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Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 20th, 2012, 10:40 pm
by Kor
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 20th, 2012, 10:51 pm
by ProfParanoia
All of those key words sound the same from sign to sign

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Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 20th, 2012, 10:57 pm
by pofa
I agree.
That being said, they're also vague enough to where I can't necessarily deny that they apply to me (Gemini).
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 20th, 2012, 11:01 pm
by Commi-Ninja
Reading the first couple paragraphs of Leo, it fits some things well, and not as well with others.
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 20th, 2012, 11:07 pm
by PT
I'm scoring it based only on the positive and negative attributes, which I think 6/10 fit me (Virgo). So, 6.
But yes, they're pretty vague and similar from sign to sign.
And just for statistics' sake, the signs as they apply to me:
Aquarius - 6/10
Pisces - 6/10
Aries - 7/10
Taurus - 5/10
Gemini - 8/10
Cancer - 7/10
Leo - 5/10
Virgo - 6/10
Libra - 1/9
Scorpio - 7/10
Sagittarius - 1/2
Capricorn - 5/10
What's with the lack of stuff for Sagittarius btw? That's kinda crazy.
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 6:15 am
by KangarooGirl
You know what, for skeptics' sake, I'll do what PT did and put it all up there
Aquarius - 6/10
Pisces - 8/10
Aries - 4/10
Taurus - 7/10
Gemini - 4/10
Cancer - 8/10
Leo - 5/10
Virgo - 6/10
Libra - 6/9
Scorpio - 3/10
Sagittarius - 0/2
Capricorn - 5/10
So according to this thing I should be a Pisces or a Cancer :V But my real star sign is Capricorn. Well go figure XD Honestly though, it's vague enough that most things would fit. But honestly all that "leadership" and "achievement" descriptions I don't think fits me at all (even though I've supposedly got a double dose from being a dragon

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Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 6:21 am
by Vylash
10, I'm a Leo, and this is scary accurate
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 6:42 am
by Memesu
5. I´m a cancer, btw.
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 7:29 am
by Kleene Onigiri
How to attract Cancer:
Smoke
Alcohol
Burning yourself in the sun..
Wait, wrong cancer :V
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 8:03 am
by Hime-Chan
6/10, I'm a capricorn. I clicked on taurus just to see what they said, and lots of it are accurate, like others said, it's too vague so you can fit in about everything!
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 9:16 am
by redangelran
5. I'm a Virgo. And I'm not that Intellectual and cold.
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 10:01 am
by Aokochan
5. I'm a scorpio, and there's a lot of things that aren't true.
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 10:30 am
by Kirbypepe
SOoooooooo I think i'm like a 8 or maybe a 7 for my sign Cancer. Although Hayley thinks I'm more like a 9 or 10 for it....... =P I guess its really up to what everyone else thinks.
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 11:16 am
by mangaluva
2. That profile is ridiculously unlike me. Out of the strengths and weaknesses at the top, only 3 out of 10 matched me, and the profile continued to be nothing like me XP
Re: Random Poll of the Day! (679)
Posted: April 21st, 2012, 11:17 am
by Jd-
I've gone through and evaluated them as honestly as possible, just like if I were looking at the horoscopes myself:
Aquarius — 5/5 on Strength, 1/5 on Weakness
(Rebellious is a strength as far as I'm concerned)
Pisces — 5/5 on Strength, 0/5 on Weakness
Aries — 5/5 on Strength, 0/5 on Weakness
Taurus — 5/5 on Strength, 0/5 on Weakness
Gemini — 5/5 on Strength, 0/5 on Weakness
Cancer — 5/5 on Strength, 0/5 on Weakness
Leo — 5/5 on Strength, 1/5 on Weakness
(I am domineering)
Virgo — 5/5 on Strength, 1/5 on Weakness
(Skeptical would be a weakness for horoscopes, that's right)
Libra — 5/5 on Strength, 0/4 on Weakness
Scorpio — 5/5 on Strength, 0/5 on Weakness
Sagittarius — 1/1 on Strength, 0/1 on Weakness
Capricorn — 5/5 on Strength, 1/5 on Weakness
(I am dictatorial)
A fun trick to play on a friend that believes in astrology: Take a report on both your sign and their sign, mislabel them intentionally, and give them the one labeled as their sign and let them pour over it as they gasp in awe at how well it fits them, and then have them examine yours and let them gasp in awe one more time at how well it fits you, and then reveal the trick. It's one way to plant a seed of doubt in their mind that it may not be all that it seems.
Oh, and if you're interested in why astrology "works" in that everything seems to fit everyone when looked at objectively, it's the
Forer effect at work (also known as the Barnum effect, named after P.T. Barnum, the circusmaster and conman that said his circuses had "something for everyone"). This effect is commonly used in other types of scams and manipulations, including psychic readings.