A closer look
Police departments and emergency room nurses have historically sworn that full moons cause spikes in crime, accidents, and chaotic behavior, despite numerous large-scale statistical studies proving absolutely no correlation whatsoever. Astrologers enthusiastically support this confirmation bias, marketing full moons as intense periods of culmination, emotional release, and manifestation that require elaborate bathing rituals and the charging of expensive crystals on your windowsill. When a society collectively decides that a bright rock in the night sky makes everyone act like feral animals, people subconsciously give themselves permission to be unhinged, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of bad decisions. It is the perfect monthly excuse to act out, text your ex, or dramatically quit your job, safely insulated by the undeniable fact that the moon’s gravitational pull controls the tides, so naturally it must control your brain
