Do you believe in curses or the "evil eye?"
By snowy
@snowy22315 (180356)
United States
August 22, 2023 1:27pm CST
The evil eye sounds like it is something from an old gypsy movie, but maybe people can curse other people or objects. One of those history shows on TV was showing a chair hanging over a bar somewhere in the UK. I don't remember the exact circumstances around it...but it was said that whomever sat in the chair would die...and it was proven to be true many times over. Within a few days whoever sat in that chair...would die. It happened repeatedly. Today it is hanging and no one is allowed to sit in it. I imagine it is quite the conversation piece. I hope no one ever gets drunk decides to sit in it...and whamo! Do you believe in curses?
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
And maybe more importantly, there is power of suggestion. The human mind is a very powerful thing and if we really think something is going to happen, it really can.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
24 Aug 23
@Dena91 Yes, but by the same token it certainly doesn't mean evil doesn't exist in the world and may be harnessed by individuals to hurt others unfortunately.
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@Dena91 (16587)
• United States
24 Aug 23
@snowy22315 You're right about the power of suggestion
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@NJChicaa (119514)
• United States
22 Aug 23
No I don't. I do like the "evil eye" bracelets and medallion I've gotten from Mexico. My former supervisor and I did NOT get along. I kept an evil eye medallion in my classroom hanging on the board. I'd wear one of my bracelets whenever I had to meet with him. I didn't think they would actually protect me from anything but it got the message across about how I felt about him. He also is super Catholic so I'm sure he was offended by it.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
22 Aug 23
It probably didn't help your evaluation any..
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@NJChicaa (119514)
• United States
22 Aug 23
@snowy22315 nothing would have helped it
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
Ha, I might do an evil horn honk.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
@Juliaacv I have been known to flip the bird. Usually I only do that though if someone has been exceptionally rude to me first.
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@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
23 Aug 23
@snowy22315 I usually resort to waving a fist at people, right after I give them my stink eye.
I don't use the horn because it can be considered road rage, and other drivers would be more apt to hear it and then see too much.
The road rage laws are strange here.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
23 Aug 23
@snowy22315 This is what I think and some people are very good to make people believe that they can do something wrong to them.
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
23 Aug 23
No, but I like hearing about stuff like that. Normally, if you check actual records, nothing is found.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
Not exactly t true, the murdering chair has been well documented. I am sure there are other examples as well
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
23 Aug 23
@snowy22315 Aliens building the pyramids is well-document, too, depending on who you want to believe.
@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
@DaddyEvil I be?I've stuff that has a actual verified documentation around it, not just hearsay and speculation.
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@rsa101 (38148)
• Philippines
23 Aug 23
@snowy22315 Even in our place there are people who are said to do those things. I haven't met one as well.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
There are people here who supposedly cast spells..but I never knew anyone who tried it. Voodoo is practiced in some circles around New Orleans and parts of Florida too.
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@allknowing (135902)
• India
23 Aug 23
I believe in nemesis When someone hurts you they get it back
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
Wouldn't that be karma? A nemesis here means an enemy.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
Sometimes the misfortune people have Maes them feel as the have been curded.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50179)
• United States
22 Aug 23
I don’t really think much of them, but I probably wouldn’t intentionally sit in that chair.
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
23 Aug 23
Ahhh,no. No need to tempt the fates.
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@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Aug 23
I do and I don't since there has been no actual proof about curses but that does not mean I would not worry if someone put one on me,
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
22 Aug 23
Have you seen someone's life negatively affected by a curse? One that you know was put on the person.
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@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Aug 23
@snowy22315 never saw that or heard about that and that is why I say there is no proof so I don't know about believing in curses,
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@snowy22315 (180356)
• United States
25 Aug 23
I would say more than a coincidence.
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@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
23 Aug 23
No, I don't believe in curses. Enjoy your day.
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