• WiseThat@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I’m pretty sure it was invented as a series of fairytales to get kids (and slaves) to shut up and obey their masters, with the threat that asking too many questions would get them tortured by a spooky ghost.

    And then it got WAY out of hand