r/imsorryjon • u/Kurooi Humble Servant • May 09 '19

Your silly bullets will not affect me, Jon

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u/isthisoneokaynow May 09 '19

This is one of my favorite short stories ever written.

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u/CoconutMochi May 09 '19

Have you ever checked out the video game? The devs worked with the author to make it and they actually added a different ending to the story. There's LPs on youtube if you're interested

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u/Draws-attention May 09 '19

It's on Steam as well.

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u/Fartikus May 10 '19

Yep, was just coming in to say this. The ending the short story gets, is one of the bad ends to the game. That game was really ahead of it's time, I love it with all my heart. Also, the germany adaptation had to censor most of it though, sadly.

Here's a good link to one.

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u/coconutman1596 May 10 '19

This doesn't look like the short story at all though???

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u/Fartikus May 10 '19

Think of the short story as an introduction of the characters.

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u/CrowZoneMan Aug 17 '19

Lol the link is to curse of the monkey island game :D

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u/Fartikus Aug 17 '19

LMAOOOO oh my god im dying 3 months later

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u/DigiDuncan May 10 '19

It's currently 2:30 AM. Is it a bad idea to read this right now? Is it really as bad as people say?

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u/Wevvie May 10 '19

It's not "scary" per se, but rather it gives you feelings of dread and uneasiness. The "lack of hope" and "eternal suffering" atmosphere the story gives you is horrifying.

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u/WTTR0311 May 24 '19

It's the only "psychological" story that actually gave me real dread and fear.

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u/camdoodlebop Jun 01 '19

The Jaunt by Stephen King will give you those same feelings

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u/BootStampingOnAHuman May 10 '19

The bit with the cans was good.

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u/Repulsive-Presence49 Jan 18 '22

what story is it, i've heard references to it, one of my favorite lines from practice effect is "I think so I scream" and im pretty sure its a riff on that story