perceiving eldritch horrors doesn't really seem that hard. ohh noo i'm just a little bug in a vastly larger cosmic sense? aaugghhh naaaurrrhggghhh my place in the universe isn't significant or meaningful?? i figured that out when i was like 14 man. are the cthulhu fish people gonna eat me now or not - ThreadSky

lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com • 535 days ago

perceiving eldritch horrors doesn't really seem that hard. ohh noo i'm just a little bug in a vastly larger cosmic sense? aaugghhh naaaurrrhggghhh my place in the universe isn't significant or meaningful?? i figured that out when i was like 14 man. are the cthulhu fish people gonna eat me now or not

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cheesesnack.bsky.social•535 days ago

Guy who has a panic attack whenever he sees an Italian: I bet people couldn't handle seeing an unfathomably Big Dude

anontanuki.meangirls.online•535 days ago

he saw a tall guy eating pasta

starshine.bsky.social•535 days ago

bonkoboi.bsky.social•535 days ago

I don’t want to find out buildings are alive and they feed/live off of our bodies and waste.

Like architects are sorcerers or something to convert building materials into these living things

mynameisbruce.fyi•535 days ago

Sounds pretty environmentally friendly to me

raulpudd.bsky.social•535 days ago

Just paying bills does that for me and that’s like every week. Some big octopus guy rolling up on me would actually be a nice change of pace

anontanuki.meangirls.online•535 days ago

the lovecraft estate (value: $5) is reaching out to inform you that in fact that innsmouth fish people are not a part of the cthulhu mythos

kategodart.bsky.social•535 days ago

i like how the spookiest thing the fish people do is... live. i wanna go live with them

abracadocious.bsky.social•535 days ago

I love that he wrote Shadows over Innsmouth to purge his self-loathing after finding out that one of his grandparents might have been Welsh.

victoryzone.bsky.social•535 days ago

i dunno i'd probably get scared if the eldritch horrors directly perceived *me*. and then inevitably tried to swat me for being a gross bug

zombieboof.bsky.social•535 days ago

You don't have to be an unknowable horror from beyond, this is a safe place to share.

mopbucket.bsky.social•535 days ago

It's weird, but for your American Gentry type who's never had occasion to learn that, the goofy unspeakable abyss stuff is probably kinda unsettling.

stuartp.bsky.social•535 days ago

eldritch horror is when a space clam is going to eat you

stylo.bsky.social•535 days ago

I love the idea of cosmic horror but the mechanics of it always confused me. you're telling me I look at this thing and just go insane? that simple?

theotherspeakman.bsky.social•535 days ago

The best explanation I've heard is that it's like being a 2D person and a 3D person comes up to you but you only perceive them in slices so you see skin and hair then muscle then bone and everything is just so gross you lose your shit.

But it's 3D and they're 5D or whatever.

memorioustulpa.bsky.social•535 days ago

Yeah its like the Zahir by Borges, it replaces your perceptions with its own delusion. Like how all those people looked at the ugly ape jpegs and tried to burn down the earth to make 'slurpjuices'

eryn.bsky.social•535 days ago

Doesn't seem as unbelievable as I share into a glowing rectangle at 1am...

stylo.bsky.social•535 days ago

lol

sarcasticbarbie.bsky.social•535 days ago

He was really racist and didn’t have the constitution for math. That’s what you get.

trisma.bsky.social•535 days ago

tangentially related, just look at the ark of the covenant? Nothing wrong with being a little mad, grow up

dashwallkick.bsky.social•535 days ago

cartermoon.bsky.social•535 days ago

I just don’t wanna get slimed on by em, seems gross

karmaexvius.bsky.social•535 days ago

lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com•535 days ago

yeah if it's a moist situation i'm bouncing

hedgehodgefax.bsky.social•535 days ago

eldritch horrors wearing novelty slogan shirts that say #KeepinItMoist

jimmytwohands.bsky.social•535 days ago

ooh, chthulu got tentacles on his face? big fuggin calamari demon? get the fuck outta here

crescentfresh.bsky.social•535 days ago

i feel like it would explain more things than it confuses. some massive unknowable horror is mucking around out there? well, that just makes sense, all things considered.

fraise.bsky.social•535 days ago

Its because it's not usually explained well. You don't go insane from knowing conceptually how vast the horror is. Its like taking an ant, showing it the entire lives of every exterminator company employee ever, and then shoving all that perspective back into an ant brain. Something will break

voidsbunny.bsky.social•535 days ago

Lovecraft was a racist cishet white guy. The idea that the universe may not revolve around him was very terrifying.

publicuniversal.bsky.social•535 days ago

Worse, they're going to teach you Sumerian.

ostrichson.bsky.social•535 days ago

WATCH OUT! Weird angles!

holyshitimfucked.com•535 days ago

You see, if the thought of the races mixing doesn't bother you, then Azathoth's hoary visage can gain no purchase within your mind.

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