You've probably seen a movie or two that roughly follows this plotline:

A group of teenagers are bored and decide to through a rager in an abandoned building (usually an asylum or school where a lot of people died). After the party starts to die down, the remaining few decide to sit around and start telling ghost stories (usually about the place they are currently in). Suddenly someone gets the awesome idea to use an Ouija board to summon the spirits of the victims and end up unleashing either the spirit of the killer or an ancient demon. They usually all die or like two of them make it out so that way they can make a sequel.

It is illogical as it is cliche because in case you didn't know THAT IS NOT HOW OUIJA BOARDS WORK.

Ouija boards (or spirit boards) are a common board game that is used to scare your friends or get a few laughs. Now, whether or not you believe in the spirit world or that ghosts actually talk to people through the boards is of no concern of mine and this article is written for those who do believe.

So a lot of people tend to believe that evil spirits and demons can actually be summoned through an Ouija board to the point where they can actually possess you. This, fortunately, is entirely false. Most spirits don't have the strength (or even really the desire) to climb through the board just to possess you. Also, I'm pretty sure Satan has a lot more important things to do than possess a bunch of horny teenagers.

But what about when you get weird words that don't make sense, are they weird demon names? Nah, fam. Usually when you are getting a real response from a ghost and you can't really understand what they are saying it falls under one of these categories:

1. The ghost doesn't speak your language (Ouija boards don't really come in alternate alphabets and if they speak a language that doesn't use that alphabet it could get a little tricky)

2. They don't know how to spell or are illiterate (A lot of people back in the olden times couldn't read, so it makes sense that their ghosts can't read either)

3. They are messing with you (This is my favorite theory cause I like to picture myself as a ghost just going to a bunch of different Ouija boards and spelling out silly things just to mess with people)

So next time you have a sleepover and someone pulls out an Ouija board, don't freak out because it is literally just a board game. And, as an added note, if the board starts spelling out things like "death" or "run" or some other scary message, just smack one of your friends because it is probably them trying to scare everybody (or a ghost trying to prank you which perfectly sums up the kind of ghost I want to be).