A ‘jinx’ (otherwise known as ‘tempting fate’) is that moment when you attempt to claim that you know more than the universe, that you are more powerful. Problem is, you are goading an entity far greater and more mysterious than yourself to prove you wrong. And it can.
The single best example I (and history) can give you is the story of a cruise ship somebody had the cosmic balls to call “unsinkable” – and it sank on its first frickin’ trip!
So next time you feel like saying “we’re home free” or “this will never fall” or “I didn’t have a condom but I thought, when’s the next time I’m in Haiti,” think about that grand ship and all the people who perished because some clown tempted the heavens. And then think again before you speak.
Look at it this way, nothing that has gone in the water since 1912 has been dubbed “unsinkable.”
So my advice? Always heed the words, “don’t jinx it!”
Next article will cover the art of the ‘reverse-jinx.’
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Do You Believe in Jinxes?
A ‘jinx’ (otherwise known as ‘tempting fate’) is that moment when you attempt to claim that you know more than the universe, that you are more powerful. Problem is, you are goading an entity far greater and more mysterious than yourself to prove you wrong. And it can.
The single best example I (and history) can give you is the story of a cruise ship somebody had the cosmic balls to call “unsinkable” – and it sank on its first frickin’ trip!
So next time you feel like saying “we’re home free” or “this will never fall” or “I didn’t have a condom but I thought, when’s the next time I’m in Haiti,” think about that grand ship and all the people who perished because some clown tempted the heavens. And then think again before you speak.
Look at it this way, nothing that has gone in the water since 1912 has been dubbed “unsinkable.”
So my advice? Always heed the words, “don’t jinx it!”
Next article will cover the art of the ‘reverse-jinx.’
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