Is there any substance to astrology?

[jamcg]

Trump: 14th June (1946)

Ffs of all the people to share a birthday with, although I was born 40 years later than him

[ZedLeg]

They seem to fit because they’re general enough to apply to anyone. Same con as psychics and seances.

We used to have an old (c. 1910s) book called "The Art of Cold Reading" as a coffee table curio. It was basically an instruction manual for how to do the fortune teller act.
A series of statements moving from the completely general to the specific based on responses; non-specific positive statements that people *want* to hear; guesses based on probability and plausible sounding diversions when you get them wrong

Obvious really, but perhaps slightly surprising (for it age) in its outright cynicism.

It probably says something about us as a species that some of our most formative mythology is warning us to be wary of tricksters

[Gavster]

Maybe I should try this, I realised years ago that there are certain phrases which you can say to anyone and they will immediately identify with them as being very specifically peronal, despite being a non-specific generalised comment; e.g. "It sounds like you're going through a period of profound change" aren't we all

[ZedLeg]

It’s scary how easy it is to manipulate people once you figure out how to do it tbh.

[Delphi]

Derren Brown regularly exposed "psychics" for the bullshitting charlatans they are. I immediately lose respect for anyone who genuinely believes this horseshit. There's a reason psychics never win the lottery.

[mik]

There is a substance to astrology : it's brown and sticky and is ejected from the bottoms of male bovine ungulates.

[Mito Man]

There is a substance to astrology : it's brown and sticky and is ejected from the bottoms of male bovine ungulates.

Said brown substance actually comes from matter from within stars. So you may be onto something Mik

[duncs500]

There is a substance to astrology : it's brown and sticky and is ejected from the bottoms of male bovine ungulates.

Said brown substance actually comes from matter from within stars. So you may be onto something Mik

Excellent point Mito.

[jamcg]

There is a substance to astrology : it's brown and sticky and is ejected from the bottoms of male bovine ungulates.

There is actually some substance. You tell someone who believes in this shit that a certain star sign has a certain personality trait I bet they start to exert those things, because suddenly “is unreasonable in every argument” has an excuse, it’s “because I was born in Capricorn” not just “I’m an unbearable cunt”

[nuttinnew]

Trump: 14th June (1946)

Ffs of all the people to share a birthday with, although I was born 40 years later than him

(not the 40yrs later bit).

[jamcg]

[V8Granite]

There is a substance to astrology : it's brown and sticky and is ejected from the bottoms of male bovine ungulates.

There is actually some substance. You tell someone who believes in this shit that a certain star sign has a certain personality trait I bet they start to exert those things, because suddenly “is unreasonable in every argument” has an excuse, it’s “because I was born in Capricorn” not just “I’m an unbearable cunt”

100% the above, it’s why Placebos work in many cases aswell.

If it gives people some comfort, let them have it, if it’s how they operate their life, it’s a bit sad.

It’s no different than religion imo.

Dave!

[nuttinnew]

Scorpios are cunts.

Belated;
Gordon James Ramsay OBE 8 November 1966.

[nuttinnew]

[nuttinnew]

Scorpios are cunts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx28g1vxkreo


Trump: 14th June (1946)
Hegseth: 6 June (1980)

[Gavster]

Scorpios are cunts.

Belated;
Gordon James Ramsay OBE 8 November 1966.

I’m Scorpio too (11/11) so I’m glad we’re all agreed there’s nothing to all this nonsense

[nuttinnew]

I only posted that because of the vid I posted in the random thread, then the language and popular public opinion made him perfect for here

[nuttinnew]

Scorpios are cunts.

It's worse than that, Jim;



some are double cunts

[Simon]

My 4 year old nephew in Brazil went running into the kitchen a couple of weeks ago proclaiming 'Mummy, I've killed a scorpion in my bedroom'.

And sure enough, he had. Hard as nails!

(And lucky).

[dinny_g]

- big claws or little claws?

It’s the ones with little claws you need to worry about…