I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.
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I've consumed far too much horror media where the skeptic refuses to believe the evidence in front of them and ends up microwaved by a demonic head laser or whatever. Couldn't be me.
I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
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I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.
Like, I can tell myself it was a hallucination AFTERWARDS. I'm not risking my shit on that 0.1% chance I'm wrong about demons.
@astronomerritt
Right? Get safe, then handwave it as "sometimes brains just do that". -
I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
@astronomerritt It's a practical one.
For wahtever reason stories have been told about this kind of phenomenon, we should respect whatever the actual reality *is* and seek safety.
On the other hand, when listening to the song 'shut de do' keep out de devil," I realized that if I were a parent and it were dangerous outside because oh, the invading people, I might make up something extremely scary just to keep my kid inside. -
@roknrol This is why you die in the horror movie and I live
@astronomerritt The Mystery of the Gurgling Radiator
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@astronomerritt It's a practical one.
For wahtever reason stories have been told about this kind of phenomenon, we should respect whatever the actual reality *is* and seek safety.
On the other hand, when listening to the song 'shut de do' keep out de devil," I realized that if I were a parent and it were dangerous outside because oh, the invading people, I might make up something extremely scary just to keep my kid inside.@geonz Oh sure. A lot of seemingly paranormal stories have rational explanations or have played a useful role in society, and I think that's really interesting.
And also, I am not going to disturb a fairy ring.
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@astronomerritt The Mystery of the Gurgling Radiator
@roknrol I mean, I'm more talking about "levitating little girl talking in the voice of legion", not "pipework making funny sounds"
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I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
@astronomerritt I’m reading a book of Irish folktales rn and about a third of them are about two guys: one who said “hey don’t mess with that tree it’s full of faeries” and another who cut down the tree to make a wagon to get his stolen sheep to market or something and the faeries turned him into one of the sheep/made him poor/got his wife pregnant/all three
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@geonz Oh sure. A lot of seemingly paranormal stories have rational explanations or have played a useful role in society, and I think that's really interesting.
And also, I am not going to disturb a fairy ring.
@astronomerritt Nor I. Nor speak dismissively thereof.
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I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.
Like, I can tell myself it was a hallucination AFTERWARDS. I'm not risking my shit on that 0.1% chance I'm wrong about demons.
"Told you ghosts aren't real, it was just carbon monoxide"
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@astronomerritt I’m reading a book of Irish folktales rn and about a third of them are about two guys: one who said “hey don’t mess with that tree it’s full of faeries” and another who cut down the tree to make a wagon to get his stolen sheep to market or something and the faeries turned him into one of the sheep/made him poor/got his wife pregnant/all three
@bucknam Yeah, that sounds about right. You don't mess with a fairy tree.
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I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.
Like, I can tell myself it was a hallucination AFTERWARDS. I'm not risking my shit on that 0.1% chance I'm wrong about demons.
@astronomerritt "don't mess with somethin' you can't explain", a quote I heard on the TV show Castle that's stuck with me.
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"Told you ghosts aren't real, it was just carbon monoxide"
@gbargoud Exactly. Leaving is the correct choice for multiple reasons!
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@astronomerritt "don't mess with somethin' you can't explain", a quote I heard on the TV show Castle that's stuck with me.
@_aD I mean, as a former scientist and eternal pedant, I think we absolutely should mess with what we can't explain, I just make a personal exception for anything that could, like, turn me inside out, or whatever.
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@_aD I mean, as a former scientist and eternal pedant, I think we absolutely should mess with what we can't explain, I just make a personal exception for anything that could, like, turn me inside out, or whatever.
@astronomerritt I think that was the vibe he was going for. absolutely mess with neutrinos, don't poke an angry ghost with a stick.
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I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.
Like, I can tell myself it was a hallucination AFTERWARDS. I'm not risking my shit on that 0.1% chance I'm wrong about demons.
@astronomerritt
But by staying you could answer the question once and for all! Or not, as the case may be. -
I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
@astronomerritt
Well, the Little People are real and you can see them after you fix the limitations of your eyes with the correct medication...
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people
So why not faeries as well? -
I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
@astronomerritt My friends and I had a tour guide in Iceland who, when the subject of the huldufólk came up, said that “I wouldn’t say that Icelandic people are superstitious, but we are stitious”
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I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.
Like, I can tell myself it was a hallucination AFTERWARDS. I'm not risking my shit on that 0.1% chance I'm wrong about demons.
This seems sensible to me. As anything that could even imitate a ghost or demon might likewise be dangerous. Best skedaddle anyway and theorize from afar.
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@roknrol I mean, I'm more talking about "levitating little girl talking in the voice of legion", not "pipework making funny sounds"
@astronomerritt Speaking of supernatural encounters, I hope "sniff for the Stinky Ghost Risen from the Sewers" is on your house-hunting checklist.
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I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
@astronomerritt The Irish Pascal's Wager!
