Superstition, what do you believe - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Gebbinn · 07-16-2003, 08:16 PM

OK, food for thought, at least for me. I recently found me a new girlfriend, who tends to be rather superstitious. I myself have very very few superstitions, in fact only two that I can think of offhand.. but being with her, it tends to rub off a bit.

Personally, my only real superstitions that I have ever believed are

1. always hand a knife back to a person in the same position it was handed to you.. IE never close a knife someone opened, never return a knife that was closed if you leave it open... I have been cut one too many times NOT to believe that one.

2. Never walk under a ladder... thats common sense, cuz shit tends to fall on my head every time I do.

What got me thinking on this was that my Girlfriend got freaked out by a red moon tonight, and we had to turn around and come home, she wouldnt go out..(go out in this case entailed a little late night tryst in the middle of a corn field... im still horny) So blood on the moon means bad things will happen I am told.

So here is the topic at hand, what superstitions do you hold, and why do you hold them?

spectre · 07-16-2003, 08:19 PM

I really don't have any superstitions that I'm aware of. I'm a little uptight when it comes to handwashing, but that's not a superstition, it's a sign of being a little neurotic.

Fake Alias · 07-16-2003, 08:22 PM

I dont believe in any forms of superstition or bad luck, or any form of luck for that matter. If you walk under a ladder, you will not have bad luck. This is comon sense. Life is all chance (as I refer to it). If you win the lottery or if your parents die, its not because your lucky/unlucky, or cursed/blessed. Its just part of life.

So to answer your question, I do not believe in superstitions

anti fishstick · 07-16-2003, 08:23 PM

i have weird supersititions prolly cos i come from a different culture originally. heh i believe moths can/may be a dead spirit of a deceased relative coming back to look upon you :-x

Fake Alias · 07-16-2003, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by anti fishstick
i have weird supersititions prolly cos i come from a different culture originally. heh i believe moths can/may be a dead spirit of a deceased relative coming back to look upon you :-x

Hope not, I murder moths daily.

MSD · 07-16-2003, 09:00 PM

Interesting on that moon one. I love being out under a blood moon or a full moon. To me, it adds to the atmosphere.

I don't believe in many superstitions, but that thought on the moth just stopped me from flattening one that's fluttering around my computer screen. I'm not saying that I suddenly started believing it, I just didn't really feel like killing it anymore.

anti fishstick · 07-16-2003, 09:09 PM

ohhhhh! another superstition that is completely illogical, silly nonsense but that i would never try because it does freak me out (kid story you know..) is... bloody mary. where you're in the dark looking in the mirror and you say her name over and over and supposedly your face is replaced with hers and she's holding this knife out.. and yeah.. freeky.

and about the moth thing i dont know. its not that EVERY moth is a spirit. i think mainly that they can embody the moth..or something. but they're free to come and go from that body whenever. so its all good if they die :P moths have short life spans anyway right.

i just have a sortof freaky story that a moth was in my late <i>lola's</i> (grandma) room when the windows and doors were closed and everything so it couldnt have possibly gone in. and that it was fluttering around but RIGHT when they found out grandma died.. the moth died too. so moths symbolizing life? or something.

like a moth from the flame...

now everytime i see a moth in my room i think o no there's lola ;P and she's seeing me masturbate. ahhhhhhh

crow_daw · 07-16-2003, 09:58 PM

I'm one of those people who makes a wish every time one of those make-a-wish oppurtunities comes up, and thats about all I can think of.

MikeyChalupa · 07-17-2003, 04:25 AM

I believe that if I forward a chain letter to all of you, I will get a million billion dollars, and if I don't I'll die.

-Mikey

bigoldalphamale · 07-17-2003, 05:01 AM

i believe that when i smoke pot...bad things inevitably happen to me.

absorbentishe · 07-17-2003, 06:08 AM

I have just a couple.... I won't sit with my back to the door, any door, but esp. public places. This is my main superstition

But as for sports, when I used to play baseball/basketball, and still now for golf... I do the same routine all the way down to driving the same way to get there. If by chance I went a different way and did well, then I would change. Silly isn't it!

Destrox · 07-17-2003, 07:06 AM

I"ll say things such as "Wow, thats some bad luck"

But I really dont honestly beleive in it.

I take life with a very scientific approach, so things such as superstitions, ghost, religions all dont apply.

But for some people doing certain things that help them get thier day through, power to em.

more fire · 07-17-2003, 07:15 AM

I knew a hungarian guy who insisted on having every window in his house shut, because he thought evil mythical hungarian monsters climbed into your house through your windows. Very strange.

Lebell · 07-17-2003, 09:25 AM

The only silly superstitions I follow are:

-Knocking on wood
-putting money in a wallet or billfold before giving as a gift.

eci · 07-17-2003, 12:15 PM

I've got the whole sitting facing the door thing, but that's largely because I don't like people sneaking up on me.

I also tend to knock on wood, and I'm a stickler for routine so I tend to feel uncomfortable doing things a different way.

For those of you who have seen Final Destination, I also do the suitcase tag thing

Jim Kata · 07-17-2003, 12:23 PM

Everytime I have Deja Vu I say "Deja Vu like a motherfucker" no matter where I am or who is around. It doesn't have to be loud or anything, but it has to be audible to me. I think that is more OCD or something like that rather than superstitous.
And also when someone says "today is a good day", I feel the need to say "Let's keep it that way."

World's King · 07-17-2003, 12:26 PM

Well, I'm not blind and I don't have hairy palms so...

Mel · 07-17-2003, 01:18 PM

I think if you believe in them then they can come true

Eviltree · 07-17-2003, 03:32 PM

I'm sure I have some superstitions, but I can't think of any right now

rogue49 · 07-17-2003, 04:44 PM

I have whatever superstition suits my mood.
sometimes I'm paranoid,
sometimes I'm not.

Mr Scorcex · 07-17-2003, 04:59 PM

I'm supertitious about how I drive. I try to be pretty careful and courteous, fearing that if I drive like an a-hole a bus will broadside me.

Mongolguy · 07-18-2003, 09:25 AM

If a black cat crosses my path, I have to spit on the crossing point and pass on the side of the cat. that way all the bad luck stops befor the spit and can't get me.
Crossing on the other side is a sure way to get screwed!

Double D · 07-18-2003, 09:31 AM

I beleive in self-fulfilling prophesies.

CSflim · 07-18-2003, 10:11 AM

Nope. No superstitions.

sub zero · 07-18-2003, 01:38 PM

The boogy man is for serious.

yournamehere · 07-18-2003, 01:41 PM

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

Donkeypuncher · 07-18-2003, 01:53 PM

I believe I can keep doing it til I just need glasses.

Rodney · 07-18-2003, 02:10 PM

I occassionally throw salt over my shoulder after spilling it.

Other than that, 13 is my lucky number. It comes up all the time in everything that I do. 13's supposed to be bad luck, but I'm still here... so it must be good luck.

One other thing: I used to eat at this certain restaurant, and because of the way they priced things and, I guess, because of the particular items I liked, about one out of three times my bill was $6.66 including tax. I pointed it out to the waitress once, and she made a cross sign at me with her fingers.

Mel · 07-18-2003, 04:23 PM

Don't wish harm on anyone cause it will come back 3 times as bad

Locke · 07-18-2003, 05:40 PM

I dont pick up any coin that the tails side is facing up. Thats it though.

crayzeeredhead · 07-18-2003, 06:17 PM

I for one am very superstitious as you well know!! i am very superstious about umbrellas in the house, birds flying in the home, spilled saltr and alcohol(LOL), pretty much evrything so im careful!!

WhoaitsZ · 07-18-2003, 07:03 PM

the only superstition I believe in is the 'everything comes/happens in threes'.

i never, ever believed in such stupid sounding shit until about two years ago.

now to make myself feel even more silly i forget the main reasons i changed my mind

i do remember three deaths happening three times. like 2 1/2 years.... no problems..... them bamo. my nephew, my grandfather, my cousin.. in a month

onen ight we lost a beloved pet, my mother's mom and had a nasty wreck in our yard in the same night.

those there attributed... if i remember i'll post them. i fear i made myself forget why...

Kaos · 07-18-2003, 07:51 PM

I don't really believe in much superstition, but I am a firm believer in Karma.

GakFace · 07-20-2003, 01:44 AM

I walk under ladders everytime I see them. And if there are superstitious people around.. I walk backwords back thru it...

I remember ONE chainmail that I actually did. It was the Anti-Chainmail. It stated that if you followed the rules, you'd be immune to all the effect from then on. I figured, a lot of this is crazy, but now I have proof, and I did it.

I can't really think of anything I'm superstitious about.

warrrreagl · 07-20-2003, 04:20 AM

When I'm walking with my wife, I won't let a pole or signpost pass between us. I'll go out of my way to get behind her so that we pass on the same side of the object.

I know you're supposed to say "bread and butter" whenever something passes between you, but I never let it get that far.

grayman · 07-26-2003, 07:47 PM

I'm with Kaos. I believe in karma.

aedenji · 07-27-2003, 01:20 PM

I am not superstitious but I agree with the hand washing thing
I am a little nuerotic myself

glytch · 07-27-2003, 01:51 PM

not sure if this is a superstition, but i NEVER wear socks that don't match. Every time i do, shit happens.

Moonduck · 07-27-2003, 03:36 PM

I'm not superstitious, but I can respect it. Many people in my life are superstitious.

Ether · 07-27-2003, 04:17 PM

No superstitions at all. If you believe something bad will happen to you after walking under a ladder (or whatever), then something bad will happen. Either the fact that you're thinking about it in the back of your mind might cause something bad to happen... or it's just that a random bad event happens then immedietly it stands out more in your mind because you're expecting that bad thing to happen.

Silly superstitious people.

07-16-2003, 08:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gebbinn Crazy	Superstition, what do you believe OK, food for thought, at least for me. I recently found me a new girlfriend, who tends to be rather superstitious. I myself have very very few superstitions, in fact only two that I can think of offhand.. but being with her, it tends to rub off a bit. Personally, my only real superstitions that I have ever believed are 1. always hand a knife back to a person in the same position it was handed to you.. IE never close a knife someone opened, never return a knife that was closed if you leave it open... I have been cut one too many times NOT to believe that one. 2. Never walk under a ladder... thats common sense, cuz shit tends to fall on my head every time I do. What got me thinking on this was that my Girlfriend got freaked out by a red moon tonight, and we had to turn around and come home, she wouldnt go out..(go out in this case entailed a little late night tryst in the middle of a corn field... im still horny) So blood on the moon means bad things will happen I am told. So here is the topic at hand, what superstitions do you hold, and why do you hold them?

07-16-2003, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	I really don't have any superstitions that I'm aware of. I'm a little uptight when it comes to handwashing, but that's not a superstition, it's a sign of being a little neurotic. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

07-16-2003, 08:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	i have weird supersititions prolly cos i come from a different culture originally. heh i believe moths can/may be a dead spirit of a deceased relative coming back to look upon you :-x __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

07-16-2003, 09:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	ohhhhh! another superstition that is completely illogical, silly nonsense but that i would never try because it does freak me out (kid story you know..) is... bloody mary. where you're in the dark looking in the mirror and you say her name over and over and supposedly your face is replaced with hers and she's holding this knife out.. and yeah.. freeky. and about the moth thing i dont know. its not that EVERY moth is a spirit. i think mainly that they can embody the moth..or something. but they're free to come and go from that body whenever. so its all good if they die :P moths have short life spans anyway right. i just have a sortof freaky story that a moth was in my late <i>lola's</i> (grandma) room when the windows and doors were closed and everything so it couldnt have possibly gone in. and that it was fluttering around but RIGHT when they found out grandma died.. the moth died too. so moths symbolizing life? or something. like a moth from the flame... now everytime i see a moth in my room i think o no there's lola ;P and she's seeing me masturbate. ahhhhhhh __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

07-16-2003, 09:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	I'm one of those people who makes a wish every time one of those make-a-wish oppurtunities comes up, and thats about all I can think of. __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

07-16-2003, 08:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fake Alias Crazy	I dont believe in any forms of superstition or bad luck, or any form of luck for that matter. If you walk under a ladder, you will not have bad luck. This is comon sense. Life is all chance (as I refer to it). If you win the lottery or if your parents die, its not because your lucky/unlucky, or cursed/blessed. Its just part of life. So to answer your question, I do not believe in superstitions

07-16-2003, 09:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Interesting on that moon one. I love being out under a blood moon or a full moon. To me, it adds to the atmosphere. I don't believe in many superstitions, but that thought on the moth just stopped me from flattening one that's fluttering around my computer screen. I'm not saying that I suddenly started believing it, I just didn't really feel like killing it anymore.

07-17-2003, 04:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	I believe that if I forward a chain letter to all of you, I will get a million billion dollars, and if I don't I'll die. -Mikey

07-17-2003, 05:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
bigoldalphamale Loser	i believe that when i smoke pot...bad things inevitably happen to me.

07-17-2003, 06:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	I have just a couple.... I won't sit with my back to the door, any door, but esp. public places. This is my main superstition But as for sports, when I used to play baseball/basketball, and still now for golf... I do the same routine all the way down to driving the same way to get there. If by chance I went a different way and did well, then I would change. Silly isn't it!

07-17-2003, 07:06 AM	#12 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	I"ll say things such as "Wow, thats some bad luck" But I really dont honestly beleive in it. I take life with a very scientific approach, so things such as superstitions, ghost, religions all dont apply. But for some people doing certain things that help them get thier day through, power to em. __________________ You bore me.... next.

07-17-2003, 07:15 AM	#13 (permalink)
more fire Psycho Location: London	I knew a hungarian guy who insisted on having every window in his house shut, because he thought evil mythical hungarian monsters climbed into your house through your windows. Very strange.

07-17-2003, 09:25 AM	#14 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	The only silly superstitions I follow are: -Knocking on wood -putting money in a wallet or billfold before giving as a gift. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

07-17-2003, 12:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
eci Tilted Location: UK	I've got the whole sitting facing the door thing, but that's largely because I don't like people sneaking up on me. I also tend to knock on wood, and I'm a stickler for routine so I tend to feel uncomfortable doing things a different way. For those of you who have seen Final Destination, I also do the suitcase tag thing

07-17-2003, 12:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
Jim Kata Swollen Member Location: Northern VA	Everytime I have Deja Vu I say "Deja Vu like a motherfucker" no matter where I am or who is around. It doesn't have to be loud or anything, but it has to be audible to me. I think that is more OCD or something like that rather than superstitous. And also when someone says "today is a good day", I feel the need to say "Let's keep it that way."

07-18-2003, 10:11 AM	#24 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Nope. No superstitions. __________________

07-18-2003, 01:38 PM	#25 (permalink)
sub zero Addict Location: The one state that doesn't have black outs: TEXAS BABY!!!	The boogy man is for serious. __________________ Did you Google it yet? Join the TFP Typing team!!

07-18-2003, 01:41 PM	#26 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	It's bad luck to be superstitious. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.

07-18-2003, 05:40 PM	#30 (permalink)
Locke Insane Location: The reddest state ever. :(	I dont pick up any coin that the tails side is facing up. Thats it though. __________________ CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!!!! - Pat Hughes "Don't surround yourself with yourself." Yes

07-17-2003, 12:26 PM	#17 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	Well, I'm not blind and I don't have hairy palms so... __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

07-17-2003, 01:18 PM	#18 (permalink)
Mel Tilted Location: Auckland	I think if you believe in them then they can come true __________________ And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping. The moon tells me a secret. My confidant. As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own and A million light reflections pass over me It's source is bright and endless. She resuscitates the hopeless Without her we are lifeless satellites drifting

07-17-2003, 03:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	I'm sure I have some superstitions, but I can't think of any right now

07-17-2003, 04:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	I have whatever superstition suits my mood. sometimes I'm paranoid, sometimes I'm not.

07-17-2003, 04:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
Mr Scorcex Insane Location: Colorado	I'm supertitious about how I drive. I try to be pretty careful and courteous, fearing that if I drive like an a-hole a bus will broadside me.

07-18-2003, 09:25 AM	#22 (permalink)
Mongolguy Crazy Location: My own little world. 'Cause they know me there.	If a black cat crosses my path, I have to spit on the crossing point and pass on the side of the cat. that way all the bad luck stops befor the spit and can't get me. Crossing on the other side is a sure way to get screwed!

07-18-2003, 09:31 AM	#23 (permalink)
Double D Junkie Location: Chicagoland	I beleive in self-fulfilling prophesies.

07-18-2003, 01:53 PM	#27 (permalink)
Donkeypuncher Psycho Location: Pasadena, CA	I believe I can keep doing it til I just need glasses. __________________ "take me down, little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the Queen of The Underground"

07-18-2003, 02:10 PM	#28 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	I occassionally throw salt over my shoulder after spilling it. Other than that, 13 is my lucky number. It comes up all the time in everything that I do. 13's supposed to be bad luck, but I'm still here... so it must be good luck. One other thing: I used to eat at this certain restaurant, and because of the way they priced things and, I guess, because of the particular items I liked, about one out of three times my bill was $6.66 including tax. I pointed it out to the waitress once, and she made a cross sign at me with her fingers.

07-18-2003, 04:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
Mel Tilted Location: Auckland	Don't wish harm on anyone cause it will come back 3 times as bad __________________ And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping. The moon tells me a secret. My confidant. As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own and A million light reflections pass over me It's source is bright and endless. She resuscitates the hopeless Without her we are lifeless satellites drifting

07-18-2003, 06:17 PM	#31 (permalink)
crayzeeredhead Tilted Location: here& there but here today	I for one am very superstitious as you well know!! i am very superstious about umbrellas in the house, birds flying in the home, spilled saltr and alcohol(LOL), pretty much evrything so im careful!! __________________ For everything there is a neverending cycle- birth, death, rebirth. Evil can and will not exist without good and visa versa. You also reap what you sew. There is a sliver of truth in every saying -those are a few!!

07-18-2003, 07:03 PM	#32 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	the only superstition I believe in is the 'everything comes/happens in threes'. i never, ever believed in such stupid sounding shit until about two years ago. now to make myself feel even more silly i forget the main reasons i changed my mind i do remember three deaths happening three times. like 2 1/2 years.... no problems..... them bamo. my nephew, my grandfather, my cousin.. in a month onen ight we lost a beloved pet, my mother's mom and had a nasty wreck in our yard in the same night. those there attributed... if i remember i'll post them. i fear i made myself forget why...

07-18-2003, 07:51 PM	#33 (permalink)
Kaos Ssssssssss Location: Ontario	I don't really believe in much superstition, but I am a firm believer in Karma.

07-20-2003, 01:44 AM	#34 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	I walk under ladders everytime I see them. And if there are superstitious people around.. I walk backwords back thru it... I remember ONE chainmail that I actually did. It was the Anti-Chainmail. It stated that if you followed the rules, you'd be immune to all the effect from then on. I figured, a lot of this is crazy, but now I have proof, and I did it. I can't really think of anything I'm superstitious about. __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

07-20-2003, 04:20 AM	#35 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	When I'm walking with my wife, I won't let a pole or signpost pass between us. I'll go out of my way to get behind her so that we pass on the same side of the object. I know you're supposed to say "bread and butter" whenever something passes between you, but I never let it get that far. __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.

07-26-2003, 07:47 PM	#36 (permalink)
grayman you can't see me Location: Illinois	I'm with Kaos. I believe in karma. __________________ That's right - I'm a guy in a suit eating a Blizzard. F U.

07-27-2003, 01:20 PM	#37 (permalink)
aedenji Crazy	I am not superstitious but I agree with the hand washing thing I am a little nuerotic myself __________________ "This ground is not the rock I....had thought it would be." MJK

07-27-2003, 01:51 PM	#38 (permalink)
glytch I am not permanent. Location: Tennessee	not sure if this is a superstition, but i NEVER wear socks that don't match. Every time i do, shit happens. __________________ If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. - Mitch Hedberg

07-27-2003, 03:36 PM	#39 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	I'm not superstitious, but I can respect it. Many people in my life are superstitious.

07-27-2003, 04:17 PM	#40 (permalink)
Ether Upright Location: Vancouver, BC	No superstitions at all. If you believe something bad will happen to you after walking under a ladder (or whatever), then something bad will happen. Either the fact that you're thinking about it in the back of your mind might cause something bad to happen... or it's just that a random bad event happens then immedietly it stands out more in your mind because you're expecting that bad thing to happen. Silly superstitious people.