Chris@feddit.uk to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFriday the 13th [War and Peas]files.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1743arrow-down117file-text
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minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoPeople won’t listen to “if you walk under a ladder you might get hit by a paint bucket” but they will listen to “if you walk under a ladder some nondescript aethereal force will give you bad luck”. What is wrong with our brains.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s pretty much the same as “Don’t do that, it’s wrong.” vs “Don’t do that, God doesn’t like it.”
minus-squareArdyssian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe fear / allure of the unknown
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThat is from times where a majority of people were trained to believe in an a nondescript invisible being. It does things to your brain.
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People won’t listen to “if you walk under a ladder you might get hit by a paint bucket” but they will listen to “if you walk under a ladder some nondescript aethereal force will give you bad luck”. What is wrong with our brains.
It’s pretty much the same as “Don’t do that, it’s wrong.” vs “Don’t do that, God doesn’t like it.”
The fear / allure of the unknown
That is from times where a majority of people were trained to believe in an a nondescript invisible being. It does things to your brain.