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Giggorata · 10/02/2025 11:51

I wish that people would live and let live about these threads. So many people are anxious to present the “rational” view that it simply descends into arguments and loses the point, or else the OP gets discouraged and disappears, or pulls the thread.
This isn't a TAAT, but an observation across the board.

One recent very interesting thread has gone, to which I wanted to reply, including asking the poster not to let a few people put her off from posting an interesting dream.
(Interesting that she seemed to be an observer rather than a participant, which makes me think she might possibly have tapped into something from the past, rather than it arising from her unconscious.)
Replies to woo threads bang on endlessly about earthquakes and mental illness, in the face of events that truly defy “rational” explanation.
Surely the only rational explanation is that we don't know everything and we can't explain everything?

Of course, people are entitled to their views, and to express them, but couldn't they just leave the woo people to it?

OP posts:
Giggorata · 10/02/2025 12:04

Sorry to hear that about your cousin.
It's not even about beliefs, it's about accepting that not everything can be explained.

I'm not saying people shouldn't post, just that when it's a subject they feel is foolish or whatever, that they would impart their wisdom and then let everyone else discuss it without saying so again and again.

Am I requesting a paranormal echo chamber? I don't think so, just hoping for people's experiences and views, without the repetitive dogmatic responses (from the same people) that it's all bunkum.

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reesiespieces · 10/02/2025 11:59

If you want a paranormal echo chamber MN is not the place to post

LeticiaMorales · 10/02/2025 11:58

Giggorata · 10/02/2025 11:57

I knew someone would say this. I'm not trying to police posts, simply wishing the “rational” people would have their say and then let the rest of us get on with discussing the subject.

Then you are. If you say that certain people shouldn't post? That's effectively policing.

LeticiaMorales · 10/02/2025 11:58

OP, one of the signs that my cousin needed psychiatric help was his insistence that there was a poltergeist in the house. He was the one doing the moving. Then he said they were talking to him. That's not me dismissing anyone's beliefs, but my experience would be to suggest seeing a Dr.

Giggorata · 10/02/2025 11:57

I knew someone would say this. I'm not trying to police posts, simply wishing the “rational” people would have their say and then let the rest of us get on with discussing the subject.

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LeticiaMorales · 10/02/2025 11:55

Whatever your beliefs, you cannot police what people post. Such threads will attract a spectrum of responses, from those who think it's made up for attention, to those who believe in manifestations of the paranormal, to those who claim a logical reason for events.
As long as the posts don't break talk guidelines, there's nothing you can do.