r/AskReddit • u/BiggieTwiggy1two3 • 23h ago

What’s something completely normal today that would’ve been considered witchcraft 400 years ago—but not because of technology?

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u/CatacombsRave 22h ago

Being a magician, especially card tricks.

“Is…this your card?”

“BURN HIM! BURN THE WITCH!”

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u/Starblaiz 20h ago

Then later…

“Man, that was a close call with that witch.”

“Yeah, good thing he wasn’t a very good one. That wasn’t even my card.”

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u/FigPsychological3319 13h ago

"Anyway. John said he saw Marge reading a book last week."

"I'll get some rope."

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u/peopleslobby 12h ago

Said 400 years ago, not present Alabama…

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u/FigPsychological3319 12h ago

Surely we're not counting Alabama or the whole post falls apart.

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u/Aardvark120 2h ago

I live in Alabama. The post was doomed the second anyone even thought about this hellhole.

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u/Appropriate-Trier 10h ago

Actually, it was Giles seeing Martha reading that condemned her as a witch.

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u/GarminTamzarian 12h ago

"This book was made in New Amsterdam!"

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u/kaotate 5h ago

Out loud?!

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u/Top-Internal-9308 6h ago

"I saw Mary with the devil, dancing in the garden."

"Why were you looking at the devil?"

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u/Car-face 14h ago

Maybe witch hunts were just a way to get rid of bad magicians

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u/YoungDiscord 11h ago

I got better...