Sales of ouiji boards up by 300%

jimgoose · 01-12-2014 03:13PM

kylith wrote: »

I love you. Marry me. It'll be a joyous merger of bookshelves.

Be warned, I have a crossbow and a bathroom designed by Bloody Stupid Johnson. :pac:

nozzferrahhtoo · 01-12-2014 03:14PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I don't know what would possess you to buy one

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kylith · 01-12-2014 03:16PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Be warned, I have a crossbow and a bathroom designed by Bloody Stupid Johnson. :pac:

Just remember to never, under any circumstances, pull the lever marked 'Old Faithful'.

Which reminds me; time for the annual re-read of that one!

cml387 · 01-12-2014 03:17PM

I saw a documentary once where a young girl just happened to have one in the house.
After just one week she could rotate her head through 360 degrees, and do remarkable things with a crucifix.

kylith · 01-12-2014 03:18PM

cml387 wrote: »

I saw a documentary once where a young girl just happened to have one in the house.
After just one week she could rotate her head through 360 degrees, and do remarkable things with a crucifix.

Sounds like a great advertisement for one.

eisenberg1 · 01-12-2014 03:40PM

cml387 wrote: »

I saw a documentary once where a young girl just happened to have one in the house.
After just one week she could rotate her head through 360 degrees, and do remarkable things with a crucifix.

While shouting "Your Mother cooks socks in Hell":D

FullblownRose · 01-12-2014 03:48PM

Are they a bad thing haha..depends whether you believe in ghosts, and then, do you believe in malevolent ghosts?

wilhelm roentgen · 01-12-2014 03:52PM

Summoning up the forces of evil............it's not an exact seance you know

ScumLord · 01-12-2014 03:56PM

kylith wrote: »

Christianity maintains that its supernatural nonsense is real, but that Hindu's isn't. Repeat for all religions.

I don't think they say Hindu magic isn't real. More that Hindu magic is the devils magic.

ElvisChrist6 · 01-12-2014 03:58PM

Nodin wrote: »

Ouija boards belong in smiths, because they're a toy. You can't summon the devil or talk to the dead. If you want to see some unholy event, drink a lot of whiskey.

When I was in school, one of my teachers told us with genuine concern NEVER touch a ouija board. He wasn't easily spooked, paranormal nut or anything; I don't even think he believed in them. However, he had a friend who did - people might know this story better as I think he was a GAA player along with my teacher. This person became obsessed with them, he ended up a paranoid wreck and killed himself. Now there was obviously some issue underlying, but who knows what could be going on under the surface with anyone. This was a grown man, not a kid who can't handle the simplest of things sometimes. It was really heartbreaking seeing just how upset this big tough fella was and how hurt he was by what had happened to his friend. I'm not making a point myself on whether or not kids should have near them (I wouldn't let my kids use them, even though I don't believe it actually does anything supernatural) but just thought I'd share that story of the damage they can do.

kylith · 01-12-2014 04:09PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't think they say Hindu magic isn't real. More that Hindu magic is the devils magic.

IIRC the official line is that other religions are the forces of evil trying to lure you away from the one true god. The official Christian stance is that their god is the only real one, therefore all the other gods in the world are lies.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether they accept that Shiva is real or not, they say that other religions are evil, the other religions say they're not evil. They can't both be right. Christianity maintains that other religions' gods are not gods, but that theirs is - ergo Christianity maintains that its supernatural nonsense is real and other religions' supernatural nonsense isn't real. Repeat for all religions.

jimgoose · 01-12-2014 04:11PM

kylith wrote: »

...Christianity maintains that its supernatural nonsense is real and other religions' supernatural nonsense isn't real. Repeat for all religions.

There is truly nothing new under the sun. Apple and Microsoft do that all the time.

kylith · 01-12-2014 04:16PM

jimgoose wrote: »

There is truly nothing new under the sun. Apple and Microsoft do that all the time.

The ipad is an illusion designed by the master of lies to lead us from the path and damn us to burn for eternity?

I knew the latest update wouldn't run too well on my iPad 2 but damn!

Donkey Oaty · 01-12-2014 04:16PM

kylith wrote: »

IIRC the official line is that other religions are the forces of evil trying to lure you away from the one true god. The official Christian stance is that their god is the only real one, therefore all the other gods in the world are lies.

That's a very out-of-date stance for most Christian leaders though - they now tend to focus on shared truths and values, e.g. the Archbishop of Canterbury's Diwali message to Hindus last year:

The lights of Diwali symbolise the renewal of life and hope in the midst of darkness so often prevalent in our world. The spiritual heart is found in the ancient prayer, ‘lead me from darkness to light.’ This is something that as Christians we share with you, as we focus our faith on Jesus, the light of the world in the coming Advent and Christmas season.

Mind you, there was also that priest fella in Donegal that banned yoga in the church hall on the grounds that it could "put your soul in jeopardy", so there's clearly some progress to be made.

Mr_Muffin · 01-12-2014 04:19PM

Ouiji boards, ghosts, spirits etc are all bs.

I think anyone who believes in these things more than likely has a mental illness of some sort.

Phoebas · 01-12-2014 04:20PM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

That's a very out-of-date stance for most Christian leaders though - they now tend to focus on shared truths and values, e.g. the Archbishop of Canterbury's Diwali message to Hindus last year:

What's his up to date stance on Thor?

kylith · 01-12-2014 04:21PM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

That's a very out-of-date stance for most Christian leaders though - they now tend to focus on shared truths and values, e.g. the Archbishop of Canterbury's Diwali message to Hindus last year:

Only because it's not PC to call adherents to other religions heathen savages any more.

Donkey Oaty · 01-12-2014 04:30PM

Phoebas wrote: »

What's his up to date stance on Thor?

He hasn't seen it, but says we can all identify with the struggles to make a decent movie out of a Marvel comic book character and there is a lesson for Christians and Hindus there.

FullblownRose · 01-12-2014 04:33PM

kylith wrote: »

Only because it's not PC to call adherents to other religions heathen savages any more.

Which is a shame, I love being called a heathen etc

FullblownRose · 01-12-2014 04:40PM

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

Ouiji boards, ghosts, spirits etc are all bs.

I think anyone who believes in these things more than likely has a mental illness of some sort.

So what is the illness then?

shruikan2553 · 01-12-2014 04:40PM

kylith wrote: »

Only because it's not PC to call adherents to other religions heathen savages any more.

Can we still call anything that isnt Christian as pagan?

kylith · 01-12-2014 04:46PM

FullblownRose wrote: »

Which is a shame, I love being called a heathen etc

Yeah, I'd love to be denounced from the public with the rest of my ilk. *sigh* I'd settle for just having an 'ilk'.

kylith · 01-12-2014 04:48PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Can we still call anything that isnt Christian as pagan?

I suppose so. I think there's a difference between pagan and Pagan though...

Donkey Oaty · 01-12-2014 04:55PM

kylith wrote: »

I suppose so. I think there's a difference between pagan and Pagan though...

Unfortunately the Ouija board does not differentiate between upper and lower case, so it's easy to get the two confused during a séance.

thelad95 · 01-12-2014 04:57PM

There was a story (most likely an urban myth) that a couple of girls down the local secondary school started messing about with a Ouija board some time in the 60s. Apparently, whatever poor ghost they were annoying with there stupid questions lifted one of the girls off the floor and threw them at the wall.

o1s1n · 01-12-2014 05:01PM

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

When I was in school, one of my teachers told us with genuine concern NEVER touch a ouija board. He wasn't easily spooked, paranormal nut or anything; I don't even think he believed in them. However, he had a friend who did - people might know this story better as I think he was a GAA player along with my teacher. This person became obsessed with them, he ended up a paranoid wreck and killed himself. Now there was obviously some issue underlying, but who knows what could be going on under the surface with anyone. This was a grown man, not a kid who can't handle the simplest of things sometimes. It was really heartbreaking seeing just how upset this big tough fella was and how hurt he was by what had happened to his friend. I'm not making a point myself on whether or not kids should have near them (I wouldn't let my kids use them, even though I don't believe it actually does anything supernatural) but just thought I'd share that story of the damage they can do.

More hocus pocus.

Imagine everyone said that playing Monopoly allowed you to communicate with the dead. Stay away from it, it's evil. You don't know what you're doing. Don't risk opening up a portal to the netherworld by passing GO. etc etc.

People would still play it, albeit with trepidation. They'd immediately be influenced by all the negativity they'd heard about it. Maybe some people would even go into a state of psychosis, suffer mental breakdowns etc due to the sheer gravity of what they've heard about this evil game.

It's got nothing to do with the board game itself and everything to do with the perception of it.

By propagating this 'stay away!' mentality you're only contributing to the perception that it's somehow harmful. Which ironically, is what leads to the danger. Without that, it's literally a piece of cardboard with a few numbers and letters written on it.

conorhal · 01-12-2014 05:05PM

o1s1n wrote: »

More hocus pocus.

Imagine everyone said that playing Monopoly allowed you to communicate with the dead. Stay away from it, it's evil. You don't know what you're doing. Don't risk opening up a portal to the netherworld by passing GO. etc etc.

People would still play it, albeit with trepidation. They'd immediately be influenced by all the negativity they'd heard about it. Maybe some people would even go into a state of psychosis, suffer mental breakdowns etc due to the sheer gravity of what they've heard about this evil game.

It's got nothing to do with the board game itself and everything to do with the perception of it.

By propagating this 'stay away!' mentality you're only contributing to the perception that it's somehow harmful. Which ironically, is what leads to the danger. Without that, it's literally a piece of cardboard with a few numbers and letters written on it.

I'm thinking of sending Smyths my new puzzle toy to see if it there's a market for it, do you think it will sell?

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120724181219/cenobite/images/f/fa/Lament_Configuration.jpg

thelad95 · 01-12-2014 05:07PM

o1s1n wrote: »

More hocus pocus.

Imagine everyone said that playing Monopoly allowed you to communicate with the dead. Stay away from it, it's evil. You don't know what you're doing. Don't risk opening up a portal to the netherworld by passing GO. etc etc.

People would still play it, albeit with trepidation. They'd immediately be influenced by all the negativity they'd heard about it. Maybe some people would even go into a state of psychosis, suffer mental breakdowns etc due to the sheer gravity of what they've heard about this evil game.

It's got nothing to do with the board game itself and everything to do with the perception of it.

By propagating this 'stay away!' mentality you're only contributing to the perception that it's somehow harmful. Which ironically, is what leads to the danger. Without that, it's literally a piece of cardboard with a few numbers and letters written on it.

The way I see it is this:

Do I believe you can communicate with the dead via Ouija boards? No.

However, do I want a potential shít-storm of evil forces be they implicit or explicit, real or imaginary, tormenting me arising from my messing around with a Ouija board? Definitely not.

As a result, I would never go near one. Unless I was drunk. Then it would be fun for the shiz and giggles.

kingtut · 01-12-2014 05:12PM

My mum used one when she was younger but whenever I ask her about it she refuses to or leaves the room. Guess it was a bad experience for her but she never ever talks about it

eisenberg1 · 01-12-2014 05:24PM

kingtut wrote: »

My mum used one when she was younger but whenever I ask her about it she refuses to or leaves the room. Guess it was a bad experience for her but she never ever talks about it

Can the other people in the seance hear her?

:sorry, I could not resist.

Sales of ouiji boards up by 300%

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