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Today I stopped to grab replacement frames for my daughter's glasses. The lady asked about my daughter's name (Hermione).

Me: Like the girl from Harry Potter.

Clerk: Oh I've never seen those movies, I don't believe in the witches and warlocks and such.

Me, jokingly: Well it's all make believe, nobody actually thinks that witches or warlocks are real.

She then informed me that they are indeed real and she's a member of a missionary group who "casts them out" all the time...

This is a fully grown (looked to be 45-50ish) adult woman, who is allowed to vote and reproduce, who straight up believes that magic, witches and warlocks are real, and not only that, she is a member of a larger organization of people who go out on "missions" to "cast out" these evildoers. And she works in a business where she holds at least some authority over an aspect of peoples' health and well being.

The crazier thing is, she's not the first person in this area I've met who thinks witches and warlocks are real life people out there casting spells and shit.

And that is why Trump won re-election.

Edit for clarification: Around here when somebody says they "don't believe" in a thing, specifically in this context, what they mean is they "don't support" that thing. I've also heard people say they "don't believe" in guns, despite them being very real. What they mean is, they don't "support" a thing, not that they literally don't believe it's real.

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My wife's best friend's roommate believes she is a witch that casts spells to bring her wealth and fame, and in her words, they "don't seem to be working" and she "doesn't know what she's doing wrong" because she "followed the spell perfectly"

She also refused to use my spare hammock when she tagged along unexpectedly over the weekend until she could burn some sage and waft it around because apparently my hammock was apparently possessed by someone who died in a hammock.

She also asked, repeatedly, if she could do a tarot card reading, but warned me if I wanted to try and ask the same yes or no question, her deck "likes to be a catty bitch" and give random answers. Crazy how that works out...

My wife also used to live with some people who claimed to be a witch and a warlock and that their property was haunted by natives who had been buried there and I would absolutely 100% see them if I ever spent the night. Sadly, despite assurances that they were around every night, I didn't see them any of the times I stayed over, even when I camped in a tent half a mile from the house.

And quite a few people around me are super duper into crystal healing.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

That woman sounds exhausting.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

I love crystal healing. You get a crystal wine glass and fill it with wine, then you drink, fill again, drink, fill again... [5 hours later] ...what was I saying earlier??