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[-] calliope@retrolemmy.com 174 points 1 week ago

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

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Most? Try all

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 121 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] calliope@retrolemmy.com 85 points 1 week ago

Oh my god it’s like you KNOW ME

[-] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 21 points 1 week ago

You also like Linux and Star Trek

[-] calliope@retrolemmy.com 19 points 1 week ago

Half correct! I never got into Star Trek.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Never got into star trek, yet.

IT WAS FORTOLD

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[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 week ago

I once saw someone with a name tag get bent out of shape when the "reader" somehow managed to get her name from the ether. And then she got mad at me for pointing out her name tag.

[-] Klear@piefed.world 26 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

What an interesting attempt to legitimize this completely illegitimate con.

It's cold reading. You're not divining anything. They're cards with cool little pictures on them. That's it.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Yeah. This is why some people can genuinely believe in the magic while performing the trick.

[-] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

This is what AI/LLMs do also.

[-] eleijeep@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

The fact that so many people fall for cold-reading tells us why there are so many people that think that LLMs are intelligent.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 35 points 1 week ago

So he does know how to read tarot cards.

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago

That's some Scorpio skepticism. You're a victim of the influence of the stars smh

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Because if my parents had banged 3 days earlier I'd be much more agreeable

[-] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

you wouldnt exist. they would've had one of their other possible children.

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[-] grandma@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Karjalan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Wtf? Why are people so shit

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[-] whiskers165@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

What do the bones tell you?

[-] whiskers165@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Damage@feddit.it 8 points 1 week ago

Can you ask the board when the RAM crisis will end?

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

This is amazing, thank you for sharing.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 week ago

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

[-] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

It has come to a point where literally means both literally and figurativelly depending on context.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

You are literally correct

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks! Got me confused when reading the whole post but then I guessed something like what you just said already.
Just wanted to have some confirmation.

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[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

Literally literally means metaphorically now

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[-] thekidxp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

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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[-] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago
[-] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

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

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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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[-] yuri@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago

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

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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[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

I love the mobile seat + table setup.

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