It is a toy that is not to be taken seriously... Typically used in stereotypical 90s sleepovers for girls to figure out if Jason only liked Rachel or if he like-liked her! But joking aside, it's a piece of what? Compressed cardboard? With a flimsy planchette to skate around it? Like, I've attended a sleepover where people were just messing around with one. And would you have guessed that nothing happened? Because. Nothing happened???
And *gasp* they even forgot to say "goodbye" at the end! And they did all the no-no's involved (trash talking, swearing, challenging, yelling, threatening, etc.) and absolutely nothing happened. This was (nearly) three years ago when I was eighteen (so, an idiot, obviously) and my mom had died about a month before (still salt in that wound) so I thought that if anything could have possibly happened, it might. Because. You know. I lost one of the most important people in my life. And isn't this type of thing more powerful in the wake of death?
Well, I was disappointed to find that no matter how seriously it was taken, absolutely nothing moved. After about 5-10 minutes, everyone got fed up and just started doing dumb things. Dude, they even bought it used at a Goodwill, which, if I recall correctly, it is apparently bad to do???
[Maybe the fact that nothing happened gave me a bit of ease in not believing in the paranormal? I don't know.]
I'm cynical and I mean, it has gotten me this far.
If I buy one, it will only be because it is going to be the Supernatural themed board.
Does anyone here actually have a legitimate reason to believe in this kind of thing? And that it is evil (or, at least, when in the wrong hands)? I'm not trying to be condescending, I seriously want to know. I grew up being taught that these things were dark and evil things and that if I so much as touched one I would be plagued with demons. Obviously, that has not happened. So like, I do not have a personal reason to actually believe in this. I think it's a stupid waste of money because it's useless. But that's just me.