im starting to have a like….. unironic philosophical hatred of astrology im not going to lie to you
like explain to me how it isnt just an incredibly straightforward form of essentialist thinking, and then explain how that attitude does not then bleed over to other parts of your general life philosophy if you well and truly buy into it?
of course if its a dumb little thing you playfully engage with thats whatever, thats not what im talking about. there are people who unironically believe that being born in June means you are a fundamentally ‘toxic’ person like its fucking Elder Scrolls. it seems like a socially acceptable form of unregulated socially destructive mental illness in some cases i.e. arbitrarily seeing patterns that arent there and making flash judgments on people and then justifying it with nonsense you read online. its fucked!
also sorry but it is just not real. it is fake.
im well aware im not breaking new ground here but its important to note. people will say hating on astrology is just being Le Reddit Atheist but i think theres a big difference between saying like, its dumb to believe in a spiritual God or an afterlife, and that its dumb to believe earnestly in the concept that people’s places in the world and their value relative to yours can be divined from the fucking stars! if you get that its on any empirical level completely lacking evidence and a fun little hobby to get into for a laff thats one thing but as soon as it genuinely impacts your view of the world its game over
@ EVERYONE IN THE COMMENTS SAYING “but real astrology is so much more complicated you have to account for people’s moon signs you can’t base your opinion of astrology off newspaper horoscopes” I AM GOING TO WRING YOUR NECKS LIKE DISHRAGS THE THE MOMENT YOU LET MAGIC REPLACE YOUR JUDGEMENT IS THE MOMENT YOU’VE LOST THE PLOT
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