glumshoe:

paragonofchaos:

glumshoe:

glumshoe:

the more you seek out weirdness the more you become the weirdness

Example: last night my dad asked me if I still had the soul I bought off eBay. “Of course!” I said, and added, “Sometimes I take it out and look at it.”

I don’t know when it happened. I don’t know when I crossed the line. I went from “seeks out weirdness our of scientific curiosity and academic interest, participating only so that I can write essays on the commodification of the paranormal” to “buys souls and takes them out to look at”. Like, buying a soul for academic research is one thing. Gloating over it…? Jesus. I’m an active contributor to Net Weirdness rather than a passive observer.

…..you can buy souls on eBay?
well that makes several things much easier.

It’s technically against the ToS to post them for sale because the value is in an intangible idea, and there’s no way to prove that a buyer received their goods or services. Same goes for spells/haunted items – you have to clarify that they’re “for entertainment only” because you can’t prove that there’s a ghost attached.

Listings for souls often get removed, but there are usually a few up for sale at any given time. Some fools try to charge hundreds or thousands of dollars. I got mine for about $2 and arranged for the seller to provide a signed contract and a sample of his DNA. He sent me a sheet of computer paper with “you own my soul now and forever, signed [name]” and a bit of his hair. Good enough for me.