# Ask the Psychic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953 "2006-05-01T14:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/1 "2006-05-01T14:20:32Z")
Go ahead, ask me anything. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/2 "2006-05-01T14:25:28Z")
You make up a bunch of BS to tell people to play into thier naivete, and take their money. How are you different from, say, a politician? ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/3 "2006-05-01T14:26:30Z")
If you’re a psychic, why do we have to ask you anything? Shouldn’t you just post the answers? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/4 "2006-05-01T14:27:22Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Go ahead, ask me anything. No, _you’re_ the _supposed_ “psychic”, you tell _me_ the question i was going to ask, shouldn’t be too hard for a “psychic” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/5 "2006-05-01T14:27:38Z")
ok. Tell me what I’m going to ask you. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/6 "2006-05-01T14:38:15Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > You make up a bunch of BS to tell people to play into thier naivete, and take their money. How are you different from, say, a politician? You have me confused with a fortune teller. > [@AndrewL](#): > > If you’re a psychic, why do we have to ask you anything? Shouldn’t you just post the answers? I could, but that wouldn’t be any fun, now would it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/7 "2006-05-01T14:59:35Z")
Are you for real? If you are, would you go get tested by scientists to prove it? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/8 "2006-05-01T15:52:58Z")
What is your prefered method of focusing? Tarot, crystal, simple meditation? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/9 "2006-05-01T15:54:49Z")
How many fingers am I holding up? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/10 "2006-05-01T16:13:34Z")
What method of Cold Reading do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/11 "2006-05-01T16:15:10Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Are you for real? I suppose that depends on what your definition of “real” is. > [@](#): > > If you are, would you go get tested by scientists to prove it? Nah, I wouldn’t pass any of their tests. I’ve always been a horrible test taker. > [@Antinor01](#): > > What is your prefered method of focusing? Tarot, crystal, simple meditation? Are those my only options? Tarot cards are bogus and are used primarily for show. I don’t believe that spirits attach themselves to tarot decks. Crystals may be pretty, but are also just for show, IMHO. I meditate all the time, but so do a lot of nonpsychics. > [@Dragwyr](#): > > What method of Cold Reading do you use? When did you stop beating your wife? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/12 "2006-05-01T16:15:54Z")
Does it bug you when people take you for a physicist? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/13 "2006-05-01T16:16:18Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > How many fingers am I holding up? You were too busy typing this to hold up any fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/14 "2006-05-01T16:17:24Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > Does it bug you when people take you for a physicist? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/15 "2006-05-01T16:17:41Z")
What am I thinking right now? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/16 "2006-05-01T16:22:05Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > What am I thinking right now? You’re wondering if I’m going to correctly guess what you’re thinking. Either that or you’re thinking about sex. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/17 "2006-05-01T16:22:10Z")
You know that thing I saw in the place the other day? Tell me why I didn’t do what I thought about doing with it, and was that a good idea not to? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/18 "2006-05-01T16:31:36Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > You were too busy typing this to hold up any fingers. Ooo…you’re good. Ok folks, he’s got me convinced. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/19 "2006-05-01T16:32:10Z")
Someone close to me recently passed or may pass soon. She is an older woman…possibly a relative or friend. She has either a T or an H in her name. She wants me to know that she’s fine and that I shouldn’t worry. Who is she? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/20 "2006-05-01T16:33:42Z")
Hey, that was brilliant! You responded to my question without answering it, neatly sidestepped the issue to deflect any criticism, and carried on as normal. You really _are_ a politician, aren’t you! What are next week’s lottery numbers? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953.md?page=2)