Soldier Of Fortune (Define "Fun")

 

 "30% of Americans Consult Astrology, Tarot Cards or Fortune Tellers" reports the Pew Research Center. 

    

 That's a lot, but "most say they engage in these practices for fun, rather than for insights or guidance on life decisions." Which makes me wish Pew had probed deeper, to maybe ask what's so "fun" about telling manipulative types the inner workings of your relationships and community? 

    

Or what's so "fun" about letting liars know you're gullible? 

    

 What's so "fun" about possibly helping "fortunetellers" update the information on you, kept on their own private online community bulletin boards, that they can consult to know specific things about someone, no matter which "fortuneteller" they consult in the area?

What's so "fun" about undermining science, while keeping profoundly unscientific (and sometimes destructive) practices alive?

And what's so "fun" about representing, and proving, how bad your education, and the system that produced it, is?

 

There's No Media, Journalism, Or Reporters, If There's No Skepticism Among Us

WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW:

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SAME OL' STORY:

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SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU GOT:

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HYPERGAMY - AT WORK:

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REMEMBER - THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE MORAL PARTY:

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EWWWWWWW:

  Inside Jackie Kennedy's years-long affair with JFK's married brother Bobby

JACKIE COULD'VE USED THIS:

  Electrical brain stimulation can ease heartbreak, study finds

THEIR TIME - YOUR TIME - TIME:

  ‘Dancing for the Devil’: A Cult Docuseries That Takes Its Time

GOOP IS BAD:

  Think Goop is bad? It's only the tip of Netflix's pseudoscience iceberg

DON'T TELL GWYNETH PALTROW:

  Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease

GUESS WHO'S CALLING ABOUT YOUR CANCER? NO, REALLY, GUESS:

  Gwyneth Paltrow sends surprise message of support to Kate Middleton following royal's triumphant Trooping the Colour appearance - after going on a double date with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

THE NEW MILLENNIUM HAS TURNED OUT NOTHING AS PROMISED:

  The age of pseudoscience

BEG, LIKE THE SCIENCE-BASED DOG THAT YOU ARE:

  A new review and meta-analysis suggests Reiki “demonstrated effectiveness” – but I beg to differ

JUST WHAT YOU WANTED:

  Whole Foods' handprint scanning turns grocery shopping into a dystopian reality.

AND AWAY WE GO:

  It was supposed to be a California utopia. It turned into a ghost town.

GOOD IDEA:

  Ogun establishes special court to try cult-related cases

TRUMP SHOULD DO THIS:

  Obaseki declares war on cultism, raises task force

BITE THE BIG APPLE - DON'T MIND THE MAGGOTS:

  'Jihadist' with terrifying trunk of weapons arrested near LaGuardia Airport in NYC

NYC IS STILL RUNNING ON CRYSTAL ENERGY:

  Sean 'Diddy' Combs returns honorary Key to the City at request of NYC Mayor Eric Adams

YOU'RE REPEATING YOURSELF:

  Cultism, drug abuse major security threats

CREEPIEST 'SOULMATE' EVAH:

  I just found out the man I'm about to marry is my brother - and we have three kids together: 'He's the love of my life' 

   

 JESUS WEPT:

  Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump spiritual advisor confesses to 'inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady' after woman claimed he abused her when she was 12

NYCE:

  Popular preteen girl’s Instagram followers are 92% grown men — who fetishize her pics on the dark web 

WHY DON'T I HAVE ANY 'INTIMATE PHOTOS'?

  'Hackers leaked intimate photos after my laptop was stolen'

TRUST ME - YOU'RE NOT A TV RELATIONSHIP EXPERT:

  I'm a TV relationship expert. But 24 hours after I got engaged a fan told me she'd slept with my fiance - and I never saw it coming, writes Michelle Elman 

   

The Crack Emcee · The Crack Emcee's Classic Rock

THE RUNES ON THE COVERS SAID THAT:

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IF YOU THINK ZIONISTS ARE CRAZY:

  Most Haredi men who volunteered for IDF after Oct. 7 rejected as unsuitable, not unneeded

BUT I BOUGHT FLOWERS AND EVERYTHING:

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 THIS IS HOW THE DAILY KOS GOT STARTED - AFTER GETTING BUSTED FOR FRAUD:

  Stock-obsessed Gen Z are using astrology and tarot to invest—and swearing by the results to the tune of over $400,000

THAT'LL DO IT:

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ANGEL ASSASSINS ARE REAL - GOD IS A HITMAN:

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YEAR OF THE BLANK:

  Religion and Spirituality in East Asian Societies - A survey in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and neighboring Vietnam finds many people don’t identify with a religion but say they believe in unseen beings, venerate ancestors’ spirits and engage in ritual practices 

   

 HAPPY STORY OF THE DAY:

  Moment Arizona sheriff’s deputy shoots dead seven starving and abandoned dogs after giving them water

HIDE YOUR HUSBANDS, HIDE YOUR KIDS:

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It's Hard To Believe (This Is A Tuesday)

Tarot review – disappointment is in the cards with silly supernatural horror

Orgasm meditation ‘cult’ loses Netflix court battle over damning 'expose'

Tom Brady roast hits a nerve for the GOAT with joke about massage 

   

 ABANDONED BY YEAR'S END: 

We’re Calling It: “Sexy Water” Is Going to Be This Summer’s Biggest Wellness Trend

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The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It 

   

  The Dems' Alternative Reality Gets Weirder by the Day 

   

“Yeah, it’s complete fiction. It’s utterly made up. I’ve never met [Tom Segura]. I’ve sadly watched it on Twitter. It is twisted and deranged, and it’s complete fiction, which, of course, means every lefty believes it’s true because it’s horrible,...” 

   

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HYPOCHONDRIA NEVER DIES

Company Forces Employees To Go Through Public Therapy Every Time They Make A Mistake

Increasing concerns about SCAM research originating from China

“Basically you just pray to a rock.”

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Bud Light promises to ‘stay in our lane’ after trans backlash

The Year End (At A Dead End)

 

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 The secret history of the world’s most popular tarot cards

Cult leaders that promised to 'cure' homosexuality through forced sex busted in Spain 

   

 Uniformed Police Officers Threw Slushies at Random People, Recorded It 

  

Quotes (On The Gassing Scene)

“I have moments where I really will just stare and I will see a scene that is happening… that has happened to me or that is going to happen to me in another dimension and I feel it in my body and I’m like, ‘Yo, this is weird.’”

“For someone to make me go against my spiritual practice, I would need something major,...they just saw a tarot reading and decided they didn’t believe it.”

“All the metaphysical stores are booming.”