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Ask Lemmy, Ouija Style

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Ask Lemmy, Ouija Style

This is like r/AskOuija, but for lemmy; not affiliated to the r/AskOuija though.

What is this "Ouija" thing?

Ouija here is referring to the Ouija Board that used to communicate with spirits and it look something like this:

A Ouija board

To play the Ouija board to communicate with spirits, one needs to place one’s fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words letter by letter, and then finally, “goodbye”. This is the part we refer as Ouija Style.

Technically saying, there is usually also “yes” and “no”, but including them in commenting makes it less fun to comment, so usually we don’t do that here.

This is generally how Ouija Style works. Hope you have fun commenting, spirits!

RULES

this is adopted rule from r/AskOuija; but due to the difference between Reddit and Lemmy (for example, there is no flair) many things are not doable here.

  1. No shitposting. This includes posts that start with "if this gets X upvotes..."
  2. Posts must ask a question (or be answerable in some way).
  3. All comments must be a single character (including number and emoji, they too have to be single letter), except:
    • When the post title begin with [Meta].
    • Comments reminding people that they violate the rules.
  4. If you feel that the Ouija has completed its answer, you may comment with "Goodbye" to end the thread. If you want a fancy Goodbye, it would be okay, but it need to have a clear indication of it is a “goodbye”.
  5. You may add commentary as long as it's a child comment of a "goodbye" (in reply to a "goodbye", in reply to a comment that's replying to a "goodbye", etc).
  6. You may not reply directly to your own letter comment (this includes replying to your own letter with a Goodbye) but you can still reply multiple times in a thread.
  7. You may not help answer your own question. You can still reply to a Goodbye, but you cannot add letters or Goodbyes. You've done your job; let the spirits do theirs.
  8. No bots.

These rules are a work-in-progress and subject to change. Feedback is welcome.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

It’s actually based on ouija boards?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not really. It's based on the concept of a ln Ouija board, in which you talk to spirits, both good and bad. So that's why you get evil or dark answers sometimes. Because an evil spirit is answering the question.

Ouija boards predate CAH by many, many decades.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nobody is denying ouija is way older than CAH. Nobody is denying that this community is based on the concept of a ouija board.

However, just like in CAH you have a phrase with an empty space that you have to fill up with with a response of your own. It's true that not all CAH response cards are a single word, but some are.

There's also CAH online clones where people have to write their response, making it even more similar to the concept here.

So that's why you get evil or dark answers sometimes.

That just adds to the similarities.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Understood. Don't take me too seriously.

I love CAH, by the way!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago