What are some modern American superstitions?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

-In the Tampa, Florida area it has long been believed alligator sightings cause athlete’s foot.
-Since 13 is believed to be an unlucky number, it's never a floor in any high rise.
-An airline passenger might believe that it is a medal of St Christopher (traditional patron saint of travellers) that keeps him safe in the air, rather than the fact that airplanes statistically crash very rarely.
-Many believe that if you can blow out all of the candles on your birthday cake with one breath while making a silent wish, your wish will come true. Also, many people believe that if you cause the the knife to touch the bottom of your birthday cake while making the first cut in the cake, your wish will not come true.
-Entering a house left leg first will bring bad luck.
-Some people believe that if you give someone a handbag as a gift, you must place a coin in the handbag, otherwise the handbag will bring the recipient bad luck.

Answer 3

There is one that stands out in our family. If you drop silverware, you are going to get company. If a knife, it will be a man, a fork will be a woman and a spoon will be a child! Never paid attention long enough to see if this superstition works, though.

Answer 4

Greed is beneficial. Everything has a monetary value.

Honesty is naive. Deception is sophisticated.

Newer is always better.

Technology only solves problems; it never creates them.

Math is science. Science and math are objective or infallible.

Only one branch of one religion has value. If you're not religious, you're unethical.

Blondes have more fun. Black people are more athletic than others. Men are more sexually motivated than women. People from the Far East are smarter than others. Old people are wiser than young people.

Might is right. Popular opinion is always correct.

Answer 5

That there is an easier way to lose weight than healthy eating and plenty of exercise. People don't want to do that; that's how all these new diets emerged.

Answer 6

911 the number
93 in a flight number
13 on an elevator floor

Answer 7

if you make a wish at 11:11 It will come true
or Friday the 13th

Answer 8

Because it's easier to make up something insane than to seek the real answers.

Answer 9

Friday the 13th. Some people are scared! I don't see why, it's just another day!

Answer 10

i don't know..maybe that everybody should eat healthy and stuff like that....
but as an American I like how things are..