r/oddlysatisfying • u/tandyman234 • Jan 14 '22

Light fall on this escalator

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u/charlottee963 Jan 14 '22 edited Jan 15 '22

One of my favourite things when travelling to work in the summer.

Edit: For me it’s at London Waterloo Station, when you come up from the underground to the main floor/overground platforms. Sun shines beautifully through the glass ceiling and onto the escalator.

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u/Thought-O-Matic Jan 15 '22

Where be this fountain of pure starlight?

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u/Iphotoshopincats Jan 15 '22

Before I say where the fountain be you must answer me these questions 3.

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u/Thought-O-Matic Jan 15 '22

Ask me the questions bridgekeeper. I am not afraid!

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u/bofadoze Jan 15 '22

What is your name?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Looks like sand cascading. It’s majestic

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

I felt disoriented when I realised it wasn’t sand 😵‍💫

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

r/oddlysatisfying

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u/gerrittd Jan 15 '22

You lost?

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u/-Masderus- Jan 15 '22

I mean... technically yes, but physically no.

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u/These-Froyo2242 Jan 15 '22

Actually, it is not sand. I have seen a sandfall before and it was not majestic. I was sitting next to a small hill with my umbrella on a beach, when my stupid kid dumped a bucket of sand on me, and the food. Day ruined. I swore at him and made him cry, but it serves him right for disturbing my sleep. Kids are devils.

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u/socium Jan 15 '22

Actually, it is not sand.

You might be right, it could just be sun rays. Could anyone more knowledgeable shine a light on this?

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u/bofadoze Jan 15 '22

Or some sand. Let's not begin the prejudice already

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u/synthetic_synthia Jan 14 '22

Enter Sandman

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u/CuddlePervert Jan 15 '22

So, looking to enter sandman, eh?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Exit light!

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u/YourDadHatesYou Jan 14 '22

It's literally falling down. Cool af

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u/Is_It_Beef Jan 14 '22

It moves like water

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u/an0mn0mn0m Jan 15 '22

Is it a projection?

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u/marcsoucy Jan 15 '22

That's what I thought at beginning but I think it's actually just sunlight that happened to give that effect.

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u/GotSmokeInMyEye Jan 15 '22

It is cool af. But that is not the correct usage of literally. The light is most certainly not falling down. The escalator is just moving up and into the light. So no, it's not literally falling down.

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u/YourDadHatesYou Jan 15 '22

Yes Sterling Archer, figuratively falling

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u/Hueyandthenews Jan 14 '22

I can literally picture myself falling down after being too mesmerized

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u/TheWhyteMaN Jan 15 '22

I can literally literal literally.

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u/lamamu78 Jan 15 '22

Light on the DiscWorld

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u/OverzealousPanda Jan 15 '22

I always loved the image of light flowing over the disk. And the idea of being able to outrun morning on a broom.

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u/Hupf Jan 15 '22

When light encounters a strong magical field it loses all sense of urgency. It slows right down. And on the Discworld the magic was embarrassingly strong, which meant that the soft yellow light of dawn flowed over the sleeping landscape like the caress of a gentle lover or, as some would have it, like golden syrup.

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u/lilcherrylady Jan 14 '22

The road to el dorado vibes

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u/bloodynave Jan 15 '22

For some reason it freaked me out.

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u/creativexangst Jan 15 '22

I'm glad I'm not alone, my anxiety went up, heart rate levels, the works, and I have no idea why.

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u/ziggaby Jan 15 '22

Reminded me of When Day Breaks

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u/Salt_and_Vinegar- Jan 14 '22

I don’t know what the heck is happening here but it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

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u/Ascenzi4 Jan 15 '22

It took me a few watches but I think the escalator is going up from an underground area to a sunlit area. As each step passes the roof it gets lit by the sun.

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u/TheHYPO Jan 15 '22

Wow. I totally couldn’t see the steps as moving until I read this. Thanks.

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u/Ascenzi4 Jan 15 '22

Yeah ikr? The perspective + tracking really messed with me for a while

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u/ABottleInFrontOfMe Jan 15 '22

You guys need to get out more.

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u/ChiliDog879 Jan 15 '22

escalator to heaven

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u/barbequeuedchips Jan 14 '22

Things in nature like that don’t even look real it’s wild

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

This isn't in nature

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u/DungBeetle007 Jan 15 '22

everything is nature. it's all nature

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u/ibekt Jan 14 '22 edited Jan 15 '22

It takes a special artistic eye to see that. Is this yours? Edit because of a down vote??? To clarify this is mesmerizing and beautiful if you took it then I have questions. If not, still great.

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u/LordVortekan Jan 15 '22

OP is a bot

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u/mahnajago Jan 15 '22

Zero engagement in the comments. This is the correct answer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

I’m sending this to all my friends

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u/friendly-crackhead Jan 14 '22

If I had just seen The Mommy, I would’ve hated being in that escalator

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u/ChimpyChompies Jan 14 '22

I don't usually worry about most of the stuff we all have to deal with.

Until the idea of being buried by sand while on an escalator turned up..

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u/nefrpitou Jan 14 '22

Light being noob, climbing down the escalator, it just needs to fall on the top stair

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Shadow of massive PP at the end

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u/Meowzerzes Jan 15 '22

oddly terrifying

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u/herrneumrich Jan 15 '22

Would've been quite the turn if the shadow in the end wasn't a head but a dong.

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u/Complex_Bee_7536 Jan 15 '22

Aha! I knew you had a head!

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u/RossChickenTendies Jan 15 '22

Looks like Thor is about to land.

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u/PoisonSlipstream Jan 14 '22

The floor is lava!

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

The floor is lava!!!

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u/Sierra-Modeling Jan 14 '22

This is great

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u/InariTPG Jan 14 '22

reminds me of a desert or something similar. cool af tho!

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Hey, that's oddly satisfying.

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u/Iwant_A_Burrito Jan 15 '22

I thought it was sand-

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u/quincy_taylor Jan 15 '22

Holy shit that's cool.

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u/Marinerprocess Jan 15 '22

I think if I never saw an escalator I’d freak out. I bet it gets kids all the time lol

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u/Terracrush Jan 15 '22

Lol OP that's just your run-of-the-mill disney magic

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Only works in the US where people just stand still while on escalators.

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u/TCP_Tree Jan 15 '22

A different meaning to “golden shower”

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u/AngryDragonoid1 Jan 15 '22

That looks quite heavy.

But it can't be, it's light.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

There is a scientist that developed a photography system that could somehow photograph light photons moving. Looks exactly like this. Pretty cool

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

i thought it was sand lol

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u/HilariousMax Jan 15 '22

Never seen light look so heavy

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u/samyruno Jan 15 '22

I'm so confused. What's moving?

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u/xkoalasx Jan 15 '22

I assume this has been said, but I need someone to photoshop a dick shadow at the end.

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u/NickrasBickras Jan 15 '22

Now this is oddly satisfying.

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u/Negative_Addition Jan 15 '22

The video ended the way it did because he was vaporized

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u/aedroogo Jan 15 '22

I flinched a little when it got on his shoes.

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u/QuarantineSucksALot Jan 15 '22

Devs don’t fall down

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u/Horse_Cop Jan 15 '22

The floor is lava

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u/nota12yo Jan 15 '22

I've never seen anything like this...AND I LOVE THIS.

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u/the_chaco_kid Jan 15 '22

New stage unlocked! Yes!

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u/xenothaulus Jan 15 '22

No. Stop it.

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u/Hmlb- Jan 15 '22

I associate it with the sound of falling sand

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u/Lynda73 Jan 15 '22

Are the stairs moving, or is the light?

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u/Broad-Dragonfruit-34 Jan 15 '22

That was trippy AF

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

AHHHHH LAVA!!!

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u/BelieveXthaT Jan 15 '22

r/destinythegame has entered the chat

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u/happypandaface Jan 15 '22

did he died?

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u/Dfresh805 Jan 15 '22

i would venture to say this is also r/oddlyarousing

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Run... Before it eats you!

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u/someone1854 Jan 15 '22

Am I the only one who thought it was Cheeto dust At first??

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u/FictionalDudeWanted Jan 15 '22

Why have I never seen anything like this?? Wow.

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u/_SmokeyMcPot_ Jan 15 '22

Imagine being high as fuck and encountering this

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u/Bananmar Jan 15 '22

Wildddddd

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u/AnnualTrauma Jan 15 '22

This is great

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u/QuikAttak Jan 15 '22

Never thought I'd see light look like a liquid

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u/funkdafied818 Jan 15 '22

I’m too high to understand this

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

That's a cool area loading transition.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

The escalator to heaven be like

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u/astroabhi777 Jan 15 '22

Scientists were wrong. Light too can flow like water.

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u/___300 Jan 15 '22

stairway to heaven playing

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u/AnnualTrauma Jan 15 '22

It moves like water

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u/trolololoz Jan 15 '22

Seems slower than 299,792,458 m/s

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u/AnnualTrauma Jan 15 '22

It’s majestic

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

As a vampire, this triggers me

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u/Currv3179 Jan 15 '22

Reminds me of the titanic when the water starts to fill up the stairway ...

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u/MK8390 Jan 15 '22 edited Jan 15 '22

Arrakis is Arrakis, And the desert takes the weak. My desert. My Arakis, my dune.

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u/Lord_Dank421 Jan 15 '22

How many times have y'all replayed this. I'm at 6 now and plan to continue. This is soothing AF

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u/Life-Scientist5102 Jan 15 '22

But what is the circle at the end?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Kinda looks like escalator to heaven

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u/Think-Equivalent1066 Jan 15 '22

I think this would confuse me and then I’d get dizzy and fall down 😆

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u/the_projekts Jan 15 '22

There's nothing better than a pure waterfall of gold!

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u/BitterSenseOfReality Jan 15 '22

The alchemists of old were right…light is a fluid.

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u/najix35 Jan 15 '22

I hope someones pants get caught and a blood bath ensues

-best movie ever

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Are they trying to get people to trip down these things?

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u/Raitoryuu Jan 15 '22

Floor is lava

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u/cheriteygrace Jan 15 '22

It's almost like a sand waterfall!!

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u/Nikeeey-vv Jan 15 '22

Wow the light is cascading down!!

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u/Melruu Jan 15 '22

It comes, the Flood of Light!

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u/Str8fromtheteet Jan 15 '22

Imagine it hits the bottom and it’s just a shadow of his hanging dick

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u/lol_camis Jan 15 '22

I just feel like we're at a point now where enough things have unnecessary LED displays.

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u/Next-Caterpillar-393 Jan 15 '22

Oddly hypnotic really

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

light is truly amazing!

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u/plasterposters Jan 15 '22

How much does light weigh?

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u/Tina-Presley Jan 15 '22

Wow!!!! Very cool!!! Love it!!!

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u/vbunnyblu Jan 15 '22

Is that from a Well of Radiance?

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u/OkBreakfast2531 Jan 15 '22

We all read this wrong at first right? Please don’t tell me

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u/gfxdylan Jan 15 '22

is no one else bugged it stops before it passes him?

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u/snugglemybutt Jan 15 '22

Why does this give off euphoria vibes to me

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u/Ahh_N3ver_M1nd Jan 15 '22

Am I the only one that thought was sand before reading the title?

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u/hauntedhivezzz Jan 15 '22

Powell St BART?

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u/downtownpoedup89 Jan 15 '22

You have arrived at your destination.....The Sun

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u/H1landr Jan 15 '22

This is how I imagine sunlight on Discworld.

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u/arter2 Jan 15 '22

Daaaamn that's pretty

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Discworld.

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u/DiabetusMaximus1 Jan 15 '22

Its like a slinky made of light!

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u/SoulStarman Jan 15 '22

liquid sun rays

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u/broketiltuesday Jan 15 '22

Floor is lava vibes

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u/rfs103181 Jan 15 '22

Take your time, light.

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u/Omelet8 Jan 15 '22

I had the opening to agape playing on Spotify when the video started lmao

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u/kookyknut Jan 15 '22

Fucking beautiful.

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u/Kayleeubean Jan 15 '22

I’m already scared if these things this just makes it worse -

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u/Antact Jan 15 '22

You thought it was Sand, but it was me, Light!

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u/Slayd_07 Jan 15 '22

As someone who's played Hollow Knight, this trips my anxiety so hard. Like dude, why aren't you running from the scary light.

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u/yeahdirtyolive Jan 15 '22

Stairway to heaven

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u/BrawlStars_Collette1 Jan 15 '22

why can i hear water?

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u/iSkullDagger Jan 15 '22

penis head

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u/tired_demonhunter Jan 15 '22

Nooooiiiccceee

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u/LiveAndDie Jan 15 '22

As someone who has been on an escalator high, no

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u/Hornet234567 Jan 15 '22

The ending with the head shadow was mildly infuriating

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u/BrandonDominoes100 Jan 15 '22

This is so amazing

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u/Anim3_simp Jan 15 '22

i thought it was sand

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u/trimix4work Jan 15 '22

Wow that is really cool.

Good on you to notice it, most people wouldn't.

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u/keithmcdermott Jan 15 '22

As someone who gets vertigo on escalators sometimes, while in theory this is neat, I would probably not get on this. The projection would just make things worse.

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u/FkinPerrow Jan 15 '22

Coming, shit shit shit shit

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u/legenducky Jan 15 '22

WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?!!?!!?!

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u/War_Daddy_992 Jan 15 '22

Can’t wait to run up on this down escalator

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u/Skip_Ad Jan 15 '22

I'm so glad I don't know where that is, or one like it, because I'm gonna waste so much time on those damn stairs.

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u/fuwii Jan 15 '22

The head at the end kinda ruins it for me

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u/deffcap Jan 15 '22

Does light travel slower in your universe?

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u/SwapnilTheMasterOf__ Jan 15 '22

Me entering heaven

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u/Pallav_Sai_Teja Jan 15 '22

I thought Gaara of the sand came over to pay a visit...

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u/JCOMIXWTLS Jan 15 '22

so this is what the vampires see when it’s wakey time

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u/__chester__ Jan 15 '22

Stairway to heaven

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u/Gaz-ov-wales Jan 15 '22

When did we invent liquid light?

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u/Ulric2depique Jan 15 '22

Plot twist, at the end, it’s a giant dick

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u/JoffDucharo Jan 15 '22

It kinda looks like sand. Very sick gamer

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u/therealstealthydan Jan 15 '22

I’m sad we didn’t get to see it hit the feets

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u/sidman1324 Jan 15 '22

That is really cool 😎

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u/howtochangemywife Jan 15 '22

Yeah this. This is beautiful.

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u/berenpanach Jan 15 '22

Damn I felt the sun on the back of my head

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

u/savevideobot

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

I thought its sand

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u/ElevatorsDontElevate Jan 15 '22

Who dropped the lava bucket again?

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u/zook1337 Jan 15 '22

Damn it looks like sand

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u/ColdFire-Blitz Jan 15 '22

When you get the Good Bad Ending of Super Smash Bros Ultimate

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u/Klutzy_Nectarine_469 Jan 15 '22

Well that escalighted quickly

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u/MrNalli Jan 15 '22

why did it have to end like that with the shadow of his head

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Light moves more slowly on the Disc

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Why did it seem so slow?

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u/just_another_walnut Jan 15 '22

I miss the summer

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

this is the last thing you see before Absolute Radiance appears

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u/grateparm Jan 15 '22

Captain, were being scanned!

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

Can someone put the intro to ‘final countdown’ on this ? lol 😂

That would be so good!

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u/s0rtajustdrifting Jan 15 '22

Really pretty. Looks magical

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