The Weird, Wonderful, and WTF World - Friday, First Period [09/13].

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Today," Summer announced, as the class gathered and settled in the Danger Shop Classroom Sim because she still thought that was the funniest place to hold a class, "is Friday the Thirteenth, a day that has, for a lot of cultures here on Earth, been given an association with bad luck. Which is, of course, something I'm tempted to dismiss as silly, but we're in a fucking interdimensional nexus, I'm sure there's someone out there who comes from a place where Friday the Thirteenth really is some pretty messed up stuff that you need to take very seriously, but, where I'm from? It's seriously just an arbitrary coincidence based on a calendar and time periods that we made up in the first place, so...." She shrugged. "Meh.

"But that said," she continued, "it being Friday the Thirteenth means it's a good opportunity for me to be on theme and talk a little bit about bad luck superstitions in Earthen cultures! So, okay, let's break some of these things down:

( What is this nonsense? An actual lecture? What? )

"...point is, there's a lot out there, this is just scratching the surface, and that's what we'll be exploring today: superstitions, what brought them about, how their weird, and maybe some of your own, that you either find particularly interesting or that you ascribe to yourself. Do you believe there's merit in these superstitious beliefs? What purpose do you think they serve that they'd be so prevalent in so many cultures throughout the years?"

You know, like an actual class for learning stuff!

Food Field Trips, Friday 9/13 2nd Period

[stykera]

Once again the class was meeting by the Portalocity office.

“Welcome back,” Stark said. He looked less anxious this week though that was not exactly a high bar to clear.

“Today we’ll be visiting Atlanta, Georgia where the World of Coca-Cola is located. As far as I know, the bears that visit the island in December will not be there handing out bottles of soda.”

But you could take pictures with a person dressed as a Coke bear! They probably didn’t hug as well as the real bears.

“When we get there you can visit a number of exhibits inside the museum, along with a tasting room, a theatre where you can watch a very short movie, and several other things. You’ll see when we get there. Shall we?”

Once he was certain everyone was there, Stark ushered everyone through the portal before going through himself.

“And here we are. We’ll meet back here in the afternoon and head back to the island together.”