Source: BroBible
Summary
A woman shared a TikTok video revealing a prophecy from a Ouija board she used in high school, which predicted she would die at 28 years old by a shark attack. She had planned to avoid the beach during her 28th year, but her roommate brought home a fan cooling system made by Shark, making her worried the prophecy might come true. Ouija boards are believed to work through the ideomotor effect, where unconscious muscle movements move the planchette without the user’s awareness.
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The habit gets a new name.
Using a Ouija board as a teenage rite of passage, a woman gets a prophecy that she’ll die by a shark attack at 28. She avoids the beach, but her roommate brings home a Shark fan, making her wonder if the prophecy will come true. The Ouija board’s ideomotor effect makes it seem convincing, but it’s just her subconscious mind at work. The board’s origins date back to 19th-century spiritualism, and it was once considered wholesome family fun. Now, it’s a cultural fixture with a scary reputation.
Ouija boards: because your subconscious mind is just dying to tell you something.
Author: Evan Null
