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Ghostrunner<p>oh, the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existence</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Op_Ex9YN9bg?si=qfrF5Z17VVCwFX_y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Op_Ex9YN9bg?si=qfrF5Z</span><span class="invisible">17VVCwFX_y</span></a></p>
Ben Lockwood, PhD<p>Take a journey into the cosmic black hole of meaninglessness in my latest fiction at Weird Lit Mag</p><p><a href="https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/dead-thought-space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">weirdlitmag.com/fiction/dead-t</span><span class="invisible">hought-space</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/WeirdFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdFiction</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>Do I look like I’m used to getting fucked without mercy? | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://i.redd.it/57xj05lyc7le1.jpeg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">i.redd.it/57xj05lyc7le1.jpeg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Roland Maurice<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/calvinandhobbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calvinandhobbes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>What’s your first impression of me? | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1iqpyz3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/gallery/1iqpyz3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ewen Bell 📷<p>I think about how hard it's been to just survive the last three decades. The struggle to find my place in this world. Learning to human like a real human. Finding space to grow a little confidence in myself.</p><p>And I've been lucky. I was born with some strange but useful genes. I met tonnes of good people along my journey. Plus I was born at a good time in history, in a good economy. </p><p>Then I think, what about the other billions of people today who weren't as lucky as me?</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/Existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Existential</span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>Hey sir, I’ll be your new secretary. Do you want me to bend over your desk? | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://i.redd.it/btnepp1kvege1.gif" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">i.redd.it/btnepp1kvege1.gif</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>Are these pussy reshaping lessons supposed to hurt this much? | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1ib2vgu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/gallery/1ib2vgu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>If I pushed my ass against your crotch as I was dancing in front of you at a rave, what would you do? | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://i.redd.it/cnvvppl49cfe1.gif" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">i.redd.it/cnvvppl49cfe1.gif</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>What would you be thinking as I position my pussy over your cock and this was the first time you saw me naked? | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://i.redd.it/emr9ovlzs4fe1.jpeg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">i.redd.it/emr9ovlzs4fe1.jpeg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AsiansRedditBot (NSFW)<p>How would you take advantage of a drunk asian redhead? 😜 | posted by: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a>-otter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissiveasiansluts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submissiveasiansluts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSFWReddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFWReddit</span></a> <br> - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1i6vsie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">reddit.com/gallery/1i6vsie</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dreaxistential<p>If you'll allow me to promote myself briefly -- I'm giving away 10 *free* digital copies of my upcoming poetry collection: </p><p>"Poetic Nothing, Nothing Poetic - A collection of romantic, erotic, and existential poems"</p><p>To enter the giveaway, just go to garrettthomas.art, scroll down, and enter your details in the form. </p><p>The collection releases on Jan. 31st, 2025, available in e-book format with print coming shortly after</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/erotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erotic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Pied Piper<p>For <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fucks</span></a> Sake</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> suicidals (mental disorder) are promised better wine and more nymphomaniacs to fuck.</p><p>How would they behave if they were offered all <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a>?</p><p>Potatoecouch in front of tv the cowardly lazy beastly infantile childish immature adolescent immoral <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/satanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satanic</span></a> punks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/againstdarkmanners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>againstdarkmanners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/consciousnessevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consciousnessevolution</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/islam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>islam</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/rants" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rants</span></a></span></p>
David Haigh<p>What could be more <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a> than snowmen looking at the sun?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a></p>
cynthia rose is undesirable<p>Saturday tastes like blep, and as Maizy pondered whether or not she was done washing her face, her tongue stood ready for any possible action, blepping like a fucking queen, a goddess of blep if you will, just tasting the air while deeply considering the nature of all existence </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blep</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a></p>
OldCoderHow is <a class="hashtag" href="https://dansu.org/tag/horror" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a> content defined?<br><br>Some types are overdone and others are novel and interesting. I think that the difference lies in the balance between jump-scare and <a class="hashtag" href="https://dansu.org/tag/existential" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existential</a> dread.<br><br>Some of Stephen King's works qualify as novel and interesting due to the effort that he's invested in creating unusual scenarios and in world-building. But King is a special case. He's created his own genres.<br><br>"Horror" for decades has been too much about "something is going to jump out and get you". That can be handled in a masterful manner. However, it's been done too many times:<br><br>* Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, and friends.<br>* Numerous films about murderous dolls. Not just Chucky.<br>* Hungry or Ill-tempered Creatures from Space or Mythology.<br>* Possessed Children, Pets, Vehicles, or Electrical Systems.<br>* Found Footage jump-scare films. Dozens of them.<br>* Cursed Object or Building. This overlaps other categories.<br>* Zombie Apocalypse.<br>* There's even Disney Characters Horror. See notes below.<br><br>The Disney Characters category includes "Blood and Honey" with Winnie the Pooh as the killer, "Pinocchio's Revenge" with Pinocchio as the killer, and "The Mouse Trap", which features a killer costumed as Mickey Mouse.<br><br>Outside of Disney characters, there's also the "Banana Splits" movie, which features other G-rated characters as evil animatronics. I assume that that film was seen as a way to profit from FNAF fans without needing to pay for FNAF rights.<br><br>Hungry Creatures includes a subcategory that I'll call Hungry Blobs. Hungry Blobs includes three films in the Blob series, "The Beach House" (2020), and a segment of "Creepshow 2" (1987) titled "The Raft".<br><br>"The Raft", based on a Stephen King story, is pretty good and is actually unnerving horror. But, in general, Hungry or Ill-Tempered Creatures has been overdone.<br><br>Possessed Vehicles is a broader genre than you might think. It includes "Killdozer", "Christine", "The Car", "Road Kill", "Maximum Overdrive", "Duel", "Ferat Vampire", and others.<br><br>I haven't seen "Ferat Vampire", but it's about a vampire car. I assume that the idea was, double the tropes, double the fun.<br><br>I'm not saying that there aren't great films and books about creatures or possession etc. But perhaps there have been enough for a while.<br><br>Horror is best when it includes existential issues as opposed to just deranged or hungry characters. "Mmm, brains." It's been done.<br><br>The 1982 film "The Thing", the one with Kurt Russell, combines "jump out and get you" with existential horror pretty well. Most horror films don't succeed to that extent.<br><br>Fun historical note: The 1982 "Thing" movie was a remake of a 1951 film titled "The Thing From Another World". The 1951 film was based on John W. Campbell's 1938 story "Who Goes There?". The 1938 Campbell story may have been inspired in part by H.P. Lovecraft's 1936 story "At the Mountains of Madness". Existential horror is durable. Jump scares by themselves, not so much.<br><br>The film "Annihilation" (2018), though flawed, similarly combines creatures and existential issues in an interesting manner.<br><br>Author David Silva wrote a story titled "Dwindling" that I remember after decades. The mother of a family wishes that she wasn't burdened with children. So, they start to disappear into never having existed. The hero realizes that this is happening and that his turn will come. He won't be missed because he won't ever have been. That's mighty fine eatin' on the horror plate.<br><br>The 1988 film "Paperhouse", 100% Rotten Tomatoes critics score, is a fantasy about a girl who stumbles into questions about what is real and the line between life and death. There are scenes that are close enough to psychological horror to make this a creative example of the genre.<br><br>Try the film "The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey" (1988). No connection to "Flight of the Navigator" (1986). It isn't quite existential horror, but the threads about predestination and the hero's realization at the end come close.<br><br>That film includes some subtle humor. It's interesting to see films that aren't single note. In one scene, a medieval time traveler is afraid to cross a modern highway to enter the modern city on the other side. So, he settles for showing his beloved wooden Virgin Mary the city from a distance and hopes that this satisfies a commitment he's made to God.<br><br>Predestination, dread, time travel, and humor. There should be more stories like that. I'll try to write one.<br><br>There was a junky anthology titled "The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood" (1991). It was junky because the stories were contracted for and didn't need to compete to earn publication. But one of the stories, title not remembered, stood out.<br><br>Robin Hood is a hero in Sherwood Forest in the Summer. However, if he allows reality to intrude, his band will have slaughtered the innocent, it'll be Winter and they'll be starving, and he'll have the Black Plague. The moment when worlds overlap and reality must be shunned is horror enough.<br><br>In short, Make Mine Existential.
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:<p>I’m just saying. Maybe I die tonight and it’s okay. Maybe it’s not tragic. That’s what’s unknown. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Existence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Existential</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HumanExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanExperience</span></a></p>
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:<p>Why are we so afraid of dying? I mean, if I die tonight, does it really matter?</p><p>Is it simply because death is a mystery? Or is it that we feel life is too precious to let go?</p><p>What if life is the worst, and death is precious?</p><p>I think it’s because even with all the suffering, we enjoy the experience. Sugar, love, music, sex, flowers, rain…maybe we’ll miss it. Or maybe our consciousness ends.</p><p>I know I’m not afraid to die.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Existence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Existential</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HumanExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanExperience</span></a></p>
Bernice Hillier<p>You know who you are. (Or do you?)</p><p>But do we know who you are? <br>Does it matter if we do?</p><p>Does what we think we know of you match who you really are?</p><p>Do words have weight if we don’t know the writer? </p><p>What do you need to do to be really you? <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existential</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/perception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perception</span></a></p>
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Existential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Existential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threat</span></a></p>