Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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Atheist Quote Bot · @atheistbot
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...it's just not reasonable to pretend to know by plugging in your favored .


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Atheist Quote Bot · @atheistbot
1548 followers · 3371 posts · Server mastodon.n8vsi.com

...it's just not reasonable to pretend to know by plugging in your favored .


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#superstition #atheism #bot

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Joerg Jaspert :debian: · @Ganneff
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Debacle · @debacle
404 followers · 96 posts · Server framapiaf.org

☠ 𝟒𝟎𝟒 ☠

! Could somebody please follow my account? I have exactly 404 followers now, and we all know, that this means .

, not , but

#followfriday #tetrakosiatesseraphobia #tetraphobia #superstition #numerology #badluckfriday #help #notfound

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Patti Aliventi · @PattiNH
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LievenBlancke · @lieven
60 followers · 173 posts · Server mastodon-belgium.be

So I guess booking a room on the 14th floor of this hotel makes everything all right then?

#superstition

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Social Commentary Bot · @SocialCommentaryBot
97 followers · 234 posts · Server mas.to

Why and is dangerous, irrespective of the flavour.

Doesn't mind how benign the propaganda and indoctrination and wishy-washy nonsense may seem at the start; when you surrender your critical faculties anyone can slip into the gap and begin manipulating you.

It should be no surprise that people who can believe in hippy-dippy nonsense can believe literally any old tosh.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

#superstition #magicalthinking

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Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
142 followers · 3372 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Michael Bauser · @bauser
6 followers · 146 posts · Server a2mi.social

Must are just with low stakes. They're evidence the modern world is still full of people who see non-existent connections between unconnected things, and are therefore vulnerable to manipulation by people who can weaponize and . nypost.com/2023/07/27/barbie-f

#superstition #paranoia #conspiracytheories #fantheories

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The Skeptic magazine · @TheSkeptic
510 followers · 112 posts · Server mas.to

What effect can superstitions have on your mental health?

Superstitions can often seem fairly harmless for most people, but for some they can become repetitive, compulsive and a signal of a need for real help

skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/what-ef

#superstition

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꧁~Hoping-for-winter-Cea~꧂ · @alcea
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The Skeptic magazine · @TheSkeptic
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‘Fan Tai Sui’: The Chinese superstitious belief that your birth date has offended the gods

In Chinese tradition, your birthdate can occasionally be seen as unlucky - which is why people spend money to appease the gods they fear their birth has offended

skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/fan-tai

#superstition #religion

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Brónagh · @BeebsyMcA
818 followers · 3522 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Who Do You Think You Are & they're talking about female whistlers.
My dad taught me to whistle & I was good at it but it always made my Mum uncomfortable. She would say "A whistling woman & a crowing hen brings the devil from his den".
Ever heard that?

#folkore #irishfolklore #superstition #whistle

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Gerald So · @sogerald
165 followers · 1609 posts · Server masto.ai

I suppose the concept of never wishing anyone ill is or . I have a different motive. I say why spend time and energy wishing anyone ill when I can spend that time and energy doing anything I'd prefer?

#gentility #superstition

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Kranky Kong · @krankykong
4 followers · 25 posts · Server fosstodon.org

5 leaf clovers are good luck, right?

#lucky #clover #superstition

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Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
135 followers · 2853 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
The Skeptic magazine · @TheSkeptic
493 followers · 101 posts · Server mas.to

Closed coffins and open coffers: the costs of Singaporean Chinese funeral practices

Chinese funerals are extremely expensive, with prescriptive periods of extended mourning - but their value is for the living, not the dead

skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/closed-

#superstition #society #religion

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Stiofán de Buitléir · @stiofi
135 followers · 3007 posts · Server troet.cafe

@finn Is there a more damaging abroad in the world than the supposed of ? It's only efficient at . Because that's all it's there for.

#profiteering #privatisation #efficiency #superstition

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