People won’t listen to “if you walk under a ladder you might get hit by a paint bucket” but they will listen to “if you walk under a ladder some nondescript aethereal force will give you bad luck”. What is wrong with our brains.
absolutely, yeah. there’s still a lot of construction folks/builders that refuse to do it. usually the same folks that have superstitions about tools (like never hand someone an unfolded pocket knife, no matter how safely you do it)
There’s a really weird thing in the Southeastern US where people will hand you pocketknives with the blade out always and you can’t hand it back closed. I don’t understand it.
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is there a superstition about walking under ladders?
To be fair, it’s one of the more reasonable superstitions considering the potential of being hit by a heavy falling object.
People won’t listen to “if you walk under a ladder you might get hit by a paint bucket” but they will listen to “if you walk under a ladder some nondescript aethereal force will give you bad luck”. What is wrong with our brains.
It’s pretty much the same as “Don’t do that, it’s wrong.” vs “Don’t do that, God doesn’t like it.”
The fear / allure of the unknown
That is from times where a majority of people were trained to believe in an a nondescript invisible being. It does things to your brain.
absolutely, yeah. there’s still a lot of construction folks/builders that refuse to do it. usually the same folks that have superstitions about tools (like never hand someone an unfolded pocket knife, no matter how safely you do it)
There’s a really weird thing in the Southeastern US where people will hand you pocketknives with the blade out always and you can’t hand it back closed. I don’t understand it.
Is that to do with showing the condition it was in, and that you didn’t break it?
Nope, is apparently a superstitious thing, but I have a feeling it’s roots are in some masculinity BS.
Yeah! Without a proper backspin toss, it’s not going to land in their palm correctly, or in time for their next throw.
One of the most known.
maybe where you’re from :p
Yes.