Psych(e!)ics & Mediums

Bad Panda · 21-06-2012 03:52PM #1

In light of the publicity Psychic Wayne is getting...

...Are there any so called psychics or mediums operating on Boards?

I personally find these people reprehensible. Preying on the grieving/emotional/desperate to make money.

They are liars. Plain and simple.

I'd love to be proved wrong, who wouldn't want to hear from a family member that's passed on?

No proof whatsoever they can contact the dead or tell me (specifically) about my future.

Also,

Why is it, when they're talking to the dead, do they 'get' the first letter right from the person that's supposedly trying to contact you, yet they never get the persons name, but then they're able to tell you sentences they're communicating to the medium?

Here's a funny clip of a 'psychic' failing miserably:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07UzTcApMI

How do you feel about them, AH?

sbsquarepants · 21-06-2012 03:57PM

I went to one with my girlfriend for the craic. She ended up giving me a refund, turns out the spirits didn't want to talk to me, stuck up fúcking spirits:D

Unavailable for Comment · 21-06-2012 03:59PM

Bad Panda wrote: »

How do you feel about them, AH?

Oh I'm sure they know how I feel about them.

Bad Panda · 21-06-2012 04:00PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I went to one with my girlfriend for the craic. She ended up giving me a refund, turns out the spirits didn't want to talk to me, stuck up fúcking spirits:D

Ah, "I'm sorry, nobody's coming through for you, it happens..." :pac:

Edit: Any psychics willing to stand up for their profession....?

Real Life · 21-06-2012 04:00PM

I hate them and any time i hear of person going to see one i lose a little respect for them.

FatherLen · 21-06-2012 04:01PM

i love to call shenanigans. i will say it at every chance i get but nothing pleases me more to scream shenanigans when someone is talking about mediums or psychics and their "ability".

SHENANIGANS!

biko · 21-06-2012 04:01PM

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

frag420 · 21-06-2012 04:02PM

I predict this thread will remain open and that phycic bashing season shall commence forthwidth in a way only the crazy folks of after hours can do.................................

sbsquarepants · 21-06-2012 04:03PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

For a price of course!

chin_grin · 21-06-2012 04:04PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

By lying and giving false hope? Nah. I'd suggest grievance counselling over these BS merchants.

Donny5 · 21-06-2012 04:04PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

Their function is taking money from idiots, and I can get behind that.

Bad Panda · 21-06-2012 04:05PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

I disagree.

I know they might believe or are just looking for answers, but I don't think it's up the psychic to outright lie to these people and take their money while doing it.

Regardless if the the person thinks they're being comforted - they're being tricked.

Dravokivich · 21-06-2012 04:06PM

haha, ah that guy fell hard. He was trying to use profiling to do it.

Any matures in the front.

Yep, that woman there, chances are her mother is dead. Old women usually have aches in their bones... right I'll go with leading those and maybe she'll give me something to re-inforce...

I stopped watching there...

Real Life · 21-06-2012 04:07PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

I dont agree with that, thats just like people believing in god because if they dont they feel they have no hope. They just do it to make themselves feel better, thats never a good enough reason.

o1s1n · 21-06-2012 04:08PM

Cold reading scumbags. They disgust me.

Bad Panda · 21-06-2012 04:09PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

haha, ah that guy fell hard. He was trying to use profiling to do it.

And speaking really quickly at times so as not to give the 'readee' an opportunity to refute what he's saying...

o1s1n · 21-06-2012 04:10PM

'err...um...Was your mother buried?'

Seriously?

SERIOUSLY?

Sindri · 21-06-2012 04:11PM

Bad Panda wrote: »

In light of the publicity Psychic Wayne is getting...

...Are there any so called psychics or mediums operating on Boards?

I personally find these people reprehensible. Preying on the grieving/emotional/desperate to make money.

They are liars. Plain and simple.

I'd love to be proved wrong, who wouldn't want to hear from a family member that's passed on?

No proof whatsoever they can contact the dead or tell me (specifically) about my future.

Also,

Why is it, when they're talking to the dead, do they 'get' the first letter right from the person that's supposedly trying to contact you, yet they never get the persons name, but then they're able to tell you sentences they're communicating to the medium?

Here's a funny clip of a 'psychic' failing miserably:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07UzTcApMI

How do you feel about them, AH?

I sense you are a skeptic?

And you like chocolate ice cream.

Bad Panda · 21-06-2012 04:12PM

Sindri wrote: »

I sense you are a skeptic?

And you like chocolate ice cream.

Actually I don't like chocolate ice cream! :pac:

davet82 · 21-06-2012 04:13PM

Sindri wrote: »

I sense you are a skeptic?

And you like chocolate ice cream.

i would have went with bamboo and played the odds

the groutch · 21-06-2012 04:17PM

Bad Panda wrote: »

...Are there any so called psychics or mediums chuggers operating on Boards?

I personally find these people reprehensible. Preying on the grieving/emotional/desperate to make money.

They are liars. Plain and simple.

fyp

o1s1n · 21-06-2012 04:17PM

Do you know what the video in the OP reminds me of?

Mrs. Doyle: Father Hank Tree. Father Hiroshima Twinkie. Father Stig Bubblecard. Father Johnny Helzapoppin. Father Luke Duke. Father Billy Furley. Father Chewy Louie. Father John Hoop. Father Harry Cakelinem. Father Rabulah Conundrum. Father Pee-wee Stairmaster. Father Tri-Peglips. Father Jemimah Ractoole. Father Jerry Twig. Father Spodo Komodo. Father Canabramalamer. Father Todd Unctious.

Father Todd Unctious: Yes!

Penn · 21-06-2012 04:19PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

I disagree. Even leaving aside the money-making aspect of it, what a medium is doing is essentially giving you false memories of your loved one based on their interpretation of your reactions. And that's pretty sick. They have to imagine what your loved one would say, and what would you be happy to hear. So once they start saying "Your *father* says *XYZ*", no matter what they're saying, they're giving you a chance to hear from your loved one from beyond the grave, but really it's just something they're making up to comfort you. Giving false memories of your final chance to hear from a loved one based on their interpretations.

Does it help the grieving? Sure, in most cases. It's still pretty wrong though, and isn't the only way, nor is it the best way to help someone through the grieving process.

FatherLen · 21-06-2012 04:20PM

^^^^^
did you google or remember all those names?

Sindri · 21-06-2012 04:25PM

davet82 wrote: »

i would have went with bamboo and played the odds

He's a ****ing panda, he shouldn't be capable of contributing to internet forums in the first place! I'd expect a super genius panda to have removed bamboo from it's diet as it offers little energy or nutrients.

Sindri · 21-06-2012 04:25PM

biko wrote: »

Although I'm strictly atheist I can see them filling a function, such as soothing the grieving.

As an atheist would you agree that religion mainly does the same?

davet82 · 21-06-2012 04:29PM

Sindri wrote: »

super genius bad panda

they're two different breeds silly, both are internet capable but the bad panda is also smelly and angry, everyone knows that :cool:

Giselle · 21-06-2012 04:30PM

Bad Panda wrote: »

They are liars. Plain and simple.

By and large I'd agree, but I think some of them really believe their own rubbish.

A lot of the time, I get the feeling its because they feel it makes them feel extraordinary and sets them apart as special. Its the same reason I think a lot of people eschew medicine in favour of ju-ju or homeopathic voodoo or whatever.

They think it marks them apart from the herd, but really it just puts them in another herd.

A deluded one.

flanders1979 · 21-06-2012 04:34PM

Anyone hear got a cat called Frank?
Anyway he says he will haunt you for having him put down.
He also added that it was not him pissing in the flower pots, it was your grandmother after too much Blossom Hill.

Bad Panda · 21-06-2012 04:37PM

Giselle wrote: »

By and large I'd agree, but I think some of them really believe their own rubbish.

A lot of the time, I get the feeling its because they feel it makes them feel extraordinary and sets them apart as special. Its the same reason I think a lot of people eschew medicine in favour of ju-ju or homeopathic voodoo or whatever.

They think it marks them apart from the herd, but really it just puts them in another herd.

A deluded one.

Definitely. Some of them believe they have supernatural ability.

Some are nasty, like Sylvia Browne (below)

Below is from the Montel Williams show. A woman's who's husband died in 9/11...check out psychic's 'powers' in this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPBU-nwBEjw&feature=related

Nothingbetter2d · 21-06-2012 04:38PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I went to one with my girlfriend for the craic. She ended up giving me a refund, turns out the spirits didn't want to talk to me, stuck up fúcking spirits:D

you'd think the psychic could have forseen that happening and cancelled earlier

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