ONTD ORIGINAL: Celebrities who believe in conspiracy theories

[theemii]

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- Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) 26 maj 2015

Kylie Jenner - Chemtrails

What is the conspiracy about? Chemtrail conspiracy theory is an unproven suspicion that long-lasting trails, so-called "chemtrails", are left in the sky by high-flying aircraft and that they consist of chemical or biological agents deliberately

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[scriptedending]

How are people this goddamn stupid.

[aidolls]

lmao. there probably are some, but like the history or psychology of it. idk tho

[aidolls]

dang. for those business ones, what journals are they in?

[aidolls]

ooh yeah, I just saw that on my school's database when I looked at it. I think it's more about marketing to people who believe in astrology though?

We are not really concerned with why or how date of birth may influence the way people behave. What is more important is the fact that it does or, at the very least, people who have an acquaintance with astrology believe that it does, which as the figures above demonstrate is a very significant proportion of the population (p. 50).

it is still really strange tho, haha

[vatulele]

My mother is a school administrator and when they got a new superintendent a couple years ago, my mom said all the administrators in the district had to take that Jung MBTI personality test.

My mother has a masters in education and a masters in psychology. She thought it was bullshit haha.

[italyatmidnight]

I'm a therapist (bachelors in psychology and masters in counseling) and I think there is value (and research) behind the MBTI, especially in learning how different people interact, but agree it shouldn't be taken as gospel. However, we did use it in my career counseling class with students in the Upward Bound program (as well as other assessments) to help them look at their strengths and how they can be used when choosing what they want to study in college.

[aidolls]

oh yeah, for my education classes I have to do those kinds of surveys/tests all the time *sigh* at least it helps teachers remember that we are all different and have our strengths & weaknesses (I guess)

[italyatmidnight]

I just got my masters in mental health counseling and during my internship last year, one of the masters (in her case, social work) students from another school believed in astrology and would attribute aspects of people's personalities and how they felt to their signs. Like...this is a clinical profession and we're not supposed to make any assumptions about our clients. Needless to say, I didn't much trust her clinical judgment.

[disclosure]

Ugh unfortunately it's really easy to get into social work school

[viegsen]

Omg I can't even imagine someone putting that much stock on astrology and applying that to how they view/treat their clients. So unprofessional on so many levels.

[italyatmidnight]

She at least never brought it up when we would staff cases during treatment team meetings, but outside of those she would make comments like "oh, you're a [sign], that's why you're ______" or "that client felt _______, as [sign]s often do" and I'd always side-eye. I was always amazed that no one called her out or shut her down either. I mean, I could have I guess, but we didn't like each other anyway and I didn't want that to escalate after a warning from my faculty supervisor about how you never know in our profession when you're going to end up working with someone again. :/

[viegsen]

Ahh that makes a bit more sense. I know a few people like that (I also work in the field) but it's the same thing, they only make comments when they're joking and outside of any real professional setting, so I guess it doesn't really permeate their work (at least I hope so omg). And what you said about never knowing who you'll end up working with in the future is so true! The mental health field can be surprisingly small.

[italyatmidnight]

I definitely agree with drawing the line as you stated - it's fine if it's for fun, but it shouldn't permeate your work. Unfortunately she never actually seemed to be joking! I remember distinctly her dealing with a client in crisis (we each had a designated shift during the week when we took crisis cases, regardless of whose client it was) and then going to the client's counselor (who was in my office at the time) and explaining that it was common for Pisces, like this client, to feel ______. (After she left, the other counselor gave me this priceless "is she serious with this?" look

[viegsen]

OMG I couldn't even imagine being in charge of her and hearing something like that lol. She's in for a rude awakening from her colleagues and other co-workers if she keeps that up. She probably was cautioned, like you said, and someone might have said to her in not so nice terms how her attitude could reflect badly not only on her but also on whatever institution/organization she happens to be working on and thus representing in some way.

I get a little paranoid any time I mention something more personal or that connects to my work, ngl. It's also very very unlikely that anyone would be on here, but you never know! So I understand what you mean lol.