Title inspired by the short story by Terry Bisson - They're Made Out of Meat
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2025
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"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."
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I liked John Dies At The End because it does sort of present the case "what if a contemporary, cynical person was exposed to an existential crisis" and I find their approach a lot more relatable.
Like I don't want to brag about what strong stuff I'm made of but Lovecraft would have cant-breath-panic-attacks because black people existed or would need to hide in his house for several days because a woman spoke to him.
Like I feel like some Sims would be mind blown about it, but a lot more would be pissed. Can you imagine if God showed up, proved He was real, then explained that all your suffering is for His entertainment?