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[–] [email protected] 136 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Am I too millennial to understand WTF this meme is talking about?

[–] [email protected] 96 points 6 months ago (2 children)

House of Leaves. It's a book that's been around for a bit, but I believe that it got popular with the zoomers because it was an inspiration for myhouse.wad

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I suddenly find myself downloading doom II, cool

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Remember: happiness has to be fought for.

I watched a few good playthroughs rather than playing myself, but do yourself a favour and go into it as blind as possible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Oh heck,

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this.

House of leaves has been sitting on my shelf after I felt that it was really messing with my head.

I'll be checking the wad out

[–] [email protected] 72 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is a meme about a scary book called House of Leaves. It’s a book that will make you feel unwell.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago

Thanks but I don't need books for that

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's an abnormaly written allegory for loneliness. Theres a lot going on in the book, but the terror starts when a journalist discovers that his new house is a fraction of an inch bigger on the inside than the outside. After that door leading to a pitch black room just shows up in their house.

It's a great book. Gave me nightmares.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Why is no one asking about 1/12th of an inch?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a reference to a horror book that starts with a protagonist discovering his house is slightly bigger on the inside. Spooky hijinks ensue, and somewhere along the way you loose your mind reading that book.

10/10 would recommend.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

No need to ask, that is simply the length and girth of my micro penis

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't know anything about the book in question, but I assumed it was because of the way the hook at the end of tape measures has a little play to it. If it's a poorly made tape measure that doesn't account for this properly, you get slightly different measurements by hooking around something versus pushing it against a surface.

(See point #5: https://www.ustape.com/hidden-features-of-measuring-tape/)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That wiggle is an 1/8". 12ths of an inch aren't really a thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Oh right, fractions of an inch are usually expressed in fractions of powers of two. SI humour went right over my head because I'm used to seeing weird fractions involved in those measurements.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago (12 children)

I need to read that book again. It was scary, but I finished it utterly confused. I clearly missed a ton from the appendices.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

House of Leaves, I believe

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

More like House of Leaves

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

House of Leaves maybe?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

House of Leaves definitely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

House of leaves, perchance

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am guessing no one's gonna give an actual answer to what the meme is about (yes I know it's from house of leaves, I have 0 interest in reading it) so would be actually nice to have a more in depth explanation

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

The story begins with a man doing the things described in the picture. He is puzzled and becomes interested in finding out more about it. His wife is not very happy about it. It's easy to get lost in a new hobby. Other people have written their opinions on the strange house, and those are included.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

LEAVESPOSTING LETS GOOOOOO

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Oh oh oh, do one about "S" next! We love Ergodics!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Was about to say I enjoy the subtle "house" reference, but it turns out - not so subtle lol.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Navidson Record moment

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

House of Leaves

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

House of leaves, a good book you should read a physical copy of

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why exactly a physical copy?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because the author plays with the physical formatting of the book, and physically having the copy you're reading is important for getting the intended experience. It doesn't work right with an ebook

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I like what you did with house there.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Will, who tf is Delilah?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

In today's economy the bank might take that extra back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Step 5: le minotaur

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I bought it like a week ago. I will start it before it ends up on the shelf of shame like S. did.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's been 16 hours since you've posted this. I can only hope you're near the bottom of a looooong staircase at this point.

(Seriously, don't sleep on this one - a lot of people get turned off by the experimental structure stuff but it's 100% worth reading at least once)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Don't open any weird doors.

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