Yes I know its a picture of a black cat... But before you get all excited with the 'I totally know your superstition' look on your face I am going to state outright that I am not superstitious... I am a lover of the coincidence and entertained by the extreme but I am not a believer.
Before I actually get entirely off topic I think it is probably important that I define for myself exactly what superstitious is... I mean yes I know the word and can use it in a sentence but honestly because I clump it all together in my mind is superstitious the same as believing in conspiracy theory? Well according to the all knowing dictionary.com superstious belief is - a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like... I figure that means the both fit...
Which is good because conspiracy theory is at least as much fun as old wife tale superstition. However my answer is still no... I can't say I follow any particularly dominant conspiracy theories - I am perfectly willing to believe man has been on the moon and Elvis is in fact dead...
As for other superstitions... basically they all take entirely too much effort for me... I mean I don't have lucky underwear or a lucky number? hows that for having to remember it every time you want to use it... I have standardised my Keno numbers but it doesn't really count - it streamlines the process that way and if they were to win while I wasn't betting on them I'd want to kick myself...
I wouldn't want to walk through life like I was walking on a bed of nails... I have enough issues with the dark, and groups of people, and telephones without needed to add a personification of the 'unknown' in the form of bad luck or good luck. (Yes I am one of the most on-edge people I have ever met).
But I do love superstition in the way many people do... It is HILARIOUS when it just WORKS! You know that that ladder had nothing to do with their failure, that knocking wood and jinx won't change anything and stepping on a crack will lead to no backs being broken... Its still to talk about if the coincidence does happen... That is my way of being superstitious - it makes a great story but it is far too hassling to try and be 'superstitious' about something - or anything...
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