chapotraphouse

It is stupid, but lots of hobbies are stupid.

What takes it over the top is when people start making actual life decisions based on what they read about "Aires and Gemini relationships" or whatever.

I have an ex whose grandmother would literally call her in the middle of the night to opine on how she should leave me and find a man who better matches her astrology shit. And what could have been a humorous laugh about batty ol' grandma turned into me chuckling while she sternly stared at me until I said "... you're... not really listening to that dumb shit, right?"

Well, that was many years ago, grandma is long dead, and uh, I dunno, maybe the sun knew something. Or maybe she was just using it as an excuse to make hard decisions. Who knows.

I still don't understand anything about organic soap or astrology though. So, maybe she was also right with the whole "you never listen to me" thing. Listening to someone go on about the stars and moon and shit and how it has mystical powers is probably exactly how my mom felt when I was a kid explaining to her how I made gold in RuneScape. Just smile and nod along. Retain nothing. I did try to retain stuff, I really did, but I guess my brain just isn't built for that shit. But I describe in painful detail every boss fight from a raid I did 20 years ago... Brains. How do they work?