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Psychics

  • 27-05-2013 11:44PM
    #1
    nikewall
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭


    Ever just want to punch them in the face? I know a women who spent 300 on calls to them. Was mystified when she got the bill. Amount of ****e they spew is unreal


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  • #2
    Eboggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,600 ✭✭✭Eboggles


    nikewall wrote: »
    Ever just want to punch them in the face?

    They'd probably see it coming :D.


  • #3
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Didn't see that coming.


  • #4
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    I can't fathom how in this day and age people still believe in them!


  • #5
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    I didn't think people actually believed that crap..

    That and astrology


  • #6
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    Just watched that episode of Only Fools And Horses, where they have the séance. Brilliant.


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  • #7
    nikewall
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭nikewall




  • #8
    thee glitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭thee glitz


    Is it just me that has the astrology ad there v


  • #9
    frank reynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 404 ✭✭frank reynolds


    i personally think they're ridiculous, BUT:

    i know one or two people who go to them regularly enough (maybe 5 times a year). they do this because they say it's like a form of therapy, and is cheaper than going to a councillor, who are full of sh!t themselves, so it's probably less "they believe" and more like "it's cheaper and a bit more of a laugh than going to therapy"


  • #10
    tin79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Physics is ok.

    Its chemistry that really annoys me. Chemistry deserves to be punched in the face.

    Now as for biology...


  • #11
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    I went to one a few months after my mother died, I was 18 and really distraught like I wasn't dealing with it at all. Fifty euro she charged me but I swear to god it was the best 50 euro ever spent. I cried for hours afterwards but genuinely felt much better afterwards. I am skeptical of them, I'm not entirely sure they can actually see the dead or see the future, but at the time I needed to hear what she had to say, even if it was lies. She told me my mom didnt blame me/she loved me/she was happy and all that kind of nonsense, and it actually helped me so much, and I tortured myself a lot less afterwards. Money well spent tbh


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  • #12
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    A fool and his money are easily parted. They are too much tolerated by the law though as the are simply con-artists.

    When I read threads here about creepy supernatural things that have happened I despair at the crap quite a few people seem to believe.


  • #13
    tin79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I went to one a few months after my mother died, I was 18 and really distraught like I wasn't dealing with it at all. Fifty euro she charged me but I swear to god it was the best 50 euro ever spent. I cried for hours afterwards but genuinely felt much better afterwards. I am skeptical of them, I'm not entirely sure they can actually see the dead or see the future, but at the time I needed to hear what she had to say, even if it was lies. She told me my mom didnt blame me/she loved me/she was happy and all that kind of nonsense, and it actually helped me so much, and I tortured myself a lot less afterwards. Money well spent tbh

    Money well spent kidding yourself tbh. Which is fine and all but lets be realistic.


  • #14
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,292 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    nikewall wrote: »
    Ever just want to punch them in the face? I know a women who spent 300 on calls to them. Was mystified when she got the bill. Amount of ****e they spew is unreal

    Amazing that one of their 'premonitions' isn't one of a massive phone bill in the near future.


  • #15
    2Mad2BeMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭2Mad2BeMad


    people like hearing what they wanna hear from people they dont know
    cause then it makes us feel more secure or feel better

    so its a form of therapy but really its utter crap :pac:

    my cousin went to one because she was really over weight and ugly ( i hate my cousin )
    the psychic said by the end of next year youll fit into a size 12 and be beautiful

    my cousin replied " so you think im ugly too "

    couldnt stop laughin haha


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,285 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    nikewall wrote: »
    Ever just want to punch them in the face? I know a women who spent 300 on calls to them. Was mystified when she got the bill. Amount of ****e they spew is unreal


    Sex lines make more money and do the same thing.


  • #17
    Gorilla Rising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭Gorilla Rising


    If people would just stop blindly believing in something that's yet to be proven and open THEIR minds a little they'd see that psychics/mediums etc are bullsh!t.


  • #18
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Gorilla Rising wrote: »
    If people would just stop blindly believing in something that's yet to be proven and open THEIR minds a little they'd see that psychics/mediums etc are bullsh!t.

    Same could be said for democracy and a hundred other pervasive beliefs.


  • #19
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    tin79 wrote: »
    Physics is ok.

    Its chemistry that really annoys me. Chemistry deserves to be punched in the face.

    Now as for biology...

    Organic chemistry needs a punch in face and a kick up its benzene ring.


  • #20
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    wendell borton wrote: »
    Organic chemistry needs a punch in face and a kick up its benzene ring.

    Organic chemistry is so fun!


  • #21
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    tin79 wrote: »
    Money well spent kidding yourself tbh. Which is fine and all but lets be realistic.

    Where did I suggest I wasn't being realistic? All I said was at the time it really helped me, despite me knowing in my heart that they really don't exist.


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  • #22
    frank reynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 404 ✭✭frank reynolds


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Where did I suggest I wasn't being realistic? All I said was at the time it really helped me, despite me knowing in my heart that they really don't exist.

    Lexie, dont bother with some of these posters.

    i dont think i would ever spend money on it, but saying that, if i was in a bad place in life, then who knows.

    i know that some people use psychics for therapeutic reasons, even if it is to talk something through like you did, and as you said, it worked for you and you felt better about things afterwards.

    it's the same as going to a "qualified" therapist. that's nonsense in my estimations too, and just because they go to university to get a degree in psychology or whatever, doesnt make the opinion of a therapist/councillor any more valid than that of someone who claims to be a psychic, when, in the end, the result is the same: the client feeling better about themselves.

    i think there is a lot of people on threads like this, that just say they "dont believe" or it's a crock of sh!te to make themselves look sorted and intelligent.


  • #23
    lahalane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭lahalane


    If people can extract some kind of therapy from them then that's grand. It's the same as religion in that respect.

    One small difference is that a priest believes in their work and I don't see how a psychic could unless they were crazy.


  • #24
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    6 of spades: I forsee a Godwin'ed thread in AH
    8 of clubs: Oh dear. Someone close to you is going to get bad news.
    Jack of heart: A Beers is in the offing!
    Jack of clubs: Woohoo, a pair of Jacks.
    Jack of diamonds: All in!

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #25
    chris_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭chris_ie


    I remember my mother or someone going to one about 10 years or so ago. Something about a can/can opener and blood. Thought it was pretty stupid.

    Although.....was crushing used can yesterday and cut my finger.....it bled....:eek:


  • #26
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    lahalane wrote: »
    If people can extract some kind of therapy from them then that's grand. It's the same as religion in that respect.

    One small difference is that a priest believes in their work and I don't see how a psychic could unless they were crazy.

    While I don't think I would want to judge anybody who does consult a psychic, I do see quite a lot of danger in trying to put them on the same level as a therapist or a counsellor.
    It's rather similar to treating homeopathy as if it was actual medicine.
    Yes, it will work well in some cases. There's the placebo effect, there's the fact that people will usually go and contact a homeopath/psychic and have when they're feeling at their worst, which can be an indication that they were about to feel better anyway, etc.

    What's worrying me is that for the small number of cases who do feel better afterwards, a rather larger number will not. And they may well continue to consult a psychic rather than seek professional help for their psychological problems with the GP and/or a counsellor. Which can end very badly indeed.


  • #27
    lahalane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭lahalane


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Why I don't think I would want to judge anybody who does consult a psychic, I do see quite a lot of danger in trying to put them on the same level as a therapist or a counsellor.
    It's rather similar to treating homeopathy as if it was actual medicine.
    Yes, it will work well in some cases. There's the placebo effect, there's the fact that people will usually go and contact a homeopath/psychic and have when they're feeling at their worst, which can be an indication that they were about to feel better anyway, etc.

    What's worrying me is that for the small number of cases who do feel better afterwards, a rather larger number will not. And they may well continue to consult a psychic rather than seek professional help for their psychological problems with the GP and/or a counsellor. Which can end very badly indeed.

    I didn't mean to compare them to therapists or counsellors, who actually have training and knowledge in their fields. I should probably have used the word 'comfort' where I used 'therapy'.

    I do agree that there is a definite downside to people's faith in psychics, as there is with people's faith in religion. Therapy and Counsellors are obviously the smarter route to solving your problems.


  • #28
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    frank reynolds wrote: »
    it's the same as going to a "qualified" therapist. that's nonsense in my estimations too, and just because they go to university to get a degree in psychology or whatever, doesnt make the opinion of a therapist/councillor any more valid than that of someone who claims to be a psychic, when, in the end, the result is the same: the client feeling better about themselves.
    i think there is a lot of people on threads like this, that just say they "dont believe" or it's a crock of sh!te to make themselves look sorted and intelligent.

    Bit hypocritical, no?

    You can't put a therapist on the same level as a psychic for help. One has qualifications, experience, and knowledge while the other claims to have supernatural powers.


  • #29
    patmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,607 ✭✭✭patmac


    We used to have some investment company in the USA that rang our office looking for one of our employees to invest in some portfolio or other. Anyway they persistently rang every day and despite being told that the person involved wasn't interested and to remove him from their data base they still continued to call. So one day I offered them the mobile number of the employee and gave them the psychic helpline instead, haven't heard from them since, so they are useful for some things.


  • #30
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    A relative went to one and told her bullsh1t like I wasn't happy in my relationship and other things. Psychics don't know me and how come they can't tell what the winning lotto numbers are.


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  • #31
    chris_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭chris_ie


    As people have said they could be dangerous in a way. Some people are in to them in a big way. These people could be happy in their relationships and have a great life. If a psychic was to tell them that there was something wrong with their relationship or that difficult times were ahead if could have a negative affect on their life. So they think something bad is down the line and end up creating it themselves.

    Of course there is that pyschic in the states who told a few people their missing kids were dead (including the one that escaped from the house she was held in).,Some girl also asked what her father said to her right before he died, he whispered and she couldn't understand him, this psychic said that the father had told her he was not her real dad!


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