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Hi, I'm Ella, today is my first day of work here.
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Great. Hey, I'm Davon. Let me get Rose and the rest of the team.
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Hey Ella, hope your coworkers haven't been scaring you too much.
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We're getting so busy here, so we're really glad that you're part of the team.
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I'm happy to be here.
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I actually got the offer on my birthday two weeks ago. So that was a very memorable end to my summer.
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Oh wow! That's amazing.
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So say it's October 1st....
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Ah, so you're September. September 17th?
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Yep. I'm a Virgo, baby.
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Yeah, a Virgo.
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I was gonna say that, but I thought it might come off a bit weird if, you know, you didn't know or like horoscope stuff.
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Oh, I love it. I mean, it adds a tinge of mystery, comfort, and interest in our lives.
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It's not that I get guidance from it to make decisions, but it's just....
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Entertaining? It's so popular and widely available that it just became a habit for me to read.
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I read it when I see it on newspapers or come across post about on Facebook, and....
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And yeah, it's actually a lot more than just the quote unquote "sun science".
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I'm glad that somebody around you like to talk about horoscopes.
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Wait, are you seriously talking about horoscopes on Ella's first day of work?
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You know when you're reading horoscopes, you're sharing it with roughly 1/12 of the world's population.
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But come on, love. What's wrong with a little self-amusement?
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That's fine. I'am just skeptical of people who follow horoscopes literally word-for-word as a guide through life.
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You know in psych class, we went over the Barnum effect.
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A Psychological phenomenon where people have the tendency to believe that personality descriptions apply specifically to them more so than to others.
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Although the description is actually filled with information that applies to everyone.
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Oh Barnum, I mean, yeah, you have a point there.
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Those are horoscopes, right? They're purposely written vague enough, so anyone can really fit and identify with them.
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Especially when the statements are phrased positively like "You can be overly harsh on yourself and very critical."
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or "Sometimes you can be loud, outgoing, and a people person but other times you can be quiet, shy, and reserved."
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A majority of the population would agree with those statements.
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Yeah, you're right, but also in my opinion, astrology offers ideas.
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A lot of people like to dismiss it, just because well, It's quote unquote "not a hard science".
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A few years ago, the New York Daily News used to have a horoscope writer.
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I believe his name was Eric, and I think he said it best when he mentioned that astrology is a branch of philosophy,
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that the writing is more or less advice and well the advice is either helpful or unhelpful.
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It's subjective validation.
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I don't really understand why people get so upset over other people having interest in reading horoscopes if in all honesty.
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They're not harming others in any size, shape, or form.
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Okay, guys.
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It looks like we're all in agreement here.
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People like to read horoscopes for various reasons, most of them being for entertainment, a conversation, or even just to reflect.
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No personality test can fully capture everyone's character, but it doesn't make the assessments any less valuable.
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They do not claim to predict the future. It describes emotion and perception.
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Yeah, I get that.
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Daily sun science horoscopes are inaccurate because they're for the masses.
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And as humans, well, we're way too complex to be pinned down by personality tests.
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But at the same time, they can also be a tool for self-knowledge.
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It allows us to explore the gaps between what we know to be true about ourselves and what our test results tell us.
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What sign are you again, Hope? Jokes.
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What's all this commotion here about? Horoscope talk?
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Is today a full moon or something?
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We tried something different this time. What do you think? Could you relate to Ella, Davon, Hope, or Rose?
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How do you feel about horoscopes? Let us know in the comment section below.
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Thank you for watching and see you soon.
