as a certified horse person i very much enjoy the ancient greek concept of the taraxippos, a kind of spirit whose entire purpose was to scare the horses at racetracks so they would freak out and toss the charioteer and injure him. "racetrack's haunted" is a perfectly reasonable thing to believe about horses and what they do. can you imagine if before the kentucky derby all the jockeys had to offer sacrifices to the horse ghost so the horses won't get scared? i think we should start doing that again.

im being told a lot of things about umamusume right now

thanks for the comments and asks saying i'm being mean for very mildly saying i don't like when people make social decisions based on horoscopes.

your behavior has made me realize i should be "meaner": horoscopes are fake.

the position of planets and balls of gas did not in any way impact your personality or destiny. it has nothing to do with what kind of people you are compatible with, despite what an app or magazine told you.

i think sincere belief in horoscopes shows a concerning propensity to trust pseudoscience and a susceptibility to confirmation bias.

i'm pretty tired of having to tiptoe around this kind of thing and include disclaimers. if you genuinely think you shouldn't be friends with someone because of the date they came out of a uterus, you're being a clown.

"people only criticize horoscopes because women like it" is an embarrassing argument i, as a woman, am violently sick of seeing.