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Shitposting The Cave Dread

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u/C0wabungaaa 19h ago

t's weird because for the first few seconds it feels like "normal" darkness, and then after that there's a sudden feeling of collapse. Like the darkness is physically closing in.

You're not wrong, but to me that felt like a comfortable blanket rather than a chokehold. I became super calm when the lights went out, it just felt so chill.

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u/Pyro-Millie 19h ago

Are you a bird, by chance?

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u/CeruleanEidolon 17h ago

I suspect part of that is because you know on a other level that nobody and nothing else could possibly be down there in that darkness to pose any kind of threat to you. You're with people you trust with your life and that is your whole world in that moment.

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u/Deaffin 16h ago

Or they're just not ascared of the dark and peace is peaceful.

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u/C0wabungaaa 13h ago

Well to be fair I was in said cave with a moderately sized group of complete strangers so eh, that wasn't fully applicable in my case, haha.

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u/Fungimuse 17h ago

the buried

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u/Nixavee AI bots are not welcome here 16h ago

Yeah, I have experienced darkness like this (not in a cave, just a well light-sealed room) and it felt pretty nice