Your Superstitions and Strange Beliefs - or how to ward off bad luck, wicked juju, and the evil eye

[Cedric_Eff]

Weirdest belief I have is that there are extraterrestrial humans. Considering how infinite the universe is, what isn’t there to say there’s another earth in a Star system similar to Sol. Ya know, a one to one copy of earth.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

I believe the law of attraction exists. I even have proof but since I experienced it in private (only my parents where there and they think it was a coincidence) it's unlikely that anyone else will believe me except other people who believe in the loa.

 

[TEA 3HF]

I have specific things I just outright am not comfortable doing and it almost feels instinctual. The big two are whistling at night and looking at mirrors in the dark. I catch myself realizing that these are stupid but for whatever reason I just don't like them.

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

I'm not how blasphemous it is for a Christian, but I believe in karma. If you do stupid shit, no matter how retarded or psychotic you may be, no matter how hard you believe you got away with it, your subconscious will always remember and reconing will come in one way or another and you may never realize how.

 

[PointOfNoReturnPoint]

I'm not how blasphemous it is for a Christian, but I believe in karma. If you do stupid shit, no matter how retarded or psychotic you may be, no matter how hard you believe you got away with it, your subconscious will always remember and reconing will come in one way or another and you may never realize how.

I think this is alot more psychological than karma. See, people who think about karma think there is some universal piggy bank all actions go into on some dark corner of the galaxy. Their is no mathematical constant that is adjusted or even measured when "karma" happens. From a societal standpoint yeah if you do bad things people will see bad things.

Also bootin.

I used to save coins on bread in the freezer on new years eve as an old polish tradition. This happened till i bit into one of them and got a quarter lodged into my teeth and a gap formed cause of it.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

I believe there is a grain of truth in the Missing 411 phenomena. So many (or even all?) cultures around the world have myths about going missing in forests & mountains and even rules how to behave in order to not go missing. Our ancestors knew something (they called them fairies or spirits or whatever) made people disappear and it's still going on.

 

[NoReturn]

Weirdest belief I have is that there are extraterrestrial humans. Considering how infinite the universe is, what isn’t there to say there’s another earth in a Star system similar to Sol. Ya know, a one to one copy of earth.

There may even be extraterrestrial humans from earth. e.g. The "Non-Terrestrial Officers" leak/hack/hoax (depending on your take on it).

I have specific things I just outright am not comfortable doing and it almost feels instinctual. The big two are whistling at night and not looking at mirrors in the dark. I catch myself realizing that these are stupid but for whatever reason I just don't like them.

Look pal, the Americas are big. When entirely different cultures across hundreds to thousands of miles all agree that we don't whistle at night, we don't whistle at night.

I believe there is a grain of truth in the Missing 411 phenomena. So many (or even all?) cultures around the world have myths about going missing in forests & mountains and even rules how to behave in order to not go missing. Our ancestors knew something (they called them fairies or spirits or whatever) made people disappear and it's still going on.

There is shit out there. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
You don't even need to believe in the supernatural to know it. "Feral humans" exist (we just don't like to think about it) and mountain lions can sound like screaming women.

 

[PandaChai]

whistling at night

I've heard somewhere that you don't whistle at night because you don't know what might whistle back.

looking at mirrors in the dark

And similarly, you don't do this because you don't know what might look back at you.
I have a total of 6 mirrors up on the walls, the only two not always covered are the one in the bathroom and the one over the fireplace, and even then it's because the first is an awkward shape and the second is too large (and precariously balanced) to cover.

 

[Slideshow Bill]

1. If emotions are chemicals and your hair can hold drugs from drug usage, then your hair can hold emotional/chemical energy and it's important to wash your hair after you've been depressed, angry or anxious for a long time. You don't want that building up on your scalp. Could that be why you feel better after you get your hair washed? Perhaps.
Edit: 1.b. Hide your hair when you throw it away. My grandmother taught me to do that. I think it's supposed to prevent people from cursing you. I don't really believe in that but I still do it.

2. Deja vu comes from time being on a loop. It feels like it's happened before because it has and sometimes you can predict when you're about to get deja vu (happens to me a lot).

3. You can brainwash people through their dreams.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

There may even be extraterrestrial humans from earth. e.g. The "Non-Terrestrial Officers" leak/hack/hoax (depending on your take on it).


Look pal, the Americas are big. When entirely different cultures across hundreds to thousands of miles all agree that we don't whistle at night, we don't whistle at night.


There is shit out there. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
You don't even need to believe in the supernatural to know it. "Feral humans" exist (we just don't like to think about it) and mountain lions can sound like screaming women.

I believe the extra terrestrial humans thing because I was watching Star Trek and they had that theory about the infinite duplicate earth thing and I was thinking what if that is the case.

 

[AbyssStarer]

There's something about believing in something enough that makes you perceive reality reflecting those beliefs.
In other words, I occasionally put some coins in a lucky cat piggy bank and maybe that's why I've had a little money-luck.

 

[Named User]

I believe most top magicians use black magic to perform a lot of their tricks, but I’m also using this as an excuse to post one of the greatest documentaries ever created.

Spoiler: Full Documentary

Latest Version

https://endtimes.video/magicians-video/

 

[877-CASH-now]

1. If emotions are chemicals and your hair can hold drugs from drug usage, then your hair can hold emotional/chemical energy and it's important to wash your hair after you've been depressed, angry or anxious for a long time. You don't want that building up on your scalp. Could that be why you feel better after you get your hair washed? Perhaps.
Edit: 1.b. Hide your hair when you throw it away. My grandmother taught me to do that. I think it's supposed to prevent people from cursing you. I don't really believe in that but I still do it.

2. Deja vu comes from time being on a loop. It feels like it's happened before because it has and sometimes you can predict when you're about to get deja vu (happens to me a lot).

3. You can brainwash people through their dreams.

JFC now I believe in #1

 

[Mourning_Cloak]

Crickets (like the little dark brown/black ones) are good luck, so if I ever see one that is "in trouble" so to speak, I will try to relocate it to safety and I'll never kill one. Like why would you kill a cricket anyway? Lol. I saw a cave cricket IRL for the first time recently, don't think those are good luck but ofc I didn't both it.

An example of "in trouble" is a cricket being stuck in a bucket of rainwater.

Also, I will try to bury any dead animal I find on or around my property, especially birds and butterflies, in a sanitary manner. Once I found a deceased gray tabby kitten in my bushes; it was so young, eyes closed, I'm assuming it was a stillborn the mother carried away from her den (they do this). I buried it under a different bush that had flowers. Why do I do this? Just trying to be respectful I guess.

 

[Kalsarikännit]

I don't believe in karma but at the same time I feel like negative and positive experiences tend to happen close by each other and balance each other out.

At least, that's how it feels in my day-to-day life. Have a little too much fun? The next problem I encounter will be more annoying than usual. Shit go wrong all day long? Tomorrow will usually have something unexpectedly pleasant happen.

It's kind of weird and I actually live my life according to this rule, even going so far as to masochistically give myself a bad time if I really really need something to happen later (which has almost always worked out).

Also, I feel like it applies only to me. I don't see other people paying for enjoyment/rewarded for suffering the same way I do.

 

[Din Djarin]

I have specific things I just outright am not comfortable doing and it almost feels instinctual. The big two are whistling at night and looking at mirrors in the dark. I catch myself realizing that these are stupid but for whatever reason I just don't like them.

I 100% will not look at mirrors in the dark, or anything that is reflective. When I was younger it was because I was afraid something would be looking back, now it's partly that and it just doesn't feel right.

 

[TEA 3HF]

I 100% will not look at mirrors in the dark, or anything that is reflective. When I was younger it was because I was afraid something would be looking back, now it's partly that and it just doesn't feel right.

My mang here reminded me.

There may even be extraterrestrial humans from earth. e.g. The "Non-Terrestrial Officers" leak/hack/hoax (depending on your take on it).


Look pal, the Americas are big. When entirely different cultures across hundreds to thousands of miles all agree that we don't whistle at night, we don't whistle at night.


There is shit out there. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
You don't even need to believe in the supernatural to know it. "Feral humans" exist (we just don't like to think about it) and mountain lions can sound like screaming women.

I've heard somewhere that you don't whistle at night because you don't know what might whistle back.

And similarly, you don't do this because you don't know what might look back at you.
I have a total of 6 mirrors up on the walls, the only two not always covered are the one in the bathroom and the one over the fireplace, and even then it's because the first is an awkward shape and the second is too large (and precariously balanced) to cover.

I had a recent conversation that elucidated at least the mirror thing, spoilered for being a PL, 100%.

Spoiler: Sperging

My Dad is from a Gealtacht community in Ireland and there is some W E I R D shit that happens during funerals.

The body must be accompanied by a living realtive AT ALL TIMES. No fucking exceptions, and when my Dadeo went, my dad and uncles took shifts watching the body. IDK why, to be perfectly honest with you but my dad and his brothers were militant about this shit.

All mirrors must be covered. All cameras must likewise be covered or get the fuck out of the house. Including smartphones. No exceptions. At all. My dad saw his grandmother chuck a mirror out of the house when one of her relatives passed because a cover could not be readily found. Why exactly this is varies. Apparently some think it is because soul of the dead could be trapped or cursed by seeing itself in the reflection or picture. Weird shit but I was told this is what my dad wants when he passes.

Any and all windows in the house facing the West are bolted shut. Like with nails and shit. This is apparently because sídhe, some kind of spirits come from the West and must be kept out for the sake of the deceased's soul.

Not saying it absolutely explains why I don't like darkened mirrors or anything.like that but it at least says other people don't like'em which is strangely comforting.

 

[Susanna]

sídhe, some kind of spirits

Fairies.
It's a wise precaution, you don't want to mess with faeries.

 

[Din Djarin]

My mang here reminded me.

Thank you for sharing that! It's really interesting to hear about different customs and stuff from different cultures. It's wild how some of us get so caught up in the superstitions and stuff.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Perhaps an innocuous one by KF standards, but I can't help but say to myself the whole 'good morning Mr. Magpie...' whenever I see one on my walks. If I'm wearing a hat, I'll doff it.