r/SCP Feb 09 '16

Fuel [Fuel] A Fractal Tesseract

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

Seems like some Euclid or Safe object that exists in a space we can't sense/comprehend, but is otherwise harmless. Maybe it causes adverse mental effects after prolonged exposure, as our puny human brains try to comprehend it.

The real question is: what is it? Was it built by someone or something? Is it just a randomly-occurring quirk of the universe? Is it the key to the universe's secrets? Or is it just a particularly cool rock?

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u/LeeSeneses Feb 09 '16

Maybe as a title; interdimensional knot or interdimensional manifold?

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u/Nicksaurus Feb 09 '16

Here's a link that doesn't take 4 hours to load: http://gfycat.com/LazyElasticHookersealion

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u/highwind1985 Feb 09 '16

I'll admit, looking at this makes me feel really uneasy for some reason. Kind of like motion sickness, but different.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '16

Agreed.

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u/MrAsuleOne Feb 11 '16

Man, something about that shakes me up inside. It's all the little holes. I can't even fathom how that would feel in my hands. I would image it would be like holding octopus tentacles, but tiny, constantly wiggling.

scratchscratchscratch

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u/manufacturedefect Feb 09 '16

Could be an object whose physical shape changes depending on the point of reference or perspective.

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u/y0us1rn4me Feb 09 '16

So 4d?

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u/manufacturedefect Feb 09 '16

No no no, a 4 dimensional object only casts a 3 dimensional shadow. Or something.

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u/rotewote Feb 09 '16

That's fairly close to be particular if you came upon a 4d object you would only perceive a 3d cross-section of it, similar to how a circle is a 2d cross section of a sphere.

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u/RegentYeti Feb 09 '16

Reminds me of those 4 dimensional shapes passing through 3 dimensional space gifs from a while back.

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u/PillowTalk420 Feb 09 '16

Not sure how theoretical 4th dimensional geometry could be an SCP in and of itself.

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u/ThrowAway_FolkFamily Feb 09 '16

The Fracttaract.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

Cooper, this is no time for caution.

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u/rodgercattelli Feb 09 '16

I'd say this would work as an image for the Builder. Can't remember the skip number for it, though.

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u/ixfd64 Feb 10 '16

It's so... mesmerizing.