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matrixmann ([personal profile] matrixmann) wrote2018-10-06 06:40 pm

Question of the day #98: My computer is haunted

https://questionoftheday.dreamwidth.org/25772.html

[community profile] questionoftheday asks: What's the scariest or most disturbing thing you have ever come across on the internet? (question submitted by [personal profile] firewhispers)


My answer: In terms of "haunted, it would be definitely something like Silent Hill 4. Why? A game which has ghosts in it that follow you all around, harm you and which you can't kill, then there's a serial killer guy running around trying to complete an occult ritual which supposedly is dead, and selected people get drawn into a strange parallel dimension, before they die, which you can strangely enter through a hole in your bathroom wall - then there's definitely some haunting going on on your harddisk.

Other than that, joking aside: The real scary shit of the internet is humans. You know why?
If they perceive you as some object that opposes their opinion and if they feel you as a threat to them, in combination with that, then they're able to produce an inner cinema that makes you ask "Now, what the heck did just go broken??". Accusing you of all kind of stuff which you never said, did or revealed about you, throwing bullshit phrases at you like a Gatling-type machine gun - if it wouldn't be that disturbing, stress your nerves or possibly have other kinds of consequences for you, it was a good comedy show. Seriously.
(Pretty revealing too about the character you just deal with, by the way, in terms of their own prejudices and narrowmindedness.)

[identity profile] onb2017.livejournal.com 2018-10-06 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, don't bring them to my journal, I already have zombies and trolls. Kidding. Sounds creepy, actually.

Humans are scarier than ghosts, but from their point of view they stick to their ideas and if you don't want to accept them, they consider you narrow-minded. So it is really hard. I personally do not peruse anyone rather let people with similar views flock towards me. Saves you from lots of frustration.