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.
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Jax@sh.itjust.works 11 hours agoOr, and hear me out, that’s all bullshit carried over from a time when people still burned witches.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Jax@sh.itjust.works 8 hours 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 1 hour 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 11 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker
Almost every place has its own myths.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Idk if that carries over to modern perception of the place - nobody every talks about Four Corners being spooky.
historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 9 hours 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.