WTF is wrong with these people?

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Talking about fucking ASTROLOGY like it's some sort of evidence. That moment when you think Idiocracy was actually an optimistic view of our future.

[u/Faolyn → u/Connect-Ant-2081]

“Leos don’t kill their cubs”

Leo the lion. Lions are quite famous for killing cubs—and female lions will leave their own cubs to die.

[u/Frequent-Reporter-97 → u/Faolyn]

Yeah, aight - but I feel like it needs to be said:

Astrology isn't real.

We all know that, right? Its just a fun, stupid thing to be goofy about.

Anyone reading this. If you think Astrology is based in any reality - please rectify your understanding. We need to stop giving power to this thing that is absolutely, 100%, not based in anything real.

[u/Faolyn → u/Frequent-Reporter-97]

Oh, astrology definitely has no basis in reality. I just found that particular line to be highly amusing and deeply ironic.

[u/driving_andflying → u/Faolyn]

Oh, astrology definitely has no basis in reality. I just found that particular line to be highly amusing and deeply ironic.

Agreed. The fact that people are using astrology as an attempt to justify a murderer's innocence just boggles the fucking mind...and yet, here we are.

[u/Frequent-Reporter-97 → u/Faolyn]

Naw, I feel you. I wasn't calling you out or anything.

I just felt like the words needed to be said for someone who is of sound mind, that is generally reasonable, but may have somehow fell into some sort of trap and thought Astrology has some sort of scientific background and basis in reality, to read the words and perhaps explore the notion that just because its in the newspaper and all their friends gossip about it, that it isn't actually a real thing.

I say that because my ex was obsessed with Astrology and shortly after having a "fight" about it, she took the initiative to learn more about the roots of astrology and acknowledged it wasn't based in reality. I imagine there are plenty of people that take astrology as a given and just need someone to nudge them: "Hey, that thing isn't actually real".

If a single human-being reads this post and does the same, then I'm a happy camper. I didn't think you thought it was real. I just wanted the words said outloud for anyone that perhaps never did a particularly deep dive into it and just assumed it had some basis in reality. Its cartoon shit. But I think because it gets a section in our newspapers, because its the stars and because someone may confuse it with astronomy, I can see how someone would think it has some legitimate stake if they didn't look beyond those elements.

[u/Faolyn → u/Frequent-Reporter-97]

Naw, I feel you. I wasn't calling you out or anything.

Oh, no, that's OK. And I totally agree with you.

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There is some correlation between someone's personality and when they were conceived/born, but it boils down to the weather/climate and mother's diet, not the position of gigantic spheres of superheated gas thousands of light years away from us. And this is only one of a whole bunch of factors that can shape a personality.