• Gork@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    When you’re struggling to make ends meet paycheck to paycheck, the unfathomable Eldritch horror no longer seems very threatening.

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      Yeah… I’m not exactly worried about some random demon summoning itself in the middle of my bedroom. That’s whatever. At least something new and interesting to spice it up. I am worried about the constant flip flop of paying for bills or medication or being unable to do anything in life because I can barely afford rent.

      Bring it on demon daddy.

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      I mean, the least the horror could do is help out some, then it can get back to the whole “I will murder your existence for all eternity in dimensions not even possible.” thing, y’know? Maybe erase a debt collections agency, delete some computer records? Maybe contribute to the cause, there, horror.

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      You become immune to cosmic horror when your sense of self worth has been so blunted by capitalism that the Cthulhu mythos tells you you’re worthless in the grand scheme of things and you’re just like “yeah that’s what Nelnet tells me, you don’t have to rub it in fucker.”

      • theneverfox@pawb.social
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        IDK, I feel like capitalism just enhances the appeal of cosmic horror. I feel like encountering horrors beyond my comprehension would be reassuring after a lifetime of experiencing manmade horrors within my comprehension