{"id":107,"date":"2026-06-29T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/spill-the-salt-pay-the-tithe\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:21:40","slug":"spill-the-salt-pay-the-tithe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/spill-the-salt-pay-the-tithe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spill the Salt, Pay the Tithe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salt was once currency, which means every spill is technically a small financial crime. The old remedy: throw a pinch over your LEFT shoulder, directly into the eyes of whatever misfortune is loitering back there. Aim matters. Misfortune is short.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently confessed questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Which shoulder?<\/strong> Left. The right shoulder is for compliments. <strong>How much?<\/strong> A pinch &mdash; a handful is showing off, and misfortune respects confidence. <strong>Sea salt or table?<\/strong> The void does not read labels.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Season your food, then season your fate.<\/p>\n<p><cite>&mdash; Kitchen Prophecies, ch. 3<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Should you spill and fail to throw, the standard penance applies: one (1) Guilt Offering, available in the gift shop, absolution shipped instantly, shaker not included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sodium chloride: table seasoning, ancient currency, and the only condiment with a built-in penalty clause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[43,42,45,44],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen-prophecies","tag-kitchen","tag-salt","tag-seasoning","tag-tithes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stupidstition.wtf\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}