#supersition

[apolladay]

do you salute to a single magpie and are you irish?

I salute to a magpie and I'm from Ireland

I salute to a magpie and I'm not from Ireland

I agnolege a magpie differently + from Ireland

I agnolege a magpie differently + not from Ireland

I don't to anything + from Irland

I don't do anything + not from Ireland

Voting ended onMar 4

This is a Magpie btw

[queencalicoanne]

I wonder if there’s going to be a resurgence in maritime superstitions after this Oceangate debacle.

Like, it’s pretty common knowledge that historically, sailors are or were a very superstitious bunch. And how could they not be? On the sea you can take every safety precaution there is, and things can still go wrong. You can still see things in the water or in the darkness of the open sea that you’ll never be able to explain or understand. This is a common experience of naval sailors to this day, you can find plenty of Ask Reddit threads about it.

The sea cannot be tamed. It is the most powerful force on this planet. You can do everything right and it can still take everything and never give it back.

And now you have five dead rich men that will never resurface. All because Stockton Rush tempted fate in every possible way. He did everything wrong in regards to concrete safety precautions. He boasted. He named his submersible after a sunken ship. He married somebody descended from people that the sea had already claimed.

Maybe this part is just me being a bit of a romanticist, but the titan is actually a very different vessel from the Titanic. Despite the arrogant boasting surrounding the Titanic’s maiden voyage, and the arrogance of the Captain, the Titanic was a large vessel that was crafted with care and attention to detail. The Titanic had purpose. It was built with fail safes in mind to prevent sinking. It was meant to be a luxurious experience for those on board. Even third class cabins, though small, were meant to be elegant, clean and comfortable for those staying in them. And the sea took it’s time claiming the titanic, almost as if it was savoring it.

But the Titan was none of those things. It was an idle vessel for people who had no need to be there. It was small. Uncomfortable. Built with carelessness, with no attention to detail what so ever. And it had the gall to name itself after the magnificent liner that it came to crawl over. It didn’t fail on it’s maiden voyage in such a dramatic fashion. Instead the ocean crushed it like an annoying gnat that kept coming back.

[floofshy]

many superstitions can be treated as a game of chance where "good luck" is winning and "bad luck" is losing, rather than as a predictive tool. The augury is a game overlayed over birdwatching where you can win or lose depending on where you see birds.

Alternative, you can transform games of chance into superstitions, and judge lottery winners for superstitiously thinking that winning gives them good luck.

[wtf-fun-factss]

Coins tossed into the Trevi Fountain go to a good cause. Click to read the full fact.

[nerdyqueerandjewish]

Ashkenazi baby naming superstitions - how far does not naming a baby after a living person go? Would you be comfortable naming a baby after someone’s middle name or if the baby and the other person’s name mean similar things but in different languages (like naming a baby Simcha after someone named Joy)? What about using a name that just so happens to be the same name as someone else you know?

[dngrcpckwithmurdericing]

holy shit WHY WOULD YOU--

like, I wish I were lying in bed wondering, "How can this fucking happen?" but since I am old for trees and also Jewish, I am extremely aware of how pervasive antisemitism is.

So like, I CAN, in fact, believe I have to say this:

If you think that the Jewish shtetls and ghetttoes of the sixteenth century thru WWI in Poland et al are the place to set your fanfic so that you can write a quirky or charming arranged marriage AU about your faves, you are WRONG.

If you think that trying to nod to the history of those shtetls and the arranged marriages that happened by explaining that it was "Jewish tradition" is okay or correct, you are WRONG.

If you think that calling it "forced marriage" and making it seem like something Jewish people did to torture their kids is okay or historically accurate, you are WRONG.

I get that it seems like literally every part of history is a painful part of history for Jewish people - and you're right! Don't set your fanfic in concentration camps! (Yes, that was a thing.) Don't set your fanfic in a shtetl! It's not funny! It's not cute!

Yes, I waited until after sundown to write this because I refused to post about this on shabbat. MY FUCKING GOODNESS.

[doodleimprovement]

This year, I will officially be older that she ever got to be. 

There is no joy. Only Guilt. 

Connected to This from earlier this year

[suzycreamcheeze]

Third track off Superstition’s latest release, “The Anatomy of Unholy Transformation” is an absolute fucking groove