Poll: Are ouija boards dangerous?
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Seeing as how these boards(as in the Escapist) are largely agnostic/athiest, you're probably not going to get much more than "Of course not, only mentally damaged people play with them! There's no such thing as ghosts!" Which, reading through the first page, is pretty much what was said.
I believe in the paranormal. I don't believe in heaven or hell but I believe when we die we leave behind something other than a corpse. I don't think, however, that a board game is somehow dangerous or even functional in contacting something from another plane of existance.
However, my mother when she was still alive forbade them from the house. If you so much as suggested one in her household, you were asked to leave.
I believe in the paranormal. I don't believe in heaven or hell but I believe when we die we leave behind something other than a corpse. I don't think, however, that a board game is somehow dangerous or even functional in contacting something from another plane of existance.
However, my mother when she was still alive forbade them from the house. If you so much as suggested one in her household, you were asked to leave.
In the "bring murderous entities to your living room" sense? I really, really doubt it. Even if ghosts or whatever do exist, I don't really see how a little glass thing sliding around a piece of wood would get their attention.
Either way, I don't think it's a good idea. If you were to contact beings on the proverbial other side, what would you say, "hey dead guy, we brought you here to dance for our amusement and make the walls bleed!"? Can you honestly see that going well for anyone involved? If I were disturbed from my promised eternal rest by a bunch of bored kids, I'd rip their fucking heads off (given power to do that) and say
"THIS is what being dead is like, enjoy."
If there's no reaction, you're just playing the world's most "you cheated"-prone board game. Why not try scary stories and well-placed halloween decorations? If scaring is the goal, I think they'd get the job done just as well.
Either way, I don't think it's a good idea. If you were to contact beings on the proverbial other side, what would you say, "hey dead guy, we brought you here to dance for our amusement and make the walls bleed!"? Can you honestly see that going well for anyone involved? If I were disturbed from my promised eternal rest by a bunch of bored kids, I'd rip their fucking heads off (given power to do that) and say
"THIS is what being dead is like, enjoy."
If there's no reaction, you're just playing the world's most "you cheated"-prone board game. Why not try scary stories and well-placed halloween decorations? If scaring is the goal, I think they'd get the job done just as well.
About as dangerous as a snakes and ladders board.
Or anything you could throw.
If ghosts can interact, why would they use letters written on paper rather than, say, a keyboard?
Or anything you could throw.
If ghosts can interact, why would they use letters written on paper rather than, say, a keyboard?
Yes; before using it, surround your house in salt, cover your walls in dream catchers, get very drunk, and keep an elephant gun by the table (to beat dangerous ghosts to death with)
Yeah, no, no.
Sharp edges, kids, be careful!
No really though, I tried the whole Ouija Board thing once. It was really boring. Nothing happened and my friends only got mildly spooked when an air-conditioner fired up randomly during the session. Not even remotely dangerous unless you have a hair-trigger heart condition.
No really though, I tried the whole Ouija Board thing once. It was really boring. Nothing happened and my friends only got mildly spooked when an air-conditioner fired up randomly during the session. Not even remotely dangerous unless you have a hair-trigger heart condition.
Only to the particularly stupid. Then again, all objects with corners, points, or even just a little bit of heft are dangerous to the particularly stupid.The SettingSun said:
So yes. It's dangerous. For you, at any rate.
My Mother's side is Mexican/Yaqui, my Father's side is German. He thought she was always being incredibly silly where spirits, dreams, and toys like Ouija boards were concerned.Marik2 said: