Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"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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The Cursed Ooze (infosec.pub)

submitted 17 hours ago by confused_polarbear@slrpnk.net to c/cosmichorror@piefed.social

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think it’s more plants than animals.

[–] Jimjim@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Oh?? Well how many trees does it take to fill up my car? Like is it like 1000 trees, and half a mommoth? Maybe 100,000 fully mature 50 foot tall trees? Im very curious about this now..

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 12 hours ago

I don’t know the answer. But somehow I feel like someone on the internet has attempted this calculation.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

i think it was mostly plankton