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Some combo lunar and solar eclipses i guess.

She said it's wild how such horrible people were born during an eclipse

I said wow crazy coincidence, Then i asked if all US presidents were born during an eclipse.

She said that's a whataboutism.

I was going to say astrology is confirmation bias, since she only brings up the coincidences and never the non coincidences. But luckily my autism isnt so severe that i said that.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I have a vague recollection of hooking up with a girl years and years ago and she had tarot cards in her room so asked her to do a reading as a joke and all I remember about that day now was that it led to her crying and we did not have sex.

I no longer mess with the occult weirdness in some people.

[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

Damn that sucks

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

You were counting on those Tarot cards to seal the deal, and instead they cock-blocked you. The Supernatural is a cruel wingman.

I find tarot more forgivable because for the people I know who use it, it's mostly just a way of randomizing symbols and then using whatever comes up as a jumping off point to reflect on their life. Astrology bothers me more because even the casual adherents seem to be boxing people into crude personality types and predetermining their relationships with other people based on star signs.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 37 points 2 days ago

Marx failed to consider that Engels was a classic Sagittarius.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Should have brought up how none of those eclipses were happening anywhere near the places those people were born. They were on the other side of the planet every single time.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

'Haha, damn that's crazy'

[–] Commiechameleon@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Better than me. I'd be single. Rather find some old man to cover my housing than be near astrology. Not really into woo woo bs, but whatever it's fun, but when it's taken as fact to someones being it's concerning and erodes any fee fees.

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

she might as well be my mom talking about Catholicism. white women love their astrology but it's as real as Jesus was.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jesus was a real guy who probably said things to the effect of some of what we see in the Bible.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

And the stars are real and pretty

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would so much rather be single for the rest of my life than ever entertain a conversation about magic again

And maybe I will be shrug-outta-hecks

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So how about that new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles commander deck

[–] Commiechameleon@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

Eh the blantant corporate cash grabs have soiled the already heavily soiled children's card game ran by speculators... But that's why we're gonna proxyyyy :3 gotta ruin peoples nights with a landfall deck that runs warp world somehow someway

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey now that's the kind of magic I can get behind

Actually a step in the right direction because there's a bunch of good lands in there, I like the trend toward making commander precons actually function on a fundamental level without having to buy expensive upgrades on the secondary market

Though I just proxy all lands and any slightly expensive card anyway

I haven't played since the 90's, and my kid's friends are conning her into trying the game. This can only end with a bunch of middle schoolers learning firsthand why Enduring Renewal was banned.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago
[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This sounds straight from the Witcher lol

I really enjoyed that story, it was sad.  The overall theme of centrism in those stories is silly as hell though.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the Confluence of the Spheres and this is why there are monsters on the world

I thought it was because we're draining all the mako from the earth and it's attracting monsters from the moon, which is why Pete Hegseth was created in a lab from white materia supremacist Jenova cells

[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Watch LeninWalkstheEarth EPICALLY own his girlfriend with FACTS and LOGIC

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish I knew enough about Chinese astrology to infodump astrology fans with "On the Supremacy of the Astrology as Conceived of by the Heirs of Chinese Civilization and the Occidental's Abortive Attempts to Replicate the Sublime Beauty of said Astrology."

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wanna become an astromancer when I grow up

[–] fannin@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

I wanna be an astrologian. Then I can heal the raid.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She said that's a whataboutism.

Did she really say that or is this a badpost? Giving a counterexample isn't whataboutism, and it's legitimately a more unhealthy belief than astrology.

[–] WHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Whataboutism? What about deez nuts?

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I never thought of it that way

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whataboutism? What about my 'tism?

1 of these people is not like the other two though. &I'm obviously concerned by your girlfriend's competence when it comes to basic matters of cause and effect, but also the political implications here.  What was she even trying to say?

[–] WHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First Iran strike happened during retrograde, really makes you think

[–] Poophammer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

hexbear.net/c/relationships

Does she support US presidents ?

I am not getting it besides her being an idiot

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

Eclipse of the Deal

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

which Khamenei doggirl-smug

seriously though don't bully your girlfriend for having a lil heap of superstition. it's grim enough out here