-33 The fact someone believes in horoscopes tells you much more about that person than horoscopes ever will, amirite?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't believe in astrology. It's because I'm a Pices and we're known to be skeptical

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Are love languages nonsense? I always just considered it a framework to explain behavior, not a predictor of the future. I'm not sure versed in it though, so maybe I'm missing something. But the idea that different people communicate their love in different ways seems like a valid concept.

by litzybernier 1 week ago

The love languages have no basis in science, which doesn't mean they aren't helpful. It's just that most people 'speak' two or three of them and the most important often varies.

by thelmaking 1 week ago

Theyre not based on science. It's literally just descriptions of personality. Pretty sure the base form of Myers Briggs is the same. Rather than describing every aspect of your personality, you can just use one of the acronyms for your base and articulate nuances as needed.

by Umcglynn 1 week ago

Iirc it was made by a minister. This covers a lot of the concerns I've seen raised. Also this. I don't know either of those sites they just, on a quick skim, seem to summarize the concerns I've seen. Personally, I'm sus because my Christian school brought them up to us during our equivalent of "sex ed".

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This made me chuckle

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Damn i'm a pisces too and I'm skeptical too

by Plane_Veterinarian75 1 week ago

I'm saggy guitar guy and I don't know what to think. Please someone tell me.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Is this actually an accepted Pisces trait? Don't remember reading that, but I am also skeptical lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't believe in Christianity because Christians say Jesus was born on Christmas day but anyone who reads the gospels can tell that Jesus was an Aquarius. I've heard it said that Christianity must be true because people have believed it so long, but horoscopes are twice as old so they must be twice as true.

by Big-Description 1 week ago

I live in americas most hippy city and i can tell ya this is true. if someone starts talking about horoscopes, grounding, crystals, or reiki, i just turn my brain off

by immanuel32 1 week ago

Hehehe grounding. I haven't heard that in a while.

by Haylie43 1 week ago

San Francisco?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Either that or Portland

by Adrienneoreilly 1 week ago

Could even be Asheville.

by Franciscamitche 1 week ago

I'd be sensitive too if I had a horrible disease like cancer

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Whenever I meet a believer I ask something to the effect of how burning balls of plasma lightyears away can influence your personality. Does every star influence you or just the ones in the shape of a crab or whatever? I've never gotten an answer..

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You're wrong on so many levels and I am objectively right! /s

by Anonymous 1 week ago

you‘re not realising that there are as many explainations as there are believers in this nonsense. most don‘t know what causes it, thats why they believe

by Grouchy-Language 1 week ago

I mean, is that an explanation? You're so small the moon's gravity is basically constant across your body. You're more likely to be affected by the gravitational pull of your crib than the moon.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The moon goes around the earth every month. So every month a person experiences every possible value of force of gravity from the moon.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The moon does not, in fact, go around the earth every month, it does every day. Astrology is based on the cycle of lunar phases, which takes about 29.5 days, I believe.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If you do hmu 🤙

by Born_Operation_266 1 week ago

To be fair there's still a ton we still have to learn about space and how things affect each other. Never mind quantum relativity, there could be whole dimensions we don't know about affecting reality in ways we could never be able to measure. Neutrinos are something we've only just been able to detect and they fly around the Galaxy passing through everything. Who knows how supermassive energy expellers could possibly affect us? Although I do think astrology as we know it today is codswallop.

by IntrepidAnnual8576 1 week ago

I don't know if it's entirely true, but I also don't know if it's entirely not true. I'm agnostic on it just like with religion. I think the real ignorant people are the ones who for sure think one or the other is absolutely true.

by PanicSudden6249 1 week ago

Tom Waits has a gag: "I was born under the sign of Feces"

by Roberbrunner 1 week ago

Astrology did try to warn me about my ex, and how we're a bad match, though. See, I'm Pisces, and she's a crazy bitch.

by Prudent-Schedule3573 1 week ago

I somewhat agree, I don't believe in horoscopes literally, but I think they are a fun way to think about the world. Typical Gemini answer.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Hi I'm an astrophysicist. Hi nice to meet you. I'm a Gemini -walks out

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't believe in superstition, it's bad luck.

by Gullible-Coach4297 1 week ago

Umberto Eco

by Ok-Needleworker-8717 1 week ago

This may be a hot take. And may piss some people off. But horoscopes followers are literally just valid as any other religion. Ancient Chinese, Mesopotamian, Roman, Grecian, Egyptian and Indian religions incorporated astrology into their religious beliefs and practices. Even christianity has a history of acknowledging it or even using it.

by Automatic_Fall 1 week ago

Cold take tbh. "Believing in the supernatural is like believing in the supernatural."

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ancient astrologers were the proto-scientists. A lot of what they did laid the foundations for the scientific method through study/observation to prediction

by Guilty-Guarantee 1 week ago

Word

by Automatic_Fall 1 week ago

Alchemists were the proto-chemists. Shamans were the proto-doctors. It's nothing but a piece of historical trivia

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Most of the uk believes in homeopathy

by Gdubuque 1 week ago

Source?

by Guilty-Guarantee 1 week ago

Whats that

by Clakin 1 week ago

Ohhhhhhh

by Clakin 1 week ago

I actually believe the concept behind homeopathy is that consuming something that causes the same symptoms as a disease will cure it, but to avoid severe consequences of the "medicine" you are taking, it is diluted. Personally up to this point I can sort of see how this could become a belief during the 1800s. But then the steps of continuous dilution, and a sort of spiritual shaking of the medicine between each dilution that takes it a bit over the edge for me. And of course these days we have a better grasp at science it's bizarre it's even a thing at all. It's one of the more "scientific" alternative medicines which makes it odd to me.

by gilbert36 1 week ago

Yeah it's definitely believable enough if you don't look into it too much, which is probably why it sells so well

by Decent-Camp 1 week ago

so... a placebo? what's the difference between that and a placebo?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The price.

by ortiznorwood 1 week ago

a bit of an extreme example, but lets say you want to build immunity to king cobra snake venom. You'd take a little bit of king cobra snake venom and add it to your morning tea. After a few weeks of adding king cobra snake venom to your tea every morning, you'll become immune to it. Except this is so diluted by water and whatever else that it isn't really king cobra snake venom they're adding to their tea. It's just good old fashioned snake oil. So to answer your question... nothing.

by dejahconsidine 1 week ago

It has the same function as a placebo yeah, the main difference is how much money they can charge you for it

by Decent-Camp 1 week ago

how is this ethical to charge a patient for a placebo without them knowing? i'm a bit confused what the difference is. are the people buying it fully aware that this acts as a placebo because it has no active ingredient in it?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Is it ethical? I would say absolutely not, but a lot of things that make a lot of profit aren't. The people buying it just believe the story they give with it, that it's an actual cure. And placebo effect paired with the fact that usually when you get sick you'll get better over time makes people believe that it actually worked. They don't freely advertise that there is no real traceable amount of "medicine" in it, and they usually have some sort of study or just personal anecdotes saying how good the product is. I also think they're generally labeled as "supplements" rather than official medicine to get around legal requirements (but still advertise it as medicine)

by Decent-Camp 1 week ago

My parents believe in it. I was given them as a kid and I personally liked them for the taste 😂. Yes, they are fully aware I think but my parents stance is that " it doesn't harm the body due to excessive amount of chemicals"

by Russelfinn 1 week ago

Im from the uk btw

by Clakin 1 week ago

A psychic link between homies

by Palma12 1 week ago

Same with Greek letter personalities

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Like Alpha and Beta? Are there more?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Like their gullibility

by Acrobatic-Purpose 1 week ago

Same thing for any belief system or religion

by Jolly-Zombie-5139 1 week ago

Same thing could be said about all the religions.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It tells you nothing about anyone lmao, just let them be. It's literally as real as any religion but people just do it as a hobby

by Anonymous 1 week ago

How is this any different to getting sick and praying to a God to help you rather than seeking medical assistance, what is about the crystals and tarot stuff that triggers people so much more than religion

by SaladPowerful1090 1 week ago

Many people believe that you can identify as something other than what you were born as but I have never heard anyone being ok with someone identifying as a random zodiac. Like, is it ok for me to just say im a cancer even if I was born in Oct?

by Haliereynolds 1 week ago

But like let people know my birthday, like, " I was born on Oct 1st but I'm a Cancer."

by Haliereynolds 1 week ago

Eh real astrologers know we have layers even in the zodiac. Technically you're all the signs in all the "houses" 😂 since there are 12 houses. Go for it. Embody being a cancer. Its your journey llllllol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It could just mean that person is superstitious and or spiritual

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Hot take: it's not meant to be serious, it's meant to be a social filter. Telling someone you believe in horoscopes and seeing how they react is a great way to single out closed-minded people who don't respect others' beliefs.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Remember Penny and Leonard on Big Bang Theory. You can either get laid to a smoking hot woman and roll with her love of psychics, or you can play hairy palm and her 5 sisters at home alone.

by Resident_Bar_1391 1 week ago

It makes me really worried to see how many people are like "just let them be" with this. For a brief period, it looked like maybe we were getting out from under religion's yoke. But no. We're still too afraid to a nonsensical spade a spade, for fear it might hurt people feelings. So it gets to run rampant, hampering progress and ruining lives for at least another generation. At least I'll never have to know I'm bringing a kid into this. I can live free of that guilt

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Why are 80% of people who don't believe in horoscopes and zodiac signs so against believing in them? I just think they're so interesting

by mhauck 1 week ago

I was at a party and a "professional" or whatever astrologist was doing a... divination? (Idk what to call it) for someone and it was bizarre to watch. They got super into details but it was all so very obviously cold reading and things that could apply to anyone like her. It was like watching the female version of a pick up artist.

by IntrepidAnnual8576 1 week ago

I don't think anyone believes or doesn't believes horoscopes. It was something fun always or a moment of reflection. A short story to think about.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I definitely know people who, at the very least, think of horoscopes like a weather forecast. I.e based in reality but always an explanation when its not 100% accurate

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Except they are always not 100% accurate. They are intentionally vague, positive and literally cover every base so can literally apply to every person. So even if one is wrong the majority are right, and easy to agree with because they are all nice things.

by Automatic_Fall 1 week ago

Theres whole religions centered on astrology you goober

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Some people take them really seriously. I did as a teenager, but I don't anymore.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's so funny to me that men find astrology questions as the most unattractive thing to ask someone - shown by sociological surveys I believe- yet girls still ask them. A girl once told me "I say I find horoscopes interesting to hear how a guy responds". It's some weird mind trick that sounds like it's from cosmopolitan.

by nathanaelgleaso 1 week ago

What does it tell you about that person?

by Haylie43 1 week ago

That they are easily duped into believing in nonsense. Take things they say with a grain of salt.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I believe in astrology to an extent. But every aspect of my life is not dictated by it. That said, I match my signs description quite a bit. (Scorpio)

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Sounds like something a Virgo would say

by Powerful_Dig_491 1 week ago

Switch any month fortune around and it'll apply to any of em. The mastery of vague advice and common human habits. If they take it serious, well let's throw in Santa and the Bunny too, while we're having pretend fun ol ms crazy

by Few_Professional3825 1 week ago

Just like when someone believes in the government

by Soft-Clerk4291 1 week ago