Types of prophecies...
Jun. 2nd, 2005 06:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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1. The type that comes true because it's stupid.
These are prophecies like "I will have another slice of pie" (while reaching for a slice of pie) and "You will die" (when, of course, we all die).
2. The type that comes true because it's incredibly vague.
These are prophecies like "A great army will fall if you go to war with whoever it was again" where afterwards you get to laugh and say "no, really, I meant your army! You're so silly!"
3. The type that comes true because crazies make it come true.
So, if I prophesy that you'll go to the store and buy me a doughnut tomorrow, and then, tomorrow, I call you or otherwise manipulate events to make you go to the store and buy me a doughnut, that's the third type of prophecy.
4. The type that comes true because people try to avoid it coming true.
Yeah, that's Oedipus. And all the other "grow up and kill their dad" characters, in fact.
5. The type that comes true through chance.
AKA Pure Dumb Luck.
6. The type that doesn't come true at all.
That's my favorite type!
7. THE REAL ONES.
Eep. *hides* These are scary.
Brought to you by The Commitee to Un-Elect the Patrician... wait, wait, wait. Sorry. Brought to you by Chaos Butterflies. By reading too much? By the fact that my toenail is about to fall off, and I'm trying desperately to distract myself?
Brought to you by boredom, the cure for all ills except itself.
These are prophecies like "I will have another slice of pie" (while reaching for a slice of pie) and "You will die" (when, of course, we all die).
2. The type that comes true because it's incredibly vague.
These are prophecies like "A great army will fall if you go to war with whoever it was again" where afterwards you get to laugh and say "no, really, I meant your army! You're so silly!"
3. The type that comes true because crazies make it come true.
So, if I prophesy that you'll go to the store and buy me a doughnut tomorrow, and then, tomorrow, I call you or otherwise manipulate events to make you go to the store and buy me a doughnut, that's the third type of prophecy.
4. The type that comes true because people try to avoid it coming true.
Yeah, that's Oedipus. And all the other "grow up and kill their dad" characters, in fact.
5. The type that comes true through chance.
AKA Pure Dumb Luck.
6. The type that doesn't come true at all.
That's my favorite type!
7. THE REAL ONES.
Eep. *hides* These are scary.
Brought to you by The Commitee to Un-Elect the Patrician... wait, wait, wait. Sorry. Brought to you by Chaos Butterflies. By reading too much? By the fact that my toenail is about to fall off, and I'm trying desperately to distract myself?
Brought to you by boredom, the cure for all ills except itself.
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Date: 2005-06-02 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-02 04:08 pm (UTC)Example: baby is born and I say: This child shall become a doctor.
Then everyone tells the kid while he's growing up, someday you'll be a doctor! And they teach the kid math, science, etc. And encourage him to go to med school, etc.
Wow, he became a doctor. With only everyone in his life supporting the idea that he'd become a doctor and telling him constantly that he has to become a doctor, what a surprise it is that he became a doctor.
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Date: 2005-06-02 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-02 04:08 pm (UTC)Example: baby is born and I say: This child shall become a doctor.
Then everyone tells the kid while he's growing up, someday you'll be a doctor! And they teach the kid math, science, etc. And encourage him to go to med school, etc.
Wow, he became a doctor. With only everyone in his life supporting the idea that he'd become a doctor and telling him constantly that he has to become a doctor, what a surprise it is that he became a doctor.