Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAnd that's also why I was late again for work today.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1740arrow-down121
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minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·1 month agoIs this a literature genre, like “routine cosmic horror”? Like it’s basically the real world with Lovecraftian horrors being real, but instead of driving humanity mad, it’s just one more annoyance on top of everything else going on.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·1 month agoI came into the comments with the term “casual cosmic horror” on my lips, and the same question. It’s such an enjoyable juxtaposition of themes. Here’s another favourite:
minus-squaremakyo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoGot sort of a Night Vale vibe to it I think. I’d love more of this kind of stuff!
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month ago"Sorry boss, 2 Shiggoths were ripping apart a grieving mother apart infinite times on the road. " Boss: “Ymg’ l’ ah mgah’n’ghft yogor llll yar. Mg bthnkornah ch’nglui’ahog fahf yah’or’nanah”
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agovery non-specific answer but SCP is a fictional institution tasked with [REDACTED] circumstances like the OP. https://lemmy.world/c/scp is the local thing, there’s a wiki there and here if you want to dive into endless content, nobody owns it
Is this a literature genre, like “routine cosmic horror”? Like it’s basically the real world with Lovecraftian horrors being real, but instead of driving humanity mad, it’s just one more annoyance on top of everything else going on.
I came into the comments with the term “casual cosmic horror” on my lips, and the same question. It’s such an enjoyable juxtaposition of themes.
Here’s another favourite:
Got sort of a Night Vale vibe to it I think. I’d love more of this kind of stuff!
"Sorry boss, 2 Shiggoths were ripping apart a grieving mother apart infinite times on the road. "
Boss: “Ymg’ l’ ah mgah’n’ghft yogor llll yar. Mg bthnkornah ch’nglui’ahog fahf yah’or’nanah”
very non-specific answer but SCP is a fictional institution tasked with [REDACTED] circumstances like the OP.
https://lemmy.world/c/scp is the local thing, there’s a wiki there and here if you want to dive into endless content, nobody owns it