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Former fortune teller here. I used to sit on the sidewalk and read the I Ching to anyone who asked me to, pay-what-you-want. No one ever called me a fraud, but
by jacobwilliamroy 7y ago
Former fortune teller here. I used to sit on the sidewalk and read the I Ching to anyone who asked me to, pay-what-you-want. No one ever called me a fraud, but I still quit. A couple folks were just trying to have fun tossing pennies at a smelly book, but the vast supermajority of them were feeling highly anxious because they needed reassurance that their future plans would work out. What if my kids come to America to live with me? What if I divorce my husband? What if I quit my job? I feel sad and guilty about answering those questions by tossing coins around because I think I could have helped them more if we had cut the magic and just talked honestly about what was going on with them.
- rytor718 7y agoBut they almost surely wouldn't have liked you to do that (to cut the magic and talk honestly). That's why people go to clairvoyants. We're all embarrassingly expert at self-delusion.
- kjaftaedi 7y agoIt's easier to believe something as the truth when you think you're hearing it from 'the universe' rather than a random stranger.
- kingkawn 7y agoYou were functioning as a random number generator to help them make an accurate analysis unburdened by the rigidity of the morose perspective that had led them to you in the first place.