The reason I’m asking is that in many cultures, if you express amazement or admiration for someone’s possessions or good health, something bad is believed to befall them. To ward this off, some people perform simple rituals, carry talismans, or recite religious texts.
I’m wondering if this is a common belief in American culture?
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No
Most probably haven’t even heard of it in my experience.
No.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard of that here.
They do in Mexico though! The call it The Eye “El Ojo”
Yeah, no. Some people go “eww rich people” and most people go “Ooooh rich people, that’ll be me someday” (Spoiler alert, it won’t).
No, it’s just something they slap on tourist crap to us.
No. I’m sure it is in some subcultures though.
Not really. You will find some people wearing evil eye jewelry or charms because they think they’re cool, though.
Idk about common but Ive heard the evil eye exactly as you described as a common superstition. In America, we knock on wood when the evil eye is invoked.
No, evil president and regime at the moment
No, it’s not a common belief. It’s popular for some people to wear jewelry with the motif for it, particularly among Jewish and Muslim populations, but overall belief in the evil eye is not common at all.
No, being envious of others’ health/possessions is as American as apple pie!
Not about things like that, but when I was an EMT, commenting on how slow it was tonight, or worse, saying the Q word, was grounds for throwing you out the back of the ambulance. I’ve heard similar stories from people in a variety of industries, and frankly I still don’t like tempting fate about how much work I have to do, even though logically I know it’s nonsense.
The fuck?