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Feb. 6th, 2019 08:36 am In fiction inspired by Lovecraft, there are books you can read that will drive you insane.
In our world, there are videos you can watch that will cause you mental trauma. Facebook, Youtube, etc. have teams of employees to remove these videos, and these employees frequently suffer burnout from having to see such horrific things.
The people who make and distribute these videos presumably are not traumatized by them, and even enjoy them.
The weak hypothesis: the people who distribute videos of horrific torture would not be driven mad if they encountered Cthulhu.
The strong hypothesis: these people would worship Cthulhu.
In our world, there are videos you can watch that will cause you mental trauma. Facebook, Youtube, etc. have teams of employees to remove these videos, and these employees frequently suffer burnout from having to see such horrific things.
The people who make and distribute these videos presumably are not traumatized by them, and even enjoy them.
The weak hypothesis: the people who distribute videos of horrific torture would not be driven mad if they encountered Cthulhu.
The strong hypothesis: these people would worship Cthulhu.
