Angdrambor t1_je0zhlf wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:04 PM

Reply to comment by Fast_Moon in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

>During a regime change, he got ousted and exiled and died in shame. After his death, a bunch of calamities befell the government, leading people to believe that Michizane's vengeful spirit was cursing them

wait, I'm pretty sure I've read this story a on /r/sysadmin. It's good to know this problem is older than computers.