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[–] 176 points 3 months ago (26 children)

Indeed, this is called cold reading and is how most of these things work.

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  • [–] 122 points 3 months ago (16 children)

    Let me guess, you're someone who, hmm, finds information on Wikipedia and, aaah, has an interest in decentralised open-source projects. The spirits tell me you are not a fan of Windows and you dislike genocidal maniacs.

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  • [–] 86 points 3 months ago (15 children)

    Oh my god it’s like you KNOW ME

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (14 children)

    You also like Linux and Star Trek

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (13 children)

    Half correct! I never got into Star Trek.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    To add to this, tarot and other divination methods are a great way to tap into your subconscious to get this kind of insight even if you can't do it normally. Every card can be a lot of things and having a bunch of them in various places could be interpreted in many ways, but (if you're good at it) your mind will snap into one specific interpretation according to your unconscious biases and convinces itself it is the only way to read that configuration.

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    [–] 36 points 3 months ago

    So he does know how to read tarot cards.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    But I'm the asshole if I don't take people seriously when they go on about astrology and how it's the perfect system.

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    [–] 27 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Btw this guy recently got jumped and had hot grease poured over his foot causing nerve damage while walking home from pride because his car got stripped for parts by thieves. He needs money for surgery and moving out of Detroit and has yet to reach his initial goal of $50k https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ceros-after-car-theft-and-attack

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    I been doing the same thing casting hot wing bones over a cardboard map of Atlanta

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They told me how many snakes we would catch in the woods by Asheville (6 copperheads)

    Told someone where to find their friend at the burn accurately

    Told some people their children would find success, others that their music career would go nowhere

    It told someone their relationship was failing while they bargained with the board asking additional questions

    If anyone asked something like, "should I move to Atlanta?" "Is there anything for me in Atlanta?" The board always emphatically said FUCK NO

    I probably spent about 15 hours doing readings over last weekend at a regional burn, been working on creating the set for a few months. Surprisingly magical, surprisingly accurate, at least if you ask it questions that can be verified within a day or two

    The map is a work in progress, adding little sketches to it periodically until it's filled out completely

    My partner and I doing readings, I'm the elf :p

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (28 children)

    Interested foreign language guy question:
    Is this a correct use of the word "literally"?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (21 children)

    I don't think it's technically correct, but that word has been mangled so badly at this point that I would say the way it's used here counts as common usage.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah both of those uses are fine in English. The first usage is "more" correct I would say. Literally is supposed to be used to basically say that the thing is actually happening. The second usage is also common at least in American English. Usually it's used with common figures of speech. "I was literally judging books by their cover." Technically he wasn't, he was judging people. Some people will be pedantic and call you out for that. So if you're taking an English class I'd avoid that usage but it's really common to hear it used that way. "I would literally die." It strengthens the phrase.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    yeah. it maybe looks like it isn't because because he's not literally looking at books but "judge a book by its cover" is an idiom so i'd say this is a correct literally rather than the shitty 2010s literally that means figuratively.

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    My guy doesn't realize he's actually reading tarot. 🤣

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    My favorite part of this is when people do it to me and they are almost always 100% wrong.

    they get really mad and call me an asshole. because apparently i'm suppose to just agree with their shit takes about me.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I take a little pride in this too. Not because I'm not easily judged (you would be right about a lot of things based on my looks) but I keep quite a few hobbies that no one would suspect and don't have many interests that are in the orbit of what might be guessed.

    It lets me know when someone starts treating me like they've "clocked" what type of person I am since it's clear when someone thinks they're appealing to you/flattering you but completely whiffing.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    ceros is pretty cool, his youtube channel can be a trip

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    I love him, it's so obvious most of his stories are made up bs for clicks and I'm here for it!

    It's like hearing a wildly exaggerated story being told by that one friend but you don't say anything and don't interrupt because he's a good storyteller.

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    [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    I love the mobile seat + table setup.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This is a Chapelle's Show bit.

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