Comment on Those moutains are so quaint
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThere’s a difference between scary and creepy.
Your mountains? That’s scary. It’s frightening in the moment, but at the end of the day, ok, you made it down the mountain.
These mountains? They’re creepy. When you come down the mountain, something comes down with you.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Or, and hear me out, that’s all bullshit carried over from a time when people still burned witches.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m just saying there’s a different vibe to the fears people have of the region, and by saying the Rocky mountains don’t have the same vibe you kinda proved my point.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No, I’m saying people who live in the Rocky mountains aren’t as superstitious as those who live in the Appalachian mountains.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ah, the traditionally (and mildly classist and racist) assumption that people out west are somehow mentally superior and more educated, while the people in Appalachia are poor dumb hicks.
Funny how culture shapes our perspectives, innit
historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker
Almost every place has its own myths.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Idk if that carries over to modern perception of the place - nobody every talks about Four Corners being spooky.
historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I haven’t been all over that area, but at night when there’s nearly nobody on the road it does have a feel to it.