Are Fortune Cookies Misleading Us About Our Futures?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the nature and quality of fortunes found in fortune cookies, exploring whether they provide genuine predictions or merely statements of fact. Participants share personal anecdotes, humorous experiences, and opinions on the evolution of fortune cookie messages, touching on cultural aspects and the expectations surrounding them.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses frustration with fortune cookies that contain statements of fact rather than actual fortunes, suggesting that the quality of fortunes has declined over time.
  • Another participant humorously suggests that fortune cookies are a form of science and that criticizing them could be seen as a hate crime against Chinese culture.
  • Some participants share amusing or bizarre fortunes they have received, highlighting the randomness and sometimes nonsensical nature of the messages.
  • A few participants discuss the idea of "bad advice" cookies, indicating a dislike for fortunes that offer poor guidance.
  • There are mentions of personal experiences where fortunes seemed to predict real-life events, though the validity of these claims remains subjective.
  • Several participants joke about the absurdity of certain fortunes and propose humorous interpretations, such as adding "in bed" to the end of each fortune.
  • One participant raises a question about whether the expiration date applies to the fortune or the cookie itself.
  • Another participant shares a humorous anecdote about a fortune cookie that contained no fortune at all, leading to existential musings about the future.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a general consensus that the quality of fortunes has declined, but there is no agreement on what constitutes a "real" fortune or whether fortune cookies are meant to be taken seriously. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the cultural implications and expectations of fortune cookies.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference personal experiences and cultural perceptions that may not be universally applicable, indicating a reliance on subjective interpretations of fortune cookie messages.

  • #31
Don't you people know that you're supposed to end every fortune cookie 'fortune' with the phrase, "... in bed"?

Ivan Seeking said:
1). You have the ability to be persuasive
-in bed.
Ivan Seeking said:
2). Talent does what it can. Genius does what it must
-in bed.
Ivan Seeking said:
3). You are contemplative and analytical by nature
-in bed.
DaveC426913 said:
The first love, the last love: self love
-in bed.
Jimmy Snyder said:
"You will cross the Yellow River many times"
-in bed.
erok81 said:
"An alien will be appearing to you shortly"
-in bed.
MotoH said:
"Come back later, I am sleeping (fortune cookies need their rest too!)"
-in bed.
Ivan Seeking said:
Help! I'm being held hostage in a Fortune Cookie factory
-in bed.
Moonbear said:
"Money will soon come your way"
-in bed.
chayced said:
"That wasn't chicken"
-in bed.
rdanner3 said:
"Man who invented baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk"
-in bed.
rdanner3 said:
"Man standing on toilet high on pot"
-in bed.
FlexGunship said:
"Please try again"
-in bed.
PAllen said:
"You will soon get a salary increase"
-in bed.
PAllen said:
"You will meet an important person at a gay party"
-in bed.
lisab said:
"Do not upset the penguin today"
-in bed.
 
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  • #32
LOL Collinsmark!
 
  • #33
I went to a chinese grill in Houston here in texas the other week, I wish i could remember what my fortune cookie said. I do get allot of 9s on my cookie lol.
 
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  • #34
I remember one time eating at a chinese restaurant, I took 3 fortune cookies. Two of them said the same thing : ''You love chinese food''.
 
  • #35
I once received a fortune cookie with no fortune in it. It is the only fortune cookie that I have ever believed.
 
  • #36
Gen Petraeus's fortune cookie: "Love is free. Lust will cost you everything you have."

Obviously needs a mulligan: "Love thy neighbor. Just don't get caught."
 
  • #37
I had to search for a while to find this.

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