lt-commander-aly:

…I demand more information about this Subway shop. Why did they feel it necessary to hang this sign up? How many times have they had to chase people out who were trying to summon something? Have gangs of mediums just taken up their seats, ordered their subs, and then proceeded to try and commune with the departed? Are the subs an offering? Is their shop actually haunted now? These are questions I demand answers to!

tikkunolamorgtfo:

Oh, also: In Ashkenazi culture, it’s considered bad luck to name a child after a living relative, because there’s a fear that the Malakh Hamavet (Angel of Death) would get confused when coming for an older relative and take the child sharing their name instead. So, as a result, Ashkenazim are generally only named after deceased relatives. 

HOWEVER, this leads to an amazing Yiddish phrase for telling somebody to fuck off, which is: “May a baby be named after you.”