Are we actually cursed? Hear me out:
Last year, our car got hit 5 times while it was parked! I could see this happening once or even twice, but 5 times????
This year our car got dinged twice in parking lots, many many oil repairs, yesterday a person driving next to us made a lane change and swiped us, then today a stone hit our car, and broke the windshield. We just cannot catch a break. All our religious friends say it is a curse.
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Aw, shit, RT. My bad, dude. I recently received a car-shaped voodoo doll as a gag-gift. Been using it as a pin cushion in my sewing room. Sooooo freakin' sorry, man. I had no idea it was linked to your car. Crap. I'll go get another pin cushion today. Again, I'm really sorry about that.
Edit to add: No, you are not cursed. Sometimes shit just happens.
Russian tank
Maybe you should get a new car, or stop believing in superstitious crap.
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I would stop parking it there if possible. I would also explore the possibility someone is doing it on purpose, do you have any people that know your car that are not happy with you that you can think of? Do you make insurance claims on those? What is your insurance bill on that car if you do?
I have had my own cars for 2 decades, never had it get hit while parked. Maybe your god idea blessed me and cursed you? I had a friend visit once, parked his car on the nearby curb (on a curve in the street) was there for 30 minutes before someone hit his car driving by, hit it so hard it screwed up the rear axel and the car could not drive straight until an expensive repair.
Now that does happen, if I have a brand new ding free car I care about I park away from other cars/carts in parking lots if possible. Kids and people that just do not care does happen.
Oil... repairs? I assume you mean your car is leaking oil, you send it in, they try to fix it, but it begins leaking again soon enough? Sounds like the car is at the end of its useful lifespan. I am guessing either the car has A LOT of miles on it, or it was driven hard, or not well taken care of, or most likely: some combination of the three.
Not much you can do about other idiots on the road, other then to avoid the roads especially during rush hour. If the sideswipe caused any real damage you should be able to get free repair from the at fault driver's insurance, if they fled the scene you could of taken down the plate number and called the police on them.
Not much you can do about that, dont follow, especially large trucks, closely, do not drive if you can during or right after bad weather. But even if you do all the above, broken windshields caused by rocks oftentimes is nothing you can do about it. However, do know that: if the car already has a chip, or worse a crack in it, the windshield gets very weak and is much more prone to fail entirely with another impact.
You can call it a curse if you want, or you can take as many steps as you can to minimize these things. I am obviously atheist, but I would describe my own life as "blessed." Why, because instead of thinking I am "cursed" I DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
A quote I sure you heard before, (mostly used in terms of health) but applies nearly everywhere: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Having your car damaged 5 times while parked in a single year screams to me not that you been very unlucky, but the car has constantly been parked in locations that are highly prone to parked accidents.
I cannot even begin to imagine the total cost of the ownership and repair of that car, unless you have a very expensive insurance plan, (I shudder on the premiums on that insurance at this point.) Do the math on the total ownership cost of that car. It may be cheaper to sell that car and utilize public transportation, ride sharing and uber/lyft.
I’ll offer one of the wisest things ever uttered in human history:
Shit happens.
"I’ll offer one of the wisest things ever uttered in human history:
Shit happens."
Though I'd add the caveat that there is no evidence that "shit that happens is supernatural".
So stipulated.
Russian_Tank, I am sorry about the recent problems involving your car. Sincerely.
But I suspect that because you are influenced by your religious "friends", you are falling into the trap of "counting the hits and ignoring the misses". This is a common human failing where we remember the bad things, and ignore the good things. Or vice versa.
But take a step back, and ask yourself, "how many incidents have happened to my car since I bought it"?
But the bottom line is that your car is not cursed. You have just had a bad run of luck. Shit happens.
As far as your so-called friends, they are not. Instead of lending positive emotional support, they are unloading religious clap-trap on you, making your thoughts negative and adding fear. And remember, without fear (we all know about hell) religion is as effective as a popcorn fart.
Please do not live in fear and trepidation. Life is good and to be enjoyed.
Additionally, re-think who are truly your "friends".
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And if you had never heard of the word "Cursed" what would your explanation be? Face it, almost anything you can think of is going to sound more rational.
Russian-Tank
Sell the car, get a bicycle. You can keep the bicycle inside your apartment.
rmfr
"Sell the car, get a bicycle. You can keep the bicycle inside your apartment."
Pointless, he's cursed, best to just give up, and wait for the inevitable gory end. Orrrr, he could find a witch doctor to lift the curse. Yesss, the second thing, definitely the second thing. He should make sure it's a qualified witch doctor though, there are a lot of charlatans.
Yeah, definitely need to shake some chicken bones over that car, or have you local priest bless it; same difference as far as I can tell, except the "chicken bone shaker" probably pays taxes and doesn't molest kids.
Fuck me, now that was funny. I think I've popped a rib...
@Sheldon Re: Witch doctors
Aw, fuck!....*cough-cough-cough*....*choking*....*cough-cough-cough*..... Dammit, I'm stupid!...*cough-cough*.... Just broke the commandment of "Thou shalt not eat nor drink while reading posts on the AR.".....*cough-cough*....Had a mouth full of beef-n-noodles when I read that. BIG mistake! Damn near choked to death laughing. Forgive me, Arakish, for I have sinned.
@ Tin-Man
Thou hast forgotten the wording:
"Thou shalt not be eating or drinking whilst reading forum boards for thou shalt not know which post mayest cause great spewage."
Notice the bold words: eating, drinking. This means thou shalt not be eating or drinking whilst reading. It does not mean you cannot have something to eat or drink, just do not be eating or drinking whilst reading. Make sure thy mouth is empty. If thou needeth to eat or drink, then do not be doing such whilst also reading. Turn away until thou have no food or drink in thy mouth whilst reading.
Now go and do 20 laps around the forum boards whilst also shouting this commandment...
rmfr
@Arakish Re: Commandment
Wow, I totally see the difference there. Your AR Bible must be a different translation than mine. I have the American Sub-standard New-Age Gideon Vaguely Contextual Ole King Cole Contortionist Version. And it uses "eat" and "drink" in that commandment. Gosh! It's all in the interpretation, I suppose....*scratching head*...
Have you tried praying? The bible says God answers prayers. I'm sure if you and your religious buddies get together and spend some sincere time on your knees, not only will your car no longer be cursed, but the dents and cracks should be fixed. Such is the power of God. Hallelujah!!
I once wanted to get rid of all the dents and scratches in my car. So I parked it in a church parking lot, went home and fervently prayed, for an entire month. When I returned all the dings and scratches were gone. So was the car. Be careful, the lord sometimes indulges in overkill.
With any luck your prayers will be answered, and the miserable old fucker will fill the tank and clean out the ash tray as well.
Or a plague of frogs awaits. That's the problem with vapid superstitions, you can never really be sure how blind luck will view your fantasies. Just remember to thank your deity as you shovel those frogs though, you don't want fucking boils trust me.
@Russian Tank
You should get one of these road safety charms from a Shinto shrine in Japan. They consist of a magic spell enclosed inside a little brocade pouch. Most people in Japan have these charms attached to their rear-view mirrors, and their road fatality rate is about one-half of America's on a per capita basis, so the charms must work, right?
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You are not cursed, my dear. Take it from me, I'm a witch.
;)))
@Lydia
Witches are awesome. (Personal opinion.) *Big Grin*
@RT
While we're on the subject, never piss off a witch. LOL
Why, thank you, gentlemen! ;)
@ Lydia
And witches are always welcomed by us of nature...
rmfr
Besides if you piss off a witch, they will curse you.
@Cog Re: Witches
Actually, there IS a distinction between good and bad witches. A true witch will not do curses. Goes against the rules of nature. Witches who do curses are rather frowned upon by most other witches.
Ah, The No True Witch fallacy...
@Sheldon
Yeah, witches are very clanish. Or, should I say covenish?
There is a danger after such a sequence of events that you change your behavior in such a way that it causes further disaster.
If all that happened to me, I'm sure I'd be spooked too. But hopefully I'd ultimately conclude that someone has a vendetta against me or that it is one of those one in a million events that everybody frequently encounters.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc "after this, therefore because of this" is a logical fallacy that states "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X." It is often shortened simply to post hoc fallacy. The fallacy lies in a conclusion based solely on the order of events, rather than taking into account other factors potentially responsible for the result that might rule out the connection.
You're welcome Russian Tank. I need no reward, nor even approbation, just give a modest sum to a secular charity, and go enjoy your life safe in the knowledge there is no evidence you are cursed.