creepypasta

that's the urban legend at the heart of the film "Toad Road" which I liked but has never been mentioned here

this stuff is like, if you like horror but like it best in an environment where people are constantly goin "fake!" or "not scary!"

op delivered

this was kinda my bible when i was eight; no need to return tho
http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/scary-stories-to-tell-in-th.jpg

yeah those books were the illest when i was a kid

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html

people that believe in a singularity have been reading too many of Karl Malone's works on polynomial theory

lol @ tech libertarians

I think the phrase "referendum on autism", although nasty, is not far wrong.

seems a bit like Pascal's wager but with a supercomputer.

I, for one, welcome our new hypothetical future AI overlord.

that was probably the dumbest article I've ever read. and I've read some dumb ones.

It's one of the "batshit crazy" wiki's here: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk

this basilisk is like, "chill out, man"
http://www.alsipnursery.com/sites/default/files/pgimg/Green%20Basilisk.jpg

iiuc, the real danger posed by the basilisk is that it might convince ppl to take actions expressing loyalty to this evil AI - not unlike those girls who were doing the bidding of the slender man, obv the threat of the puzzle is what it might convince readers of, not of an actual basilisk. or at least that's why i'm assuming it was censored - it could have a debilitative (and violent producing) effect on ppl who might find it convincing.

things sure did work out for those slender man girls

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HvyTKLFwrfI/Tp9ZpFYlhKI/AAAAAAAACCU/DdRJumo-tC4/s1600/Basilisk_pic.jpg

people that believe in a singularity have been reading too many of Karl Malone's works on polynomial theory

― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/slender-man-obsessed-fla-teen-set-fire-home-cops-article-1.1928945

so slender man is the new bloody mary then

"The 14-year-old, who was reading an ebook about soul eaters after an earlier argument with her mother over household chores, then walked to a nearby park bathroom and went to sleep."

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-over-Your-Fear-of-Slenderman

picture him as calamari

creepyantipasto

every kid at halloween thought i was slenderman

What were you?

to be fair nobody was gonna recognize the actual costume--the theme in the house was Dali, everyone was a character from a Dali painting or what have you--but the fact that i was universally regarded as slenderman was remarkable. the best was the 8 year old who walked up and said "i met you in the woods once!"

http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t51.2885-15/10747751_299558246902988_78217561_n.jpg

Tweed Man Group

http://www.clickhole.com/article/8-terrifying-urban-legends-will-keep-you-night-1689

Extended riff on the Simpsons froyo gag

http://i.imgur.com/TmwwAzt.png

http://i.imgur.com/aaeyfWB.jpg

the best was the 8 year old who walked up and said "i met you in the woods once!"

creepiest thing on this thread!

yeah i kinda try not to think about it lol

http://aydol.tumblr.com/post/52401175195/guys-help-me-something-really-fucking-weird

http://ichorfalls.chainsawsuit.com/2009/03/15/candle-cove

This was the first creepypasta I ever came across, and it's still my favourite. Obviously it hits the sort of buttons (vague memories of childhood TV shows, kids' TV being inadvertently creepy) that are easy to manipulate, but IMO the rhythm is really good, it never reveals too much at a time, and never goes over the top.

I thought someone mentioned it in this thread, but they're making a creepypasta show, and Candle Cove is apparently going to be the focus of the first season.

'System' is a human poster. Has been a human poster this whole time.

probably been fucking with the poll results, too

yes

fuuuuuuuu

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/08/slender-man-stabbing.html

oof, tough read

well, good to know my childhood roller-rink is still around.

finally, a positive angle on this tragic story

Hmmmm.

http://imgur.com/a/WDwyW

Alt link: https://storify.com/yomike/a-wild-weekend-in-florida

I don't know if I'm in the right thread, but it's the closest I've seen to that cave exploring thread from 2003.

is cave exploring the one where the guy finds the camera in the woods? that one actually managed to terrify. internet was good for some scares.

Haha, how IN THE FUCK is this thing still online: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/page1.html

http://i.imgur.com/hO7cPDy.jpg

good read

https://medium.com/matter/haunted-947d642a6d59#.a3g00omcc