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Man I always remove my ribs one by one if I don't get enough sleep. (lemmy.zip)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And you think there's no similar madness now?

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You don't get it, it wasn't just religious nuts believing in the Satanic Panic, today only Fundies and Evangelicals go for that nonsense. Back then this was a mainstream belief, heck Christianity itself was incredibly mainstream.. Richard Dawkins hadn't helped start New Atheism yet, no one knew who he was. Churches weren't in decline yet, you were there every Sunday or you were seen as weird.

The concept of not believing in a God was itself very strange and novel. Not believing in psychic powers or astrology made you look close minded and dumb in mainstream eyes.

Now you are allowed to not believe in magic, in fact it seems to be slowly becoming the dominant position.

I'm sure there's similar madness today and it will be looked upon as nonsense by hindsight. I know for a fact Donald Trump will be remembered as one of the worst presidents in America's History if America is even still around

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I get it - you don't. My point is that it there's always been bullshit, and there have always been plenty of rational people who could sniff it out. The flavor may have changed, but the nature of the matter has not.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Back then this was a mainstream belief, heck Christianity itself was incredibly mainstream…

Christianity is still "incredibly mainstream". In fact, the more extreme Christians have become so mainstream that they're running the government now.

Now you are allowed to not believe in magic, in fact it seems to be slowly becoming the dominant position.

I don't know where you were living, but I'm confident that most people in the 90s didn't believe in magic. Yeah, The Craft was pretty popular, but I didn't know anybody who thought that it was a documentary.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

People thought the Blair Witch was a Documentary...