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Gebbinn 07-16-2003 08:16 PM

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?

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

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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 :eek:

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 :D

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.


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