Tag: #CulturalSuperstition
-
Friday the 13th: Why the Fear Refuses to Die

First published on Medium Friday the 13th doesn’t survive because it’s rare or mysterious. It survives because people expect something to go wrong when it arrives. That expectation has been reinforced for centuries through religion, myth, history, and repetition. Long before horror movies or internet memes, the number and the day were already carrying weight.…