Do you believe in the evil eye?

[Cels]

In many European countries such as Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece etc, the whole belief of the "evil eye" seems to be very common and popular, especially with the older generations.

Do you believe in the evil eye or have come across anybody that believes in it?

My mum believed in 'the evil eye' and even had some sort of hand gesture to help deter it. Mind you, her family was from the Baltics, and they're all bonkers in that part of the world. Personally, I do not believe in such things and feel we are all personally instrumental in our own downfall. But what do you believe? You didn't say.

Look at me being serious in a post. So just to even things up...

You lack any form of self awareness.

I would love to enter your head for 5minutes, what an utter shambles it must be up there.

Do it. Do it. Do it.

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[emir]

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My background is actually very similar to Andrew Tate. Father American, mother British.

 

[Jimishorts]

solo pizza dates

 

[emir]

There is no such thing as the externally-supernatural, but our minds can create fantastic realities others cannot see nor comprehend.

But if one would write a book on this fantasy, or hold speeches on it, one may be able to influence the perceived reality of others...thereby creating a shared supernatural belief system.


Externally-innocuous events like some random woman from the 16th-century giving some incel an unkind look can be turned into an alternative reality where she's a witch who must be burnt alive.


Evil is often not in the places we initially think it may be. Neither is the 'Evil Eye'.

This is a very articulate post.

 

[emir]

My mum believed in 'the evil eye' and even had some sort of hand gesture to help deter it. Mind you, her family was from the Baltics, and they're all bonkers in that part of the world. Personally, I do not believe in such things and feel we are all personally instrumental in our own downfall. But what do you believe? You didn't say.

Look at me being serious in a post. So just to even things up...

Do it. Do it. Do it.

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You might have got Baltics mixed up with the Balkans. Baltics aren't really known for being "bonkers".

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

You set up a webcam at my house? Ffs

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Of course, but @Daveysgingerlovechild has already invited him. Unlike Davey, I suspect Emir and myself have faced many, many solo pizza dates so I am not prepared to fly to eat pizza alone and miserable. I can stay home for that.

Solo pizza and the toilet are my lifelong best buddies. As depicted by @Jimishorts

 

[Jimishorts]

You set up a webcam at my house? Ffs

Like you bother with a plate.

 

[Cels]

You might have got Baltics mixed up with the Balkans. Baltics aren't really known for being "bonkers".

So are you not willing to answer whether or not you believe in the 'evil eye' yourself then?

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[emir]

So are you not willing to answer whether or not you believe in the 'evil eye' yourself then?

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I actually don't. It's not a mainstream belief in America as it's not based on any scriptures. Its more mainstream in many European countries.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Like you bother with a plate.

It's a fair cop, ffs.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

@emir - my maternal grandmother was Slovenian by birth and similar to @Cels used to ward off spirits and the evil eye with a hand gesture.

Talking of hand gestures, which is your favourite?

I love flicking the V's at other drivers, but over here it's unknown. One of the great tragedies of Central European life.

 

[emir]

So are you not willing to answer whether or not you believe in the 'evil eye' yourself then?

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If you go holidaying in Spain or come across Spaniards , the concept of "evil eye" comes up time to time. They call it "mal de ojo".

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

So are you not willing to answer whether or not you believe in the 'evil eye' yourself then?

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Guns, god and circumcisions
Emirs beliefs

 

[Yarrgh]

How does your culture feel about Jaguars?

According to the Aztecs, we are not living in the first world. There were four worlds that came before us, each one destroyed by the great elements of the world: one by rain, one by water, one by fire, and one by jaguar attacks.

My question to you is, do we take the suggested Jaguar apocalypse seriously enough? Have we been blinded by woke environmentalists into ignoring the Big Cat end of the world? Should Jair Bolsonaro be congratulated for burning as much rainforest as possible?

Remember, these aren't my views, I am just interested in what other posters think.

Finally, a sensible post.