Indeed, this is called cold reading and is how most of these things work.
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Let me guess, you're someone who, hmm, finds information on Wikipedia and, aaah, has an interest in decentralised open-source projects. The spirits tell me you are not a fan of Windows and you dislike genocidal maniacs.
Oh my god it’s like you KNOW ME
You also like Linux and Star Trek
Half correct! I never got into Star Trek.
Never got into star trek, yet.
IT WAS FORTOLD
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I once saw someone with a name tag get bent out of shape when the "reader" somehow managed to get her name from the ether. And then she got mad at me for pointing out her name tag.
To add to this, tarot and other divination methods are a great way to tap into your subconscious to get this kind of insight even if you can't do it normally. Every card can be a lot of things and having a bunch of them in various places could be interpreted in many ways, but (if you're good at it) your mind will snap into one specific interpretation according to your unconscious biases and convinces itself it is the only way to read that configuration.
Yeah. This is why some people can genuinely believe in the magic while performing the trick.
This is what AI/LLMs do also.
The fact that so many people fall for cold-reading tells us why there are so many people that think that LLMs are intelligent.
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So he does know how to read tarot cards.
But I'm the asshole if I don't take people seriously when they go on about astrology and how it's the perfect system.
Because if my parents had banged 3 days earlier I'd be much more agreeable
you wouldnt exist. they would've had one of their other possible children.
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That's some Scorpio skepticism. You're a victim of the influence of the stars smh
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Btw this guy recently got jumped and had hot grease poured over his foot causing nerve damage while walking home from pride because his car got stripped for parts by thieves. He needs money for surgery and moving out of Detroit and has yet to reach his initial goal of $50k https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ceros-after-car-theft-and-attack
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I been doing the same thing casting hot wing bones over a cardboard map of Atlanta
What do the bones tell you?
They told me how many snakes we would catch in the woods by Asheville (6 copperheads)
Told someone where to find their friend at the burn accurately
Told some people their children would find success, others that their music career would go nowhere
It told someone their relationship was failing while they bargained with the board asking additional questions
If anyone asked something like, "should I move to Atlanta?" "Is there anything for me in Atlanta?" The board always emphatically said FUCK NO
I probably spent about 15 hours doing readings over last weekend at a regional burn, been working on creating the set for a few months. Surprisingly magical, surprisingly accurate, at least if you ask it questions that can be verified within a day or two
The map is a work in progress, adding little sketches to it periodically until it's filled out completely
My partner and I doing readings, I'm the elf :p
This is amazing, thank you for sharing.
Can you ask the board when the RAM crisis will end?
Interested foreign language guy question:
Is this a correct use of the word "literally"?
I don't think it's technically correct, but that word has been mangled so badly at this point that I would say the way it's used here counts as common usage.
It has come to a point where literally means both literally and figurativelly depending on context.
You are literally correct
Thanks! Got me confused when reading the whole post but then I guessed something like what you just said already.
Just wanted to have some confirmation.
"foreign language guy"
speaks better English than most native English speakers
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Yeah both of those uses are fine in English. The first usage is "more" correct I would say. Literally is supposed to be used to basically say that the thing is actually happening. The second usage is also common at least in American English. Usually it's used with common figures of speech. "I was literally judging books by their cover." Technically he wasn't, he was judging people. Some people will be pedantic and call you out for that. So if you're taking an English class I'd avoid that usage but it's really common to hear it used that way. "I would literally die." It strengthens the phrase.
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My guy doesn't realize he's actually reading tarot. 🤣
I love the mobile seat + table setup.
ceros is pretty cool, his youtube channel can be a trip
I love him, it's so obvious most of his stories are made up bs for clicks and I'm here for it!
It's like hearing a wildly exaggerated story being told by that one friend but you don't say anything and don't interrupt because he's a good storyteller.
Yeah I was gonna say the same!
He makes good content, is often quite funny, has insightful and honest takes... I don't agree with him on absolutely 100%, but, he's a straight shooter, not shilling anything... kinda guy you could actually agree to disagree with on less consequential stuff... which is rare, and admirable.
Hope his foots doing better... fuck, that shit was crazy.
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My favorite part of this is when people do it to me and they are almost always 100% wrong.
they get really mad and call me an asshole. because apparently i'm suppose to just agree with their shit takes about me.
I take a little pride in this too. Not because I'm not easily judged (you would be right about a lot of things based on my looks) but I keep quite a few hobbies that no one would suspect and don't have many interests that are in the orbit of what might be guessed.
It lets me know when someone starts treating me like they've "clocked" what type of person I am since it's clear when someone thinks they're appealing to you/flattering you but completely whiffing.
yeah, it's a big tell for narcissistic personalities. they do a lot of cold reading to flatter people and win them over so they can start manipulating you.
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