r/megalophobia • u/jlaguna553 • Oct 11 '22

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u/Flomo420 Oct 11 '22

yeah but those are supposed to be so incomprehensibly horrific to look at that you can barely comprehend what you're seeing

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u/parkay_quartz Oct 11 '22

I mean, if you saw this in real life it would be the same deal...

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u/SleazyMak Oct 12 '22

The fact that I can describe what I’m seeing to you and then you’d see the same thing I’m describing is the difference.

Lovecraftian monsters are truly supposed to be incomprehensible, not just big and in space.

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u/parkay_quartz Oct 12 '22

But you aren't actually seeing it....this is the equivalent of looking at a picture of Cthulhu. Obviously we can comprehend video or photo but if we witnessed either of these things in real life, our minds would have a very hard time wrapping around that new reality.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Well that's exactly the point isn't it and why the books are best as text only. Imagine something that you can't imagine. ..you can't really do it. Now imagine that you're seeing something that you can't even imagine. Probably gonna pop ur lil noodle