I personally think astrology is destructive to the people who take part in it. I see a lot of arguments along the lines of, “people have fun with it and it gives them comfort” etc. and if that’s all it was, that would be fine, but anyone who’s met someone really into astrology can see that it primes people to apply a totally illogical and incoherent framework to problems in their lives. The problem with that is that you’re never going to grow and learn as a person if you continually grab for this totally illogical tool in your emotional toolbelt every time one of life’s challenges arises. You’ll never reflect on the emotional genesis of a lot of your feelings or responses to the world if you just think, “I did that because I’m a Leo” or whatever. You’ll never get to, “I realize now that I responded to x situation negatively because y factor happens to be a trigger for me and I need to be conscious of that in the future” if you never get past “I responded to x situation negatively because mercury is in retrograde.” Overall I think it’s a toxic trend in our society that prevents people from being able to grow in a healthy way.
I remember a girl I like getting told by her best friend that she shouldn't date me because was a Sagittarius and I was a Cancer
Jokes on her, in the Chinese Zodiac, I'm a Metal Dragon, which means I possess the qualities of an Emperor
Point being, I'm high as shit too
Metal dragon gang
as a gothy lesbian who cannot stand astrology let me just say i feel your pain
so, so much
That's such a Libra thing to say
Uranus is in retrograde
asstrology
Yeah that would explain a lot
Whenever people tell me something about astrology (implying they believe in it) I can't help but start thinking in a societally critical descriptive way. Like Disco Elysium describes social phenomena or Modernists in general.
"Astrology is the belief that someone's personality, habits, and even fate are written in the stars when they are born, and their relationships between each other depend on which of 12 calendar periods they were born in. These correspond to the star shapes present in the plane of the sun as it moves around the earth according to an influential Greek that popularized the idea. When we learned that the earth actually orbited the sun, very little changed in astrology. While astrology has historically been a very complex topic, the modern Western version is mostly about advice columns from unaccredited hacks and explaining problems in romantic relationships. The person I am talking to is trying to socialize with me through their appreciation of astrology but I'm just trying to get them to come to a meeting organized by communists."
Reject astrology, embrace astronomy 🔭
This is so Gemini of you. And let me guess, you were dating a Virgo
I don't even remember what fucking sign they were. I think the bull one, I don't fucking know.
They're all bull
Gottem
think the bull one
That's taurine. You can find it in a lot of energy drinks.
It gives you wings, which I believe increases your damage and healing done and allows you to use Hammer of Wrath irrespective of the enemy's HP%
Birth Month Race Science
Bruh, those downtimes where I worked as a barista and we were getting like 1 customer an hour, it's all my coworkers would talk about as we swept the damn floor. Fucking horoscopes and shit. So cringe.
Trapped at work listening to astrology-babble? Sounds like Hell is real
I feel like it was used as a cop out for transphobia with lesbians Ive interacted with. Just say some woo shit to hide your bigotry, like sure Jan I'm certain the reason you wrinkle your nose at a whole room of trans people is because Mercury was in retrograde
I pretty much think anyone that takes it seriously is going to need to be hardcore reeducated. At least they're not cutting open animals to find where the poop is in their intestines to see if they'll be lucky today anymore.
Sorry comrade. I hope that you're better off without them and find someone better for you.
(aside, fuck astrology) ( I legitimately would not date someone who's into astrology, I can't fuck with someone that unmoored from reality. Especially when inability to discern material realities is a liability that can get people killed. None of the people I know into astrology are taking covid seriously anymore, they're so used to magical thinking that they just can't look at the science to defend themselves against the capitalist gaslighting even though they're principled leftists)
Full throated support from me in your loathing of astrology. Apparently everyone who is a cancer sign is an abomination in the eyes of astrologists and it's the most annoying bullshit ever. Fuck astrology.
How does astrology explain two different people with the same birthday having radically different personalities and traits?
Theyll get into times of day or some shit. Moon signs? They just keep going until they find the difference, then point to that
They pull out the calipers and start measuring skulls, obviously
Busting out the old gravity magic abd being like "actually, thanks to General Radhann, fate is not written in the stars.
i feel you about astrology OP. my girlfriend is super into it and i never say anything but it’s something i can not buy into and its not that i find it or her annoying but that its just such obvious bullshit. especially because many people believe in it in place of religion when it’s the same made up stuff lol
Basically in the same boat, she talks shit about Christianity and her mom being religious but then will turn around and tell me I'm feeling sad because I'm a Gemini and there's a super moon
i just don't get it, i love my girlfriend tho so for me it's not the biggest deal. it would be funny if she dumped my ass because of some zodiac shit tho after i'm so dismissive of the impact it could have on her lol
Yeah same, I think it's mostly for fun, she's never done something shitty to me and said it's because of astrology lol so it's probably fine
Astrology is bullshit, but every time I see the topic brought up I feel compelled to look up stereotypes for my star skull shape for an hour or two to see how accurately it describes me.
I remember when astrology was a legit struggle session on this site, lol. Looking at the responses to this post, it seems times have changed quite a bit.
Sucks, but in the final analysis sounds like you dodged a bullet. I’ll have a drink for you tonight 🍻
Thank you, I'm not drinking right now but I think I may have another joint
I thought I had nothing in common with astrologoids but then I learned that costar is apparently written in haskell
on a daily basis, shit is in retrograde from my ass
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