Is a Magic 8 Ball just a toy, or a divination tool?
The short answer
Unless someone uses it deliberately to divine the future, a Magic 8 Ball is a toy, like a folded-paper fortune-teller. It is not in the same league as the Ouija board, a known divination tool misleadingly sold to children as a game.
Unless it is used with the deliberate intention of divining the future, a Magic 8 Ball is a toy, much like a child's folded-paper fortune-teller.
It does not belong in the same category as the Ouija board, which is a well-known divination tool misleadingly marketed to children as a board game.
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