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[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 3 days ago (3 children)

My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperial. Can you say the same?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (11 children)

I do not have nearly enough Mormon blood on my hands for my ancestors to like me.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Damn this meme got me thinking about things

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[–] Red_October@piefed.world 90 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's because in America, the entire country was built on a native burial ground and out ghosts are fucking PISSED. They don't want corn dogs, they want your bone marrow and teeth.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have "organ donor" designated on my drivers license. Might that appease the vengeful spirits of our native American ancestors?

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Only if you donate them right now!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 62 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

How come it's always some pale-ass Victorian era ghost? Where's all the ghosts of kids who died doing tiktok challenges? Wake up at the witching hour hearing a disembodied voice be like

"On god I'm dead, no cap fam."

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

“Just like… uh.. Amanda was so… like… whatevuuuuur…”

Oh god!!! I need an exorcist NOW!!!

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

Disco ghosts please

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If i got haunted by some fucking teen doing stupid shit for an ethereal smartphone camera i would be severely disappointed.

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We should have all the disfigured kids killed in factory work from the early 1900s screaming curses at you in 1920s paperboy lingo.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd buy a carbon monoxide monitor, if I was that guy.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Good idea if they have gas. But it's probably just the photos framed on the wall.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 15 points 3 days ago

Or the electrical outlets. I always thought of them as little guys when I was a kid.

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[–] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

wall people that have their eyes open are just family photos

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I'll never forget I was 4 years old I asked my dad if the pictures on the wall could see. Without taking a moment to think, he simply said "Yes." I immediately suspected he was an idiot and that entire exchange has stayed with me.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I was thinking maybe electrical outlets

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I think many Americans perceive themselves as having a spiritual 'negative karma' so to speak.

Especially religious people and in particular Christians that believe they are born with that negative karma (original sin).

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That or we believe the only reason any dead person would stay in the US is because they're trying to do as much damage as physically possible as vengeance

theres some nice beaches to haunt

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Almost like a collective negative karma then, interesting.

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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What kinda "friendship" requires yearly appeasement? Y'all out here getting bullied and pretending they're besties.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is actually the right way to approach them.

Exercise the scary house and banish needy house spirits like gnomes or brownies. If it's fae, tell them to get fucked, fae are the worst abusers. Don't let parasites dictate how you run your home.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I have a picture of a house on a leash going for a run.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I wonder if it's because of what Americans did to the native population.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, the US is bad, but everywhere is just as bad. Groups of humans have been killing other groups of humans and taking their land for millennia.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I think they mostly mixed into the native population after a while though. At least in Europe. Australia should probably have the same problem.

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

America was founded by people who moved out because they got scared.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I embrace the ghosts in my dwellings. Americans are just afraid of everything. You can tell by how many guns they own, usually.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago

I don't know if you know this, but there's Americans absolutely fucking everywhere around here. You'd want a gun if you were surrounded by Americans too

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

America has them too. They just tend to be the hyper progressives that society shunned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay no hotdogs thou.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 6 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Can someone from "everywhere else" confirm?

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can confirm, have had mythical beast in house for a couple of decades at this point. Doesn't do any harm so long as we keep some coins taped to the wall nearby, protects the place otherwise.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

probably the puritans’ fault

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

I wonder if it's due to the US not really having a strong culture of folklore, like in Europe or Asia.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 3 days ago

We use to take care of our fae friends.

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Now I have a hankering for a forest hot dog. Would anyone be so kind? Maybe a side of forest curly fries? Thank you for being a friend.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 4 points 3 days ago

May I suggest a nice rice porridge and foaming mug of hvitøl? It works around these parts.

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