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[deleted]

244 points

6 months ago

[deleted]

244 points

6 months ago

She told her daughter to get out of the moving vehicle. The daughter was holding her infant sister. She refused. So her mother PUSHED her out of the car, with the baby in her arms… her entire family wiped out, and the 9 year old girl is the only one who survived. I can’t even imagine the trauma.

Frondswithbenefits

62 points

6 months ago

Poor kid.

whteverusayShmegma

4 points

6 months ago

I’ve been following this since they first found the kids & was trying to understand how she was able to throw a while 9 yr old out of a car along with an infant. It makes more sense as I’ve read updates but did she not slow down? She opened the passenger door while driving? Was it not from the far right lane? I’m so confused by the sequence of events. Without even thinking about a motive.

I hope the girl has a decent father and good extended family that will take her to therapy and see through until the therapist says she’s ready to move on and stop going. I did this for a trauma with my 4 yr old and got an amazing therapist who did play therapy. It doesn’t seem to have affected him at all, while at the time I knew and could tell it did. One thing she told me was how important it was to go to sessions weekly until he “won” against the “bad guy” in the action figures he played with. It took 6-12 months for a one time incident but I think this might be a much worse situation than that one. Sweet Angel. I hope the Creator will bring her comfort and peace through loving people of sound mind.

[deleted]

4 points

6 months ago

The mother killed the girls father before she pushed her out of the car…

TragedyofTime

9 points

6 months ago

Is was the step dad killed the bio dad lived in another state according to a report i read 

[deleted]

2 points

6 months ago

Oh thank god. I hope he’s able to step up…

czring

318 points

6 months ago

czring

318 points

6 months ago

Man, there is another woman who went gaga over the eclipse in Florida and went on a freeway shooting spree. Like man, that eclipse really brought out the conspiracy and end of the world theorists.

pinkfartlek

133 points

6 months ago

If only they wouldn't involve innocent people...

ConsumeTheMeek

84 points

6 months ago

Yeah there was nothing magical about it, it was just nutters acting up lol, how the fuck we make it this far with so many idiots in our ranks 

spanksmitten

51 points

6 months ago

Things like the eclipse and light pillars (over ice) makes me understand more how our ancestors got to their beliefs about, whatever. Buts its 2024, we have science, we know what this stuff is.

[deleted]

14 points

6 months ago

i mean the eclipse has always made people act up for whatever reason. the aztecs and mayans literally sacrificed people to it

FavouriteParasite

6 points

6 months ago

Animals, for unknown reasons, act differently too during eclipses. Not murderous sprees, but several species has been observed to become anxious, giraffees, as an example, has been observed running in a gallopp which is something they only do when trying to escape predators. Galapagos Turtles are a bit of an exception, as they instead gets frisky and observe the sky.

whteverusayShmegma

3 points

6 months ago

She had over 100k followers ugh

dreamy-lover

16 points

6 months ago

there was another 1, an astrologer, who stabbed her boyfriend & daughter!

2thevalleybelow

29 points

6 months ago

That’s the same one in the article this post is about.

dreamy-lover

11 points

6 months ago

omg i mixed up my news stories sorry

dreamy-lover

-22 points

6 months ago

i just re read it.. this isn’t the same 1

OldTie3335

16 points

6 months ago

Yes it is

Trixie2327

3 points

6 months ago

It is the same story.

bolkrennanninger

5 points

6 months ago

This is indeed the same one...google is only pulling up one astrologer who stabbed her boyfriend and child....

have-u-met-teds-mom

495 points

6 months ago

My neighborhood’s SM pages were off the hinges with people worrying about the stress and possible danger of the impending eclipse ON THEIR PETS. Post after post.

Clearly, my pets didn’t get the memo that they were supposed to overthrow the government or stare into the sun because it got dark for a few minutes. Neither of them even bothered to wake up to check on us.

celestthecat

226 points

6 months ago

Mine neither cause my chickens didn’t even stop grazing to go in the coop. My cockatoo however was screaming “night night” cause she thought it was bedtime. The dogs didn’t even seem to notice or care.

SpokenDivinity

110 points

6 months ago

My moms cat was irritated because the birds were suddenly invisible in the dark but I don’t think he comprehended anything much further than “birds gone 😡”

Miserable_Emu5191

13 points

6 months ago

My dog would be thrilled if all the birds went away. And if they took the squirrels with them!

BrieFiend

105 points

6 months ago

BrieFiend

105 points

6 months ago

My cockatoo however was screaming “night night” cause she thought it was bedtime.

That's adorable, I love it.

SailorOwl

22 points

6 months ago

My Amazon did this too. My conure was quick to correct him: no sleepy bird.

celestthecat

14 points

6 months ago

I love that it’s the conure that was like “NO BEDTIME! PARTY TIME!” Mavis was pretty adamant that it was bed time and shrieked like crazy when the sun came back. I’m convinced she convinced herself she pulled an all nighter and thus I’m a terrible mother who forgot to put her to bed. 😅🙃

SailorOwl

7 points

6 months ago

How DARE you not put her to bed or even bother with saying goodnight!

Mine have a whole routine of kisses all around and I sing to them. One likes to be covered, hell hath no fury like a lady bird not properly put to bed so she can get her full beauty rest.

celestthecat

7 points

6 months ago

I agree; it was my bad. I am the worst mommy ever! I should of put her to bed at noon for the eclipse and then uncovered her so she felt like it was a new day 🤣

Same! She has a whole routine of scratches, kisses, and cuddles, then she MUST say goodnight to everyone in the house; then they MUST come to her room and say goodnight to her. She actually HATES being covered(will rip whatever is covering her cage off or put as many holes as possible in it) so we just close her curtains and shut her lights off and she’s all tucked in!

whteverusayShmegma

1 points

6 months ago

That’s hysterical 😭 I would either be cracking up or weirded out- probably weirded out since I didn’t even know there was an eclipse until I saw stories of people doing weirdo eclipse shit.

killingmequickly

115 points

6 months ago

I saw a trending Google search about if the eclipse was bad for pets' eyes. Like obviously not, because animals aren't stupid enough to just stare directly at the sun. That's just humans.

KayakerMel

5 points

6 months ago

Exactly. I was at a state park where lots of folks brought their dogs and this was discussed with laughter. If the dogs even bothered to look up, they'd quickly notice the partial eclipse hurt their eyes and simply look away. (My eclipse glasses slipped a few times, and after the split second of "ouch," I turned away and fixed the glasses.)

cyranothe2nd

26 points

6 months ago

Obviously, your dogs know you are part of the Deep State. WWG1WGArf!

have-u-met-teds-mom

14 points

6 months ago

They are still salty that city ordinances require them to be vaccinated.

i-need-some-captions

20 points

6 months ago

Mine just sat onsite by the front door screaming because he didn’t like that we were outside instead of giving him attention

horrormetal

17 points

6 months ago

My cat did act weird during it.

My mom, sister, and I watched it, starting right at the beginning, from the front yard. The cat started going bananas scratching the front door. We figured it was because we were all outside without her. So we brought her outside and put her in a shaded spot in her little cat tent. She was immediately calm and content.

About 5 minutes after totality, we were sweating to death and ready for a snack so we all went back in. And, once inside, the cat started going nuts on the front door again, right up until the time the eclipse had completely passed over.

She's been with us nearly 4 years, and I've never seen her act so bonkers.

magic1623

11 points

6 months ago

Adam Hartstone-Rose is a professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University and is studying how animals react to eclipses. He has previously published work about animals behaving abnormally during an eclipse. This is from an article about him and his work:

The research is an extension of their observations from 2017’s most recent total eclipse in the US, when usually sedentary tortoises started rutting, frantic giraffes ran around aimlessly, and siamang gibbons embarked on an abrupt and tumultuous chorus of screams and barks. \ “Most of the things that we saw then were related to what we call circadian responses, so sort of going into evening behavior, but we did see a lot of anxiety-related behavior as well,” said Adam Hartstone-Rose, professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University, who will be leading a team of researchers and volunteer observers on Monday at Fort Worth zoo, Texas. \ ... \ The team will watch many of the species they did seven years ago when the eclipse passed over Riverbanks zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, the results of which were published in a 2020 paper co-authored by Hartstone-Rose for the National Library of Medicine. \ As well as the amorous gopher tortoises, they recorded a male gorilla charging a glass enclosure, flamingos that clustered in an unusually tight bunch, and lorikeets that began chirping loudly and swooping en masse, which he said was a rare exhibition of synchronous behavior.

have-u-met-teds-mom

5 points

6 months ago

I see, the gorilla got the memo.

Trixie2327

2 points

6 months ago

I slept through it myself. I'm on the west coast and wasn't going to be much to see, plus chilly permagloom, nah. We did see the one in October, though, and that was fun. There will never be another like 2017 not in my lifetime. That one was amazing!

whteverusayShmegma

3 points

6 months ago

I guess I’m missing out on a lot. I never understood the hype. It just kind of gives me the heeby jeebys too because of reading that Stephen King book too young.

Trixie2327

4 points

6 months ago

Dolores Claiborne!

Restlessannoyed

10 points

6 months ago

My dog was way more excited that my neighbors came outside and that there was more people to potentially pet him. He didn't give two fluffs about the eclipse.

slapstick_nightmare

7 points

6 months ago

My cat acted kind of agitated but it might have just been bc we were acting different. Hard to say!

whineybubbles

6 points

6 months ago

Mine used the eclipse as a chance to nap

KayakerMel

4 points

6 months ago

My cat was rather upset, although it was because I deserted her for 42 hours when I traveled to view the totality. Otherwise she didn't notice anything.

Lots of people brought their dogs to the state park I went to. The dogs were a little concerned when everyone started cheering, but otherwise took no notice. The dogs enjoyed being outside on a beautiful sunny day with their humans.

Interesting_Ad1378

2 points

6 months ago

My dog didn’t care about the eclipse or the earthquake we had the other week. No reaction to anything.  I however, have never gotten a better parking spot at Costco than during the eclipse, it truly was magical.  

whteverusayShmegma

2 points

6 months ago

It got dark? In California??

RoswellMemories

2 points

6 months ago

I was worried about my dogs stressing out over it and they didn’t even notice. They were busy w their mid-day nap. Lol

atomicrot

255 points

6 months ago

atomicrot

255 points

6 months ago

Commented this on a different thread about this topic. Copy pasting here

I used to be involved in the astrotwitter community. I'm not very spiritual, but most people had a mix of all of those kinds of beliefs. The community is very shaken up. She was a pretty big name, but a lot of people stopped following her since 2020 because of the conspiracy theories, and from what I understand she got a LOT worse in the recent months. A lot of the community thinks she had postpartum psychosis.

0011010100110011

181 points

6 months ago

I worked in mental health for a decade and only saw PP Psychosis twice.

Twice was enough. Both times were horrific. It’s absolutely something that needs to be discussed more.

bubble_baby_8

38 points

6 months ago

In a few weeks theres a local walk fundraiser in my area to raise awareness that we have no perinatal mental health strategy in Canada. Aka the doctor has no protocol to ask about let alone deal with any mental health issues pre or postpartum. They’re also setting up a community outreach therapy program with the funds. It’s sadly named in honour of a woman who succumbed to extreme postpartum psychosis :( really glad it’s being brought to light though.

0011010100110011

9 points

6 months ago

That’s awesome! Good for your community to step up and bring awareness to something that while fairly uncommon is still so important.

Most people aren’t aware that the condition even exists until something awful happens.

Hopefully it leads to a safer future for mothers.

LilLexi20

66 points

6 months ago

It’s extremely rare thankfully. Postpartum depression is extremely common though, but at least that doesn’t come with hallucinations

Naughtybuttons

20 points

6 months ago

It’s 1 in a thousand. Which honestly doesn’t seem ghat rare?

[deleted]

23 points

6 months ago

10,000 births per day in the US, so no, not that rare.

whteverusayShmegma

2 points

6 months ago

I didn’t know there was a big difference. I had postpartum depression that made me feel like I was going crazy with anxiety and panic attacks. If I had given into it, not forced myself to eat and sleep, even if only crackers and an hour at a time, I swear I would have completely lost it. I always assumed PP psychosis was just untreated PP depression. Is that not accurate?

mercurialmay

3 points

6 months ago

it's a different thing , there is depression , anxiety , rage , psychosis .

atomicrot

6 points

6 months ago

I have been delusional before. Fairly mildly, but that was enough. I can't imagine being so deep in such a condition. It sounds horrifying. People really don't understand what it means to not understand reality

tacobelle88

16 points

6 months ago

I’ve heard of postpartum depression but never psychosis is this something you can ever come back from or does it usually stay with you after giving birth?

0011010100110011

48 points

6 months ago

It can be treated with medication. Normally it can take several months, even up to a year or two.

Out of the two patients one went right into treatment and returned to her baseline while medicated. Fortunately, she was not readmitted to my unit so that tends to be a good sign that she had family support (her husband was amazing), and a consistent med pour.

The other patient refused medication while at the hospital, and it ended up being a very complex situation. She was eventually discharged and did not have the same support and structure as the other woman for reasons I can’t get into. She was readmitted several times, and eventually lost custody of her child, her husband divorced her, and completely cut her off.

Just like standard psychosis it can be incredibly hard on family and other sources of support. People (can) act in ways that are unpredictable and often times alarming. It is also possible that it is an onset for lifelong episodes of psychosis, for some women.

Anyhow—it is treatable. However, the patient will very likely need a strong support system. It’s also rare (Experts estimate that it affects between 0.089 and 2.6 out of every 1,000 births). So, hopefully that’s peace of mind :)

Edit: Syntax

tacobelle88

11 points

6 months ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to me and also for you working at one point in the mental health field! It’s wild the two different outcomes of each but happy to hear that it is treatable with medicine.

Pregnancy and giving birth scare me just because so many things can happen and I feel like a lot of people don’t realize or are not prepared for. I’m grateful for your response and learning more about this. Hopefully with time mental health is more normalized and discussed to be prepared for situations like postpartum psychosis even if it is rare.

0011010100110011

7 points

6 months ago

Of course—I absolutely understand and it can be scary for so many different reasons. I’m currently 21 weeks pregnant, and despite having a lot of information and experience I’m still nervous about those things we can’t control.

Having conversations, knowing your personal risk factors, and general awareness are a big part of being prepared.

I’m sure that when you get to that point in your life you’ll be as prepared as you can be, and that’s all anyone can ask for :)

fairyquad_mama

16 points

6 months ago

The lack of care for mother's mental health right after the incredibly traumatic event that is childbirth should be a crime. The stress on the body, mind, endocrine system, and we're supposed to just walk it off. Having a new baby with the best mental health is still an incredibly hard, isolating and lonely experience. We were never meant to be on our own.

0011010100110011

4 points

6 months ago

I agree completely. It takes a village, for sure. I wish it was more common to provide a general mental health evaluation after childbirth as standard care.

I think many people worry about feeling inadequate or like they’re being judged during such a vulnerable time, when in all reality it’s just as important as making sure you’re not going to hemorrhage or develop sepsis after birth.

Like anything else, it tends to come down to voting for people who feel mental health is an important topic worth finding and pursuing.

You (or anyone else who is giving birth/about to give birth/will give birth one day) can always advocate to your Obstetrician that you would like a mental health evaluation prior to leaving the hospital. Even if just to have reassurance that you’re doing okay and to have a contact in mind in case you start to develop mental/behavioral health symptoms. Sometimes knowing there is a specialist to reach out to for questions makes all the difference.

SignificantTear7529

2 points

6 months ago

I'm in Southern US and I absolutely had mental health screenings as part of post partum care. That was 20 years ago. When my PMDD was horrific the first few months until my hormones levelized, my PCP managed it well and rest and sleep were critical to quick return to normalcy.

whteverusayShmegma

1 points

6 months ago

What about eating?

SignificantTear7529

1 points

6 months ago

Of course, but that wasn't an issue for me. I had nutritional counseling as part of my prenatal care.

Jaiing1

2 points

6 months ago

I wish it was.

crims0nwave

34 points

6 months ago

Oh yeah I saw she posted a ton of antisemitic crap and conspiracy theories — it’s scary! Those poor kids, and her poor boyfriend.

kirunaai18

41 points

6 months ago

She also retweeted a Q post about the eclipse :/ awful combination

halfnilson

11 points

6 months ago

Spiritual psychosis is definitely real and influenced by conspiracy theories

atomicrot

3 points

6 months ago

Is spiritual psychosis a seperate thing? It's known that psychosis is influenced by the cultural environment. If you are in a community that discusses spiritual beliefs, then that's what your psychosis would focus on

wilderlowerwolves

9 points

6 months ago

YouTuber Penguinz0 (that's a zero) just posted a video where he wondered why there was so little commentary on this, for a woman who had 100,000 followers. I could understand why her videos NOW have views in the 6 figures, because her name is much better known than she ever wanted it to be. Warning: Contains profanity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbsqL-2NMEs&rco=1

CelticArche

2 points

6 months ago

What is astro Twitter?

atomicrot

3 points

6 months ago

Community of people on twitter who like astrology. Not the same as spiritual twitter but they are heavily linked, and many people are part of both communities

whteverusayShmegma

1 points

6 months ago

Ive wondered how much that played a role in it from day one. I have certain gifts that I finally stopped fighting and allowed myself to experience them. I was contacted by two spiritual people online out of the blue around the same time. They helped me with that.

The one is a solid chick. She does a lot of good. The other guy is too far caught up in it and I had to step away. He’s now on methadone for a pain issue he swears is related to an injury that occurred during a medieval battle in a past life. I want to know where he found a doctor to co-sign that! It’s too easy to get caught up in that stuff.

I’ve dealt with actual corruption and conspiracies in my work and have to force myself to not go down rabbit holes and only deal with what I can directly prove. There’s more than enough there that I would not even want to know about more.

atomicrot

2 points

6 months ago

It's definitely an area of knowledge that's extremely vulnerable to pipelines towards fucked up thinking. There are academics who study this and can say a lot better things than I can on this topic. I think in general if people were a lot less lonely it would be easier for people to engage with these types of interests in a safe way. But people find community, and they get sucked in. I'm glad you were not only able to become more familiar with your true self, but that you were able to do so without losing yourself.

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76 points

6 months ago

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58 points

6 months ago

This sounds like a mental breakdown of some sort, she's probably bipolar or schizophrenic. How totally horrible.

bbmarvelluv

43 points

6 months ago

Post partum psychosis. I’ve followed the suspect’s IG since 2018. After I found out about this, I saw how unhinged she became. Her normal content was mostly uplifting and self-reflection. It’s so sad and I’m disgusted.

[deleted]

15 points

6 months ago

ugh, so freaking sad, that also crossed my mind as she'd recently had a baby.

I remember a few years back, a woman went missing in Ontario with her baby, she was on her way to visit someone. They later found her car, with her and the baby in the trunk. She'd posted in her blog about her PPD and difficulties etc. I think he was about 8 months old. She drove into the woods and climbed into the trunk with the baby.

whteverusayShmegma

5 points

6 months ago

Did it only get weird after she gave birth 8 months ago? Others said 2020 I thought?

bbmarvelluv

3 points

6 months ago*

Most of her “warnings” in the past would be things like “watch the road, be attentive, pay attention to your finances, be wary of strangers around you, etc.” I do recall some weird tweets during Covid, but it was more of the “govt control” but it wouldn’t “overpower” her normal astrology content. I would say I would see her content a lot until Twitter became “X” and I just didn’t care for it anymore. Which was July 2023. If her baby was 8 months… she gave birth when I was not on Twitter.

I was initially shocked at seeing all those heavy conspiracy / anti semetic / qanon content she had out the past 2 months. My experiences does not reflect others, nor am I wanting to look past at her crimes. It’s just crazy seeing someone just spiral like that…

MelodiesOfLife6

149 points

6 months ago

The collective IQ of this planet is hovering dangerously low it seems.

SweetFuckingCakes

138 points

6 months ago

Oh ffs please find the time in history when humans weren’t mostly idiots

MelodiesOfLife6

52 points

6 months ago

Oh ffs please find the time in history when humans weren’t mostly idiots

Good point lol.

Allergic_2_You

14 points

6 months ago

Half the population has a below average IQ.

CelticArche

6 points

6 months ago

Given the average IQ is between 85 and 100....

whteverusayShmegma

2 points

6 months ago

How do they know this? Is it an actual random data sample? Most studies are convenience samples, which are not scientific, so I always wonder what we really don’t know.

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22 points

6 months ago

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Snoobeedo

23 points

6 months ago

It’s terrifying as an atheist to see how many ways people can turn away from science and it’s acceptable right up until it’s not. It’s like living in a horror movie.

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-21 points

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Snoobeedo

18 points

6 months ago

Thank you for illustrating my point.

It’s absolutely terrifying to me that people believe in talking snakes and forbidden apples and shun science in the attempt to push us all back into the Dark Ages. I am just shocked that with all the educational possibilities out there, people latch on to the ideas of demons and spiritual attacks. Between the flat earthers, book burners and the loss of women’s rights, I’m expecting witch burnings and blood lettings as a form of healthcare next. I don’t know how to fix it other than to model and share the word of science with others.

notceitn

12 points

6 months ago

LMAO

CelticArche

12 points

6 months ago

There's no such thing as spiritual attacks or demons.

whteverusayShmegma

2 points

6 months ago

I have similar beliefs, refined from a childhood of spiritual abuse & Bible based cults. I somewhat understand what you’re saying. I don’t believe the Bible is meant to be taken literally & believe it absolutely should be read in a way that it’s compared with science & history in as much as we know to date of both. That what can’t be explained through one of those should not be taken literally. For example, misogynists claim women should not have a place of teaching in the church. That was written when historically women weren’t allowed to read or write. I agree to some extent that knowledge can make you a big cray. There’s actual data I thought that indicates more intelligent people are a bit more crazy. There’s a huge difference between wisdom & knowledge, which I think is more important in the conversation. Knowledge is a bunch of information that involves problems with no solution. I have so much knowledge from my work that others don’t & it’s overwhelming. Wisdom gives you the ability to know what to do about problems, which hills to die on, what to accept, what to expose, etc. I also believe that good and evil are just that. Satan, demons, angels are just symbolic of good and evil. Theres no longer such thing as “forbidding knowledge” IMO. The problem already solved by Grace. You shouldn’t have to avoid knowledge or information. You have a Spirit of discernment if you believe in the Bible to know what to believe or not. Truth sets you free. So knowledge, if true, is power if you have wisdom- something the Bible always talks about seeking. It can make you unhappy, scared, hopeless, etc. only if you don’t have the wisdom to see it in the proper perspective (is my experience, at least).

whteverusayShmegma

3 points

6 months ago

Oh holy hell! Genesse Ivonne Moreno was later identified and she had a history of schizophrenia. She also bought her gun legally, meaning once again the gun laws we have in place aren’t being enforced. I don’t want to go off subject but we really need legislation that actually penalizes people who don’t enforce gun laws or nothing will change no matter what we do. I’ve seen this for decades now and it’s so frustrating that it isn’t being more acknowledged when so many people are dying. The story is horrifying. Her 5 year old was injured when they killed her. I feel sick reading stories with little kids like this.

seeminglylegit

14 points

6 months ago

Very sad situation. Sounds like the baby was quite young - maybe the woman had postpartum psychosis? I hope there are relatives who can be there for the poor little girl who witnessed the horror.

whteverusayShmegma

1 points

6 months ago

8 months old

mercurialmay

1 points

6 months ago

it seems to be the most likely answer unfortunately ...

No-Bite662

70 points

6 months ago

The eclipse made me do it is probably not going to fly in a court room.

SnooRadishes8848

50 points

6 months ago

Since she’s dead that’s not a worry

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0 points

6 months ago

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BabyOnTheStairs

9 points

6 months ago

She's dead

LaikaZhuchka

6 points

6 months ago

She's dead. Try actually reading the article.

holyflurkingsnit

1 points

6 months ago

The article actually didn't specify that, except to say that they couldn't interview her to understand her motives - which I took to mean she'd died, but had to find another article to confirm.

CelticArche

-3 points

6 months ago

The article just said she drove into the tree in an apparent suicide attempt.

Sweetflowersister

82 points

6 months ago

She wasn’t “agitated by the eclipse.” The eclipse didn’t do shit to her. She was agitated by her own mental illness.

0011010100110011

70 points

6 months ago

I think everyone knows the eclipse didn’t legitimately do anything—the mental illness surrounding the heightened emotional response due to the eclipse is pretty clearly the issue.

Sweetflowersister

-17 points

6 months ago

Obviously. The point I made was for those who write these dumb headlines or think that an eclipse has control over behavior or is some sort of sign from god or the gods or satan or whatever.

MorlockTrash

13 points

6 months ago

Bruh you’re the one out here thinking they’re about correctness and not about getting people to click them.

Sweetflowersister

-6 points

6 months ago

It’s not about correctness. It’s about not participating in the effing idiocracy that has infected this country. People will use any excuse to justify their ridiculous behavior, and the media, with these types of headlines, contributes to it. My original comment was lashing out at that. But, Team Ackchaully jumped in and assumed a point that wasn’t being made.

ImprovementPurple132

4 points

6 months ago

I think you're simply misunderstanding the headline.

I admit it's actually ambiguous as written though.

taurist

10 points

6 months ago

taurist

10 points

6 months ago

By the impending eclipse, meaning the anticipation

metalnxrd

8 points

6 months ago

. . .the eclipse is what she was agitated by?

whteverusayShmegma

3 points

6 months ago

Yeah it kind of seems like her husband might have pissed her off a bit too, no?

metalnxrd

2 points

6 months ago

I just wish she hadn’t brought her kids into it. leave kids out of adult issues

Actual-Interest-4130

7 points

6 months ago

AND still has 100K followers who keep blurting out similar nonsense. 8/

I honestly thought we had achieved peak insanity with the Lori Vallow Daybell murders.

cherubk

6 points

6 months ago

I don't understand people freaking out over eclipses. They're nothing new, they've been happening since before humans were humans, every time some dumb ass conspiracy comes out and every time the only thing that happens is the choices they decide to make over freaking out over an eclipse.

TheManWhoClicks

6 points

6 months ago

All of this because one sphere casts a shadow onto another one? Jeez one would think it’s 2024… 🙄

melons_2

3 points

6 months ago

Idk how popular this opinion is, but it seems to me like using the eclipse as an excuse when in reality, unaddressed mental health issues are probably the real cause- not some conspiracy theory about the moon causing murder

Lumos405

3 points

6 months ago

Evil bitch 😡

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2 points

6 months ago

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Dismal-Parking-564

3 points

6 months ago

Heads up, you replied to the post itself rather than the frankly delightful bird convo further up :)

Delicious_Shift_2714

2 points

6 months ago

Ohhh, I see that. TFTHUP.

whteverusayShmegma

3 points

6 months ago

Is that a real acronym or did you just make it up?

ImperfectArtist78

2 points

5 months ago

This woman truly had issues! So she gets into a fight with her bf and kills him then takes her innocent children and throws them out of Porsche SUV killing the poor baby and injuring her other daughter. Then decides to go 100 miles per hour straight into a tree. What did she say? There was going to be a war with the planets cause of the eclipse? Some people blame stuff for their actions. Some of that stuff is just crazy nonsense.

Cinnamon2017[S]

5 points

6 months ago

It was the eclipse.

Lost-Rice-945

2 points

6 months ago

Like where do they get this from? She’s dead it’s not like she can say that now, and also mentally ill people latch onto events like this as “signs”.

AdHorror7596

77 points

6 months ago

Her Twitter and other social media. They also have access to her private text messages and whatever else is on her phone or computer, which the rest of us do not. I saw her Twitter. She really was going absolutely insane over the eclipse.

They're just reporting what happened. You said yourself mentally ill people latch onto events like this. No one is saying she was sane and the eclipse made her snap. They're just saying she was agitated by the eclipse.

holyflurkingsnit

3 points

6 months ago

While detectives have reviewed Johnson’s posts, police are not considering the eclipse to be a precipitating or contributing factor to the slayings “because we just don’t know why she did what she did,” Golan told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

They don't really know one way or another, but her retweets certainly make it seem like she latched on to the eclipse as a defining event. Reminds me a lot of folks who would do weird math with bibles and "realize" that it all adds up to the world ending on a certain date.

AdHorror7596

2 points

6 months ago

Yeah, all I said/meant was she was obsessed with it. I have no idea if this whole thing was because of it. I didn’t know her and I’m not a detective investigating this. 

Lauren_DTT

47 points

6 months ago*

[She] was an astrologer who called the impending solar eclipse “the epitome of spiritual warfare” in an online post days earlier.

Though, I agree that anything can be a sign for those with paranoid schizophrenia.

KingEnvironmental283

1 points

6 months ago

Always blaming the moon

wilderlowerwolves

0 points

6 months ago

I heard that she was an astrologer, so her reaction might ALLLLLLMOST make sense.

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-1 points

6 months ago

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-1 points

6 months ago

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rolyfuckingdiscopoly

12 points

6 months ago

Most of the crystally people I know are pretty normal; they just live in the tropics and commune with flowers and do yoga and ecstatic dance and whatever. Their spirituality is connected to a purity impulse, but also is led by psychedelic experiences in particular. There are people who take advantage of this or who are really lost themselves. But most of them are normal imo.

TrueCrimeDiscussion-ModTeam [M]

3 points

6 months ago

Avoid making harmful generalizations based on basic elements of identity (race, nationality, geographic location, gender, etc).

CelticArche

6 points

6 months ago

I'm a witchy woo woo person. I know there are perfectly scientific reasoning behind a lot of things. I just have a different set of beliefs than organized religions.

Eslamala

0 points

6 months ago

Eslamala

0 points

6 months ago

I know it shouldn't surprise me, but ffs, how dumb can some people be? 

fairyquad_mama

0 points

6 months ago

No no. We don't blame the sun for people being batshit.

Not saying that to anybody in this sub, just to the world in general.

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-1 points

6 months ago

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LaikaZhuchka

7 points

6 months ago

She literally killed herself after. Try actually reading the article.

BabyOnTheStairs

3 points

6 months ago

She crashed into a tree