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Not so Taboo Topics Religion Taught me to fear
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Alcohol is legitimately pretty bad for you and tarot is just kinda dumb but still.bad to be afraid of them
Tarot is a lot of fun! It’s like storytelling. I think if you go into it with an idea that it’s more reflective than predictive or prescriptive it’s more enjoyable.
I’ve found most of the fortune teller people who give tarot a bad rep are really just using the storefront as a means to sell fake purses and weed.
Hang on your telling me I could have been getting my weed hook-up from Madam Sora down the road all this time? Brb.
Facts, nothing is better than getting $200 of psychedelics in a Channel bag and a free reading of your heart line.
so what if I go to a local place that does readings and sells crystals and shit, what are the odds they sell? How rampant of a honeypot have I been missing out on?
I definitely look the part. If they sell, they'll sell to me.
This reminds me of a massive deadhead I knew in college, hugely wasted all the time. But he was about 6'5", birth control glasses, fairly muscular, cropped hair.
The other psychonauts always made him wait to meet up with them at a show because the unofficial vendors refused to deal with anybody near the guy.
Yeah I can see how it might be fun if you don't assume it's telling the truth.
Except it's not about telling the truth (at least from my experience when a friend offered). It's more of a discussion with the reader with the cards being a facilitator for what to talk about. It's not the same as fortune telling.
I guess I kinda miss what exactly it was then, that seems a lot better.
Yeah, I didn't know it was like that before either. Now I think of it as a very informal consulting session.
Tarot gave us Stardust Crusaders, so that's good. It's also the basis for the Deck of Many Things in D&D, and plays heavily into Last Call which is a really good supernatural Poker novel.
if alcohol is bad for me, then why does it feel so good when i drink sometimes?
Funny magic juice go brrrr
Because it's a drug maybe?
Alcohol has many uses though.
Like medical uses as an antibacterial? Yes. And in ye olden times it was useful for making water safer to drink, but just for consumption nowadays it is generally objectively harmful. Enjoyable sure, and I don't judge people who partake in it or think people shouldn't be allowed to have it (besides minors) but it does harm the body.
It isn't "objectively harmful" any more than playing beach volleyball in the sun is "objectively harmful". You can do it responsibly, protect yourself, limit your exposure. And when you do, you can enjoy yourself, which is the opposite of harm. Just because alcohol can be abused doesn't mean it must be. Most people who partake of alcohol enjoy the net good of its benefits. Most people do not become alcoholics, most people do not die of cirrhosis, most people do not die of liver cancer.
This last part is actually true of all drugs: the most fantastically addictive substances on earth, like meth and heroin, still have more casual users than addicts.
WHO stance on alcohol - no safe amount that does not affect health meaning that no, people do not enjoy the net benefits. Also alcohol is not only implicated in liver cancers, but also stomach, esophageal, throat and mouth.
It's amazing how defensive people get about alcohol. Yes, it can be enjoyed responsibly in moderation. That said, there are health risks associated with using it, even in quantities most people consider small. The risks get more severe the more you drink.
Comparing alcohol to sun exposure is disingenuous. You can't build a physiological dependency to sun exposure. Nor does UV light penetrate literally every cell in your body almost immediately, including your brain.