• Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yep. Aunt Wu. People would live to her prophecies (“She said I’ll be wearing red shoes when I meet my true love so I always wear red shoes”). But they would also let it be an excuse to not work at something for themselves ('I’m wearing red shoes so my part is done").