• apocalypticat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The idea of ghosts never made sense to me. Like ooooo I’m flickering this light and making creaky sounds in your house. ooooooo, be afraid! Then what? Just repeat that same thing day after day? Boring!

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I think depending on the story or culture, the flickering lights and stuff was generally either an attempt at communication with the living to help the ghost - or to instill fear so people would make irrational choices and accidentally die

      • marcos@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yes, the modern world is very scary. But I don’t understand how that applies to the idea of ghosts…

    • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Ghosts are just another conspiracy theory.

      “Haha, you plebs think it’s just the plumbing, but I know the truth!”