrology lines are common, and vulnerable people lose thousands of pounds to them.
My take that I'm trying to live by is "don't respect the belief, but respect the person". I don't have a problem telling someone that astrology is bollocks and they shouldn't believe it, but I would try my best to ensure I'm not making them feel stupid or attacking them for it.
and yet, it can still be a fun thing.
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Fun for others, maybe. I'll have no part of it.
You're right, I got those months switched around!
But it really does make a difference. If you try something and find you're naturally better at it than everyone around you, you're more likely to keep doing it and get even better at it. Meanwhile, if you try something and realize that everyone around you is better at it, you're more likely to go and try something else instead. That's why "red shirting" is a thing in football states, where parents try and exploit any loophole they can to put off sending their kids to kindergarten until the following year.
Facts have a known liberal bias.
Either they can't read their own graph or I can't. The difference is 40 points, not 59.
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Right you are, i couldn't see the 76% bit so I was reading the numbers from the previous poll.
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astrology doesn't necessarily have to be one of them
not that I really want to engage in a full-throated defense of astrology, since I don't believe in it
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It doesn't have to be, but it is.
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My family once went to a family psychiatrist who attributed all our problems to our astrological signs.
We did not go back to this psychiatrist.
you should be able to, like, blend the houses to get more nuance.
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It was kind of mind-blowing to learn that Meyers-Briggs might as well be astrology in terms of its scientific validity. I'd been given that test in jobs, in counseling, and in college classrooms.
It's weird how deep bullshit can creep into culture.
"Im vibrant flower that just cant be defined, im not like other folk an-
Oh what's your sign?
"Aries: it doesnt fit cuase im not an asshole."
Cool thats far more useful
Mostly i like the ways in which people choose the brand or describe themslves and astrology gives us a starting point.
There's enough wiggle room and varation within each sign folks can cherry pick the things that the think fit
Its useful to have language to define yourself and astrology is more interesting defining yourself by the things you like to consume
I will have to get all my shit together, like tonight.
but damn if it doesn't seem like a good idea.
because seriously. engaging with any piece of the debate that treats mr. dayglo shitler like a real human being will make me absolutely insane.
I define myself by the people I hate.
Oh it's totally lazy!
I have it in the same category as playing the lottery and other games of pure chance
ideally nobody would do them for any other reason than for their own enjoyment, being fully cognizant of the fact that (continuing with the lottery example) doing it is a total waste of money
and when that is true, you know, it's your money, do whatever boats your float
but just like there are a lot of predatory games of chance (we've all been to a carnival), there are also some real dirtbags out there slingin' horoscopes
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I think Myers-Briggs types might be better for that sort of thing
And my Patronus is a Black Mamba.
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(I insist the former, she's adamant it's the latter)
Patronuses emerge from ones self are an aspect of ones self, so it would be more like masturbation, I think.
Patronanism.
It's been a while since I read/watched, but I know there's at least one dude with a Ma-tronus
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