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Post by Severian » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:37 PM UTC

stefanvdw1 wrote: post #6

Ah yes, the wonderful world of SCPs. When I first discovered the subreddit[0] I read through a ton of them. Some are very well written and the whole universe is very interesting. Would recommend to anyone interested in sci-fi. 0. https://old.reddit.com/r/scp

The Antimemetics Division stories are very well written, and make for some great reading.

http://www.scpwiki.com/antimemetics-division-hub

Imagine fighting something that actively eats any knowledge about itself and anything you know about it, including yourself.

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Post by rory » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:38 PM UTC

Could the person who made the entry write in abstract? Like what if I say: you shouldn't write or talk about beings that don't want to be written or talked about.

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Post by gswdh » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

xvector wrote: post #10

HPsquared wrote: post #9

Reminds me of this real-world example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Forc...

Did anything ever come of this? Were the ideas ever implemented in the real world?

I heard they concluded the best sign was no sign. Any sign would draw attention to the site if it could not be understood. The best thing to do is to bury waste as deep as possible in secure and boring (geologically) locations to reduce the chances of anyone digging.

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Post by sbierwagen » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

xvector wrote: post #10

HPsquared wrote: post #9

Reminds me of this real-world example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Forc...

Did anything ever come of this? Were the ideas ever implemented in the real world?

Regrettably, the actual markers at the WIPP burial site are far more boring and government-y: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIPP_Large_Surface_M...

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Post by geoah » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

> SCP-2521 (also known as ●●|●●●●●|●●|●) is a Keter-level SCP not currently contained by the SCP Foundation. He is a creature who steals every piece of information about his nature, as long as the information is expressed in textual or verbal form. Because of that, nearly everything about him is registered by ideograms and pictures.

from https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/SCP-2521

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Post by pvaldes » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

For a fly, this is the stuff that nightmares are made of

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Post by dsr_ » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

rory wrote: post #12

Could the person who made the entry write in abstract? Like what if I say: you shouldn't write or talk about beings that don't want to be written or talked about.

That Depends.

There may be classes of infovores and memetic cognitohazards which are not triggered by information so general that it does not assert the actual existence of any given entity.

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Post by MrRadar » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

Severian wrote: post #11

stefanvdw1 wrote: post #6

Ah yes, the wonderful world of SCPs. When I first discovered the subreddit[0] I read through a ton of them. Some are very well written and the whole universe is very interesting. Would recommend to anyone interested in sci-fi. 0. https://old.reddit.com/r/scp

The Antimemetics Division stories are very well written, and make for some great reading. http://www.scpwiki.com/antimemetics-division-hub Imagine fighting something that actively eats any knowledge about itself and anything you know about it, including yourself.

You can now buy it as an e-book or paperback from the original author: https://qntm.org/scp

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Post by _Microft » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

HPsquared wrote: post #9

Reminds me of this real-world example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Forc...

There is also Don't change color, Kitty, the "10000 - Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78hZIEqONM

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Post by kuu » Tue, May 11, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

stefanvdw1 wrote: post #6

Ah yes, the wonderful world of SCPs. When I first discovered the subreddit[0] I read through a ton of them. Some are very well written and the whole universe is very interesting. Would recommend to anyone interested in sci-fi. 0. https://old.reddit.com/r/scp

Just give some context about what is the SCP (I had no clue): https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/SCP_Foundation