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by toyg 729 days ago
It doesn't really matter why, does it?
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It matters for me to understand you, the other. I'm trying :p
Ok, well - in my cultural background, that sort of symbology is typically associated with scams, unsavoury types, and sexual exploitation. This pretension that life can be explained with magical patterns is fundamentally anti-intellectual and prone to appeal to fools.

To paraphrase another unsavoury person, when I see this kind of stuff I put my hand on the revolver.

i mean you're publicly stating your opinion in a comments section, which is designed for conversation. it's sort of weird to state something so strongly and then not want to elaborate more on why.
Well, it was a response to a similarly un-elaborated statement of opinion.